Uptown-Parker-Gray Historic District

Uptown-Parker-Gray Historic District
Location Roughly Cameron St. north to 1st St. and N. Columbus St.; west to the following streets forming west line: Buchanan St. and N. West St., Alexandria, Virginia
Coordinates 38°48′41″N 77°03′02″W / 38.81139°N 77.05056°W / 38.81139; -77.05056Coordinates: 38°48′41″N 77°03′02″W / 38.81139°N 77.05056°W / 38.81139; -77.05056
Area 201.6 acres (81.6 ha)
Architect Banks & Lee Inc.; et al.
Architectural style Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 09001232[1]
VLR # 100-0133
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 12, 2010
Designated VLR June 19, 2008[2]

Uptown-Parker-Gray Historic District is a national historic district located at Alexandria, Virginia. The district encompasses 984 contributing buildings in the northwestern quadrant of the Old Town Alexandria street grid as it was laid out in 1797. It mostly consists of small row houses and town houses, but there are also many commercial buildings. The buildings are representative of a number of popular 19th-century architectural styles including Greek Revival and Queen Anne. Also included are more than 200 units of public housing, built between the early 1940s and 1959 as Colonial Revival-style row houses.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. Terry Necciai, Arianna Drumond (July 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Uptown-Parker-Gray Historic District" (PDF). and Accompanying map
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