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 The Presbyterian Meeting House Posted by:  robert
N 38° 48.095 W 077° 02.590
18S E 322577 N 4296741
Located at 316 S. Royal Street in Old Town Alexandria (Virginia)
Waymark Code: WMQM5
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2006
Views: 31
The Old Presbyterian Meeting House's history reaches back more than two hundred years. It begins with the movement of Scottish and Scotch-Irish settlers to the Alexandria area in the eighteenth century. Soon creating a position for themselves, primarily as merchants and sea traders, they took a prominent part in founding the town and a leading role in forming the Presbyterian church of the new community. Built in 1774, the Old Meeting House was the site of memorial services for George Washington, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution can be visited in the churchyard.
Dr. James Craik (1727-1814), surgeon general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and personal friend and physician to George Washington is buried here, as is John Carlyle, one of the founders and first landowners of Alexandria.
Building - #01000143
Street address:
316 S. Royal Street
Alexandria, VA USA
22314
County / Borough / Parish: City of Alexandria
Year listed: 2001
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic function: Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current function: Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
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