The Presbyterian Meeting House
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member 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
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member chstress53
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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