Chapter II: Part TWO: The Presence of George Washington, 1749-1799

CHAPTER

1: William Ramsay: Romulus of Alexandria 52

2: John Carlyle and His House 62

3: The Married Houses 71

4: The Fairfaxes of Belvoir and Alexandria 77

5: The George William Fairfax House 87

6: John Gadsby and His Famous Tavern 99

7: The Michael Swope House 112

8: Dr. William Brown and His Dwelling 119

9: The Peruke Shop 127

10: Historic Christ Church 131

11: The Presbyterian Meetinghouse 139

12: Presenting The Sun Fire Company 147

13: Captain John Harper and His Houses 156

14: Dr. Elisha C. Dick and the Fawcett House 162

15: The Benjamin Dulany House 173

16: Dr. James Craik and His Dwelling 184

17: Alexandria's Old Apothecary Shop 195

18: Spring Gardens 197

19: William Fitzhugh and Robert E. Lee 202

20: George Washington's Tenements 210

21: The Georgian Cottage 217

22: The Vowell-Snowden House 222

23: The Edmund Jennings Lee House 225

EPILOGUE: Washington in Glory--America in Tears 230

PART THREE

_FIVE SKETCHES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY_

24: The Yeaton-Fairfax House 232

25: The Lafayette-Lawrason-Cazenove House 239

26: Enter the Quaker Pedagogue: Benjamin Hallowell 247

27: The Alexandria Lyceum 254

28: The Sea Captain's Daughter and Her House 259

Acknowledgments 263

Chapter References 265

Bibliography 272

Index 275

CHAPTER DRAWINGS

CHAPTER 1: Ramsay house. After restoration plans by Milton L. Grigg.

CHAPTER 2: Keystone from Carlyle House, basement level.

CHAPTER 3: John Dalton's frame house. Hypothetical restoration with false
front removed.

CHAPTER 4: Fairfax coat of arms. From Belvoir fireback. Preserved in the
Mount Vernon collection.

CHAPTER 5: George William Fairfax house, south facade.

CHAPTER 6: John Gadsby's famous hostelry and tavern sign, "Bunch of
Grapes."

CHAPTER 7: Michael Swope house, showing flounder type ells.

CHAPTER 8: Dr. William Brown house, west facade.

CHAPTER 9: Peruke shop. Hypothetical restoration with false front removed.
Showing an Alexandria alley house adjoining.

CHAPTER 10: Christ Church through open gates of churchyard.

CHAPTER 11: Presbyterian meetinghouse before fire of 1835 and subsequent
enlargement. _From an old print._

CHAPTER 12: Fire engine of Friendship Fire Company, said to have been
presented by George Washington. This old rotary type pumper is preserved
in the Maryland Building at Druid Hill Park, Baltimore.

CHAPTER 13: Ship model, believed to represent the _Lexington_ owned and
commanded by Captain James MacKenzie, who presented it to the Alexandria
Library Association.

CHAPTER 14: Fawcett house, south facade.

CHAPTER 15: Benjamin Dulany house, south facade.

CHAPTER 16: Dr. James Craik house, north facade.

CHAPTER 17: Old Apothecary Shop Museum and adjoining antique shop.

CHAPTER 18: Spring Gardens, north facade.

CHAPTER 19: Robert E. Lee house, south facade.

CHAPTER 20: George Washington's tenements, appearance before remodeling.

CHAPTER 21: Flounder house of the type said to have been the nucleus
of the Georgian Cottage. Example shown (demolished 1944) stood
on the grounds of the Alexandria Hospital.

CHAPTER 22: Vowell-Snowden house, east facade.

CHAPTER 23: Edmund I. Lee house, showing wisteria-covered gallery.

EPILOGUE MEMORIAL MOTIF, incorporating swords used on Washington's
casket, owned by Alexandria-Washington Lodge of Masons.

CHAPTER 24: Yeaton-Fairfax house, south facade.

CHAPTER 25: Lafayette-Lawrason-Cazenove house and doorway detail.

CHAPTER 26: Alexandria Boarding School (1834) of Professor Hallowell.
_From an old print._

CHAPTER 27: Alexandria Lyceum, classic portico.

CHAPTER 28: Wax flowers under glass dome, made by Melissa Hussey Wood.