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Torpedo Factory Art Center
Alexandria VA
~2.71 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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The Torpedo Factory Art Center is an art center located on the waterfront of the Potomac River at 105 North Union Street in the Old Town of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Historically it was literally a former torpedo factory and munitions storage site.It houses more 82 artists' studios, 6 galleries and two workshops, with some 165 professional visual artists who produce a diversity of artwork, ranging from painting, ceramics, photography, jewelry, stained glass, fiber, printmaking, and sculpture. The six galleries located at the Torpedo Factory include the Target Gallery, The Art League Gallery, Enamelists Gallery, the Multiple Exposures Gallery which specializes in photography, the Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery and the Scope Gallery which specializes in ceramics.The centre attract...
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Athenaeum
Washington VA
~2.79 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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John Carlyle House
Alexandria VA
~2.82 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Carlyle House is a historic mansion in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, built by Scottish merchant John Carlyle in 1751-53. It is situated in the city’s Old Town on North Fairfax Street between Cameron and King Streets.When the lots for the new town of Alexandria were auctioned in July 1749, Carlyle purchased lots 41 and 42, situated between the Potomac River and the town's market square, ideal for his merchant business. He began construction of a house in 1751, using indentured and slave labor. The home was built in mid-Georgian Palladian style with space for entertaining and private family and servant use. He also built a number of outbuildings for both household and business needs. Carlyle and his wife, Sarah née Fairfax, moved into the house on 1 August 1753, the day Sarah gave...
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Old Presbyterian Meeting House
Washington VA
~2.86 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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The Old Presbyterian Meeting House is a Presbyterian house of worship in the city of Alexandria, Virginia. The congregation of the church was organized in 1772; the current building was completed in the 1780s. The cupola, with bell, was added in 1790. The meetinghouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 2001.One of the Meetinghouse's chaplains, Joseph J. Bullock, also served as the Chaplain of the United States Senate for part of his tenure. In addition, the church has connections with a number of important figures in Alexandria history. Among these were merchant John Carlyle and physician James Craik, who attended George Washington in his final illness. Both men are buried in the churchyard next to the meetinghouse. Also buried there is an unknown soldi...
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Market Square
Alexandria VA
~2.86 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Oldest continuously operated marketplace in the United States. Now location of farmers' market on Saturdays.
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Alexandria City Hall
Alexandria VA
~2.86 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Gadsby's Tavern Museum
134 N Royal St Alexandria VA - 703-838-4242
~2.88 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Gadsby's Tavern is a building in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, and is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Currently, the facility is home to Gadsby's Tavern Restaurant, American Legion Post 24, and Gadsby's Tavern Museum, a cultural history museum. The original tavern was a central part of the social, economic, political, and educational life of the city of Alexandria, and the United States. Today the Tavern houses exhibits of early American life in Virginia and a restaurant in the original dining room, serving a mixture of period and modern foods.
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Lee Fendall House
Washington VA
~2.99 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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In November 1784, Maj. Gen. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee (1756-1818) purchased 3 one-half acre lots in Alexandria from Baldwin Dade (1716-1783), a merchant. On December 4, 1784, he sold one of these tracts to Philip Richard Fendall I, Esq. (1734-1805), for three hundred pounds, and Philip began building the Lee-Fendall House, for his second wife, Elizabeth (Steptoe) Lee (1743-1789), spring or early summer of 1785. The lot was located on the southeast corner of Washington and Oronoko Street, then the edge of the city. At the time, very few structures were near, and the Fendall's enjoyed a spectacular view of Oronoko Bay and the ships which docked there. To the north and west lay verdant fields of grass and clover. Alexandria was an up and coming thriving social and political center in Nort...
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Alexandria's Christ Church
Alexandria VA
~3.06 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Lyceum
Washington VA
~3.08 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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The Lyceum is a historic structure in Alexandria, Virginia. It was built in 1839, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 27, 1969. It was built primarily as a lecture hall, and served as a hospital during the American Civil War; post-war, it became a house, and later served as an office building. Today it is the official city history museum of Alexandria.
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Black History Resource Center
638 N Alfred St Alexandria VA - 703-838-4356
~3.17 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Barry Farm (Neighborhood)
Washington DC
~3.60 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Anacostia Museum
Anacostia DC
~3.78 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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George Washington Masonic National Memorial (Masonic Temple)
Alexandria VA
~3.95 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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George Washington Masonic National Memorial is a Masonic building and memorial located in Alexandria, Virginia. It is dedicated to the memory of George Washington, the first president of the United States, and a Mason.The tower is fashioned after the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, in part because of the common names of both cities (Alexandria, Virginia was named for John and Philip Alexander, the city's founders), and the Masonic interest in great buildings of the ancient world. It sits atop Shuter's Hill (named after a Union fort on the same location), near King Street and the Old Town district.It is the only Masonic building supported and maintained by the 52 grand lodges of the United States. This is counter to common Masonic practice, where a building is only supported by the G...
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Anacostia (Neighborhood)
Washington DC
~4.09 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Washington DC
~4.20 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, is located at 1411 W St., SE in Anacostia, a neighborhood east of the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington, D.C.. Established in 1988 as a National Historic Site, the site preserves the home and estate of Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent African Americans of the nineteenth century. Douglass lived in this house, which he named Cedar Hill, from 1877 until his death in 1895. Perched high on a hilltop, the site also offers a sweeping view of the U.S. Capitol and the Washington D.C. skyline.The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site is located about a ten-minute walk from the Anacostia Metro station.
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Hillcrest (Neighborhood)
Washington DC
~4.26 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Hillcrest is a neighborhood in the southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C., United States. Hillcrest is located in Ward 7, east of the Anacostia River. Hillcrest is a rather affluent and well-kept neighborhood. Former mayor Marion Barry is a former resident. Current residents include D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray.Hillcrest is bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue SE to the northeast, Southern Avenue to the southeast, and 34th Street to the west. Branch Avenue is its main thoroughfare. Hillcrest is a residential neighborhood, and about one third of its area is occupied by Fort Dupont Park.
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Alexandria Presbyterian Church
Alexandria VA
~4.45 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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National Defense University
Washington DC
~4.62 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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The National Defense University (NDU) is an institution of higher education funded by the United States Department of Defense, intended to facilitate high-level training, education, and the development of national security strategy. It is chartered by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with Navy Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau as president. It is located on the grounds of Fort Lesley McNair in Washington, D.C.The university's mission is to prepare military and civilian leaders from the U.S. and other countries to better address national and international security challenges through multi-disciplinary educational programs, research, professional exchanges and outreach. The school's master's program is a one-year intensive study program.Most students are officers and selected civilians in Washington. S...
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Gaylord National Convention Center
National Harbor MD
~4.62 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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The Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center is a large hotel and convention center located in the National Harbor Development and owned by Gaylord Hotels. The center, located in the Oxon Hill community in Prince George's County, Maryland, opened April 1, 2008.The Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center is a large hotel and convention center located in the National Harbor Development and owned by Gaylord Hotels, a division of Gaylord Entertainment Company. The center, located in the Oxon Hill community in Prince George's County, Maryland, opened April 1, 2008, serving as the anchor of a new mixed-use (office, residential, and retail) development. It is the largest non-gaming hotel and convention center on the East Coast.Pool lounging area with National Harbor buildings in t...
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Nationals Park
Washington DC
~4.80 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Nationals Park is the current ballpark for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. It is the first LEED-certified green major professional sports stadium in the United States. The facility hosted the 2008 season's first game (in North America), when the Nats took on the Atlanta Braves on March 30, 2008. The first game played there was a collegiate baseball game. The stadium is located along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and replaced RFK Stadium as the Nationals' home ballpark.The ballpark, designed by Populous (formerly HOK Sport) and Devrouax & Purnell Architects and Planners, seats 41,888 fans and cost $611 million to build. The Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol building are visible from certain areas of the stadium.The park'...
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Gravelly Point Park
Arlington VA
~5.10 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Gravelly Point is a park in Arlington, Virginia, United States. It is located north of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, along the George Washington Parkway, and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.Today, the park is a primary intersection on weekends of boaters, cyclists, and airplane-spotters. Its unique location just a few hundred feet from the north end of Reagan's runway 1/19 makes it one of the best spots in the United States for airplane-spotting.Originally, the area known as Gravelly Point was where Captain John Alexander built a home called Abingdon in 1746. Abingdon was purchased in 1778 by John Parke Custis, the adopted stepson of President George Washington. It was the birthplace of Washington’s beloved granddaughter, Eleanor Parke Custis. Abington was de...
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Barney Circle (Neighborhood)
Washington DC
~5.35 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Arena Stage
1101 Sixth Street, SW Washington DC
~5.37 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Congressional Cemetery
Washington DC
~5.42 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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The Congressional Cemetery is an historic cemetery located at 1801 E Street, SE, in Washington, D.C., on the bank of the Anacostia River. It is the final resting place of hundreds of individuals who helped form the nation and the city of Washington in the early 19th century. Many members of the U.S. Congress who died while Congress was in session are interred at Congressional. Other burials include the early landowners and speculators, the builders and architects of the great buildings of Washington, native American diplomats, mayors of Washington, and hundreds of Civil War veterans. Nineteenth-century Washington, D.C. families unaffiliated with the federal government have also had graves and tombs at the cemetery. In all there are 19 Senators and 71 Representatives buried there. The cemet...
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Fashion Center at Pentagon City (Pentago City Mall)
Arlington VA
~5.57 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Capitol Hill/southeast (Neighborhood)
Washington DC
~5.57 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Capitol Hill, aside from being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues. It is one of the oldest residential communities in Washington, and with roughly 35,000 people in just under two square miles, it is also one of the most densely populated.As a geographic feature, Capitol Hill rises in the center of the District of Columbia and extends eastward. Pierre L'Enfant, as he began to develop his plan for the new Federal City in 1791, chose to locate the "Congress House" on the crest of the hill, facing the city, a site that L'Enfant characterized as a "pedestal waiting for a monument."The Capitol Hill neighborhood today straddles two quadrants ...
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DEA Museum
Arlington VA
~5.66 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Museum and Visitors Center is to educate the American public on the history of drugs, drug addiction and drug law enforcement in the United States through engaging and state-of-the-art exhibits, displays, interactive stations and educational outreach programs.The DEA Museum will provide a unique learning environment for the public to discover the role and impact of federal drug law enforcement on the changing trends of licit and illicit drug use in American history.
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Arlington Historical Museum
Arlington VA
~5.67 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Southeast (Neighborhood)
Washington DC
~5.77 miles from Oxon Hill city center
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Southeast (SE or S.E.) is the southeastern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of East Capitol Street and east of South Capitol Street. It has a rich cultural history, including the historic Capitol Hill and Anacostia neighborhoods, the Navy Yard, the Marine Barracks, the Anacostia River waterfront, historic Eastern Market, the remains of several Civil War-era forts, historic St. Elizabeths Hospital, RFK Stadium, Nationals Park, and the Congressional Cemetery. The quadrant is bisected by the Anacostia River, with the portion that is west of the river sometimes referred to as "Near Southeast".The population of Southeast is predominantly African-American, particularly east of the Anacostia River. Despite overall high crime rates for the quad...
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