Points of Interest

Landmarks within the city include the


 * George Washington Masonic National Memorial (also known as the Masonic Temple) and Observation Deck


 * Christ Church


 * Gadsby's Tavern


 * The John Carlyle House


 * The Little Theatre of Alexandria


 * The Lee-Fendall House


 * Alexandria City Hall


 * Market Square


 * The Jones Point Light


 * The south cornerstone of the original District of Columbia


 * Robert E. Lee's boyhood home


 * The Torpedo Factory Art Center, and


 * The Virginia Theological Seminary.

Other sites of historical interest in the city include the


 * Alexandria Black History Resource Center


 * The Fort Ward Park and Museum, and


 * The Alexandria Canal lock re-creation at Canal Office Center.

Interesting sites with Alexandria postal addresses but outside of the city limits include


 * River Farm


 * Collingwood Library & Museum


 * Green Spring Gardens Park


 * Huntley Meadows Park


 * Historic Huntley


 * The Pope-Leighey House (designed by Frank Lloyd Wright)


 * Woodlawn Plantation


 * Washington's Grist Mill and the Mount Vernon Estate.

In 1830, John Hollensbury's home in Alexandria was one of two homes directly boarding an alleyway that received a large amount of horse-drawn wagon traffic and loiterers.[51] In order to prevent people from using the alleyway, Hollensbury constructed a 7 feet (2.1 m) wide, 25 feet (7.6 m) deep, 325-square-foot (30.2 m2), two story home using the existing brick walls of the adjacent homes for the sides of the new home.[51] The brick walls of the Hollensbury Spite House living room have gouges from wagon-wheel hubs and the house still is standing and occupied.[51]