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Exterior of William B Smoot's home. Smoot was the president of C C Smoot & Co, a tannery.

The lumber yards and coal wharves of William A Smoot & Co. The Smoots were a prominent family in Alexandria business and were part of the coal, lumber, and plaster industries.

Exterior of the Washington Methodist Episcopal Church, est 1854. The image depicts the groundbreaking of a new memorial on May 22, 1907 for George R Hill, a prominent member of the church.

Exterior of the Washington Methodist Episcopal Church

Exterior of William H May and his son John W May's seeds, fertilizers and agricultural implements store.

Exterior of W E Bain's hardware store.

Exterior of Thomas B Murphy's home. Murphy ran a prominent lumber company in North Carolina.

Exterior of the Swan brother's Alexandria Branch, established in 1899. The Swan brothers moved to Alexandria from Waynesboro in Augusta County Virginia and also opened a dry goods store in Washington DC.

Exterior of St. Mary's Catholic Church, established in 1795 and the oldest of its kind in Virginia.

Exterior and group photo for St. Mary's academy, an all-girls school in Alexandria. Over 250 girls attended the school, established in 1869 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross.