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

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

Interior of H W Wildt and Son's store, where they created and sold watches and jewelry.

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

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

Exterior of the Henry K Field & Co industrial complex. The company includes a lumber yard, a door, sash, and blind factory, and a portion dedicated to transporting ship lumber and related supplies. Over 40 men worked at the company.

Rear view of the Carlyle House, a historic home in Alexandria. Built in 1752 by prominent merchant John Carlyle, the mansion had fallen into a state of somewhat disrepair and was hidden from the main street behind the Braddock Hotel.

Exterior of Robert Portner's brewery, established 1862. The operators boasted that the factory contained "the latest scientific improvements in brewing, refrigerating, and bottling machinery. The factory complex also included a car shop, where they…