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National Register Of Historic Places In Arlington County, Virginia
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Arlington County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arlington County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. There are 70 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 5 National Historic Landmarks. Current listings See also *List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia * National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia *National Register of Historic Places listings in Falls Church, Virginia *National Register of Historic Places listings in Alexandria, Virginia __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Map Of Virginia Highlighting Arlington County
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or fictional, without regard to context or scale, such as in brain mapping, DNA mapping, or computer network topology mapping. The space being mapped may be two dimensional, such as the surface of the earth, three dimensional, such as the interior of the earth, or even more abstract spaces of any dimension, such as arise in modeling phenomena having many independent variables. Although the earliest maps known are of the heavens, geographic maps of territory have a very long tradition and exist from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the , wherein ''mappa'' meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and ''mundi'' 'the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened term referring to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherrydale, Arlington County, Virginia
Cherrydale is a neighborhood in northern Arlington, Virginia. It is centered on the intersection known as the Five Points consisting of Quincy Street, Military Road, and Old Dominion Road being bisected by Lee Highway (U.S. Route 29). Located in the community is Dorothy Hamm Middle School. One of the oldest nonresidential structures in the community is the Cherrydale Volunteer Fire House, built in 1919 to serve as the home of the Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department. The department supplements the career staff who operate from the Arlington County Fire Department's Station 3, now located west of the Five Points intersection. History In 1893, a branch post office at Lee Highway and Pollard Street was named Cherrydale, with reference to Dorsey Donaldson's large cherry orchard in back of the present firehouse. Quincy Street was then known as Cherry Valley Road. Settlement in this area began after the Civil War and was stimulated in 1906 by the establishment of The Great Falls an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Alexandria, Virginia
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Alexandria, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. There are 50 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the city, including 7 National Historic Landmarks. Current listings See also *List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia * National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia *National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfax County, Virginia References {{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Falls Church, Virginia
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Falls Church, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Falls Church, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map. There are 6 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the city, including 1 National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed .... Current listings See also * List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia * National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia References {{Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Virginia
Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Virginia listed on the National Register of Historic Places: As of , there are 3,027 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 95 Virginia counties and 37 of the 38 independent cities, including 120 National Historic Landmarks and National Historic Landmark Districts, four National Historical Parks, two national monuments, two National Battlefield Parks, one National Memorial, one National Battlefield and one National Military Park. Current listings by county and independent city The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county and independent city. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of National Historic Landmarks In Virginia
This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia. There are currently 123 National Historic Landmark, National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), and 2 former NHLs. Current landmarks The National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) are widely distributed across List of counties in Virginia, Virginia's 95 counties and 39 independent cities. Former National Historic Landmarks See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia * :National Park Service areas in Virginia, United States National Park Service areas in Virginia * List of National Historic Landmarks by state References External links {{Virginia National Historic Landmarks in Virginia, Historic sites in Virginia Virginia-related lists, National Historic Landmarks Lists of National Historic Landmarks by state, Virginia Lists of buildings and structures in Virginia, National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falls Church, Virginia
Falls Church is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 14,658. Falls Church is included in the Washington metropolitan area. Taking its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century Church of England (later Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church) parish, Falls Church gained township status within Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax County in 1875. In 1948, it was incorporated as the City of Falls Church, an independent city with county-level governance status although it is not a county. The city's corporate boundaries do not include all of the area historically known as Falls Church; these areas include portions of Seven Corners, Virginia, Seven Corners and other portions of the current Falls Church postal districts of Fairfax County, as well as the area of Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington County known as East Falls Churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city (United States), independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately south of Downtown, Washington, D.C., downtown Washington, D.C. In 2020, the population was 159,467. The city's estimated population has grown by 1% annually since 2010 on average. Like the rest of Northern Virginia and Central Maryland, modern Alexandria has been influenced by its proximity to the U.S. capital. It is largely populated by professionals working in the United States federal civil service, federal civil service, in the U.S. Military, U.S. military, or for one of the many private companies which contract to Government contractor, provide services to the federal government. One of Alexandria's largest employers is the United States Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense. Another is the Institute for Defense Analyses. In 2005, the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentagon City, Virginia
Pentagon City is an unincorporated neighborhood (also called an "urban village") located in the southeast portion of Arlington County, Virginia, near The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery. Location Pentagon City is located less than a mile from the Potomac River, which separates the Commonwealth of Virginia from Washington, D.C. It is located on the Blue and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro, and the Pentagon City Metro station is one of the busiest in the Metrorail system during peak and off-peak hours. It's located two miles away from the National Mall in downtown Washington. The area is a popular site for hotels and businesses. The Pentagon has parking lots on both sides of nearby Shirley Memorial Highway (I-395), on the north edge of Pentagon City. The neighborhood of Crystal City borders Pentagon City to the east along Richmond Highway ( U.S. Route 1), separating Pentagon City from National Airport. To the south is the neighborhood of Aurora Highlands and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia State Route 110
Virginia State Route 110 (SR 110) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Richmond Highway (formerly Jefferson Davis Highway), the state highway runs from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and Interstate 395 (I-395) in Crystal City north to I-66 in Rosslyn within Arlington County. SR 110 is a four- to six-lane freeway (with the exception of one at-grade intersection and a few driveways) that parallels the Potomac River, providing a connection between several of Arlington's urban villages. The state highway also provides access to the Pentagon, which is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, and SR 27, an east–west freeway between the Pentagon and the cemetery. SR 110 is a part of the National Highway System for its entire length. SR 110 is a part of the Pentagon road network, a network of freeways and surface roads built concurrent with the construction of the Penta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Fairfax County, Virginia
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfax County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. There are 67 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 4 National Historic Landmarks. Another property was once listed but has been removed. Current listings Former listing See also * List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia * National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia * National Register of Historic Places listings in Alexandria, Virginia * National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfax, Virginia * National Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational properties with various title designations. The U.S. Congress created the agency on August 25, 1916, through the National Park Service Organic Act. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., within the main headquarters of the Department of the Interior. The NPS employs approximately 20,000 people in 423 individual units covering over 85 million acres in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories. As of 2019, they had more than 279,000 volunteers. The agency is charged with a dual role of preserving the ecological and historical integrity of the places entrusted to its management while also making them available and accessible for public use and enjoyment. History Yellowstone National Park was created as the first national par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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