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Preservation in Action
Federal Government Projects
Site No. 1
Site No. 2 Alexandria Canal
Site No. 3 Jones Point Park
Site No. 4 Old Ford Plant
Site No. 5 Alexandria Federal Courthouse
Site No. 33 Alexandria Freedmen's Cemetery
Commonwealth of Virginia Projects
Site No. 6 Carlyle House
Site No. 7 Duke Street Widening Project
Site No. 8 Wilkes Street Pottery
Projects Completed under City Regulations
Site No. 9 Cameron Mills and The Roberts House
Site No. 10 Carlyle Project
Site No. 11 Stonegate Parcel A
Site No. 12 Stonegate Parcel C
Site No. 13 Mark Center Project
Site No. 14 Alfred Street Baptist Church
Site No. 15 African American Heritage Park
Site No. 32 Old Town Village
Site No. 34 Virginia Glass Company
Site No. 36 Portner's Brewery
Private Projects Conducted Voluntarily
Site No. 28 Slave Pen
Site No. 29 Cloud's Mill Race
Site No. 30 Harborside
Site No. 2  Alexandria Canal


One of Alexandria’s most remarkable examples of in situ preservation involved the restoration of the tide lock of the Alexandria Canal in 1985. Excavated and reconstructed by industrial archaeologist Tom Hahn and Emory Kemp, the lock was featured in Savage/Fogarty Real Estate, Inc.’s design for their Trans-Potomac Canal Center development. Today, the original Tide Lock No. 4 is protected beneath an accurate reconstruction.

 
 
City of Alexandria Archaeology Projects
Site No. 16 Fort Ward
Site No. 17 Alexandria Courthouse
Site No. 18 African American Neighborhood Project
Site No. 19 Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop
Site No. 20 Dalton House
Site No. 21 Tildon Easton Pottery
Site No. 22 Carlyle Dalton Wharf
Site No. 23 Christ Church Cemetery
Site No. 24 Moore-McLean Sugar House
Site No. 25 Kate Waller Barrett Library
Site No. 26 Wales Tavern
Site No. 27 Ingle Brothers Cabinet Shop
Site No. 31 Lee Street Site
Site No. 35 Shuter's Hill
Site No. 37 Piercy Pottery

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