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Some Dates in the History of Seminary Hill

Some Dates in the History of Seminary Hill First humans were seasonal—hunting in the streams and valleys 1700s agricultural fields and country estates near mills on Cameron Run 1823 Virginia Theological Seminary established 1839 Episcopal High School founded

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Some Dates in the History of Seminary Hill

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  1. Some Dates in the History of Seminary Hill First humans were seasonal—hunting in the streams and valleys 1700s agricultural fields and country estates near mills on Cameron Run 1823 Virginia Theological Seminary established 1839 Episcopal High School founded 1860-5 Union military defenses during Civil War for Washington DC 1898 First School for African Americans established in The Fort [Ward] 1925 The Fort school became Seminary School located where T. C. Williams School is now 1950s Seminary Hill became a suburb of Washington, DC 1951 Land swap—Seminary Hill went from Fairfax County to the City of Alexandria 1956 Hammond High School built Around 1960 St. Stephen’s School moved to the current location of SSSAS High School 1962 Alexandria Hospital moved from Old Town (1872) to current location 1964 Fort Ward Park established after The Fort community moved to SHA Area 1 1970s Seminary Hill Civic Association started—zoning issues, i.e. Alexandria Commons and Eisenhower Connector 1972 T. C. Williams built on site of African American school 1979 Hammond became a Junior High 1988 SHA incorporated 1990 Office of Historic Alexandria published a plan for Historic Preservation on Seminary Hill 1992 Seminary/Strawberry Hill Small Area Plan published by City 1993 Hammond Middle School expanded 1997 Beltway exit to Eisenhower Ave built, ends at Ben Brenman Park across from Jordan St. 2002 Bluestone Connector opposed by SHA 2004 T. C. Williams High School rebuilt • Some Notable Homes on Seminary Hill—Areas 4, 5, and 9 • Muckross—Seminary Ridge • —family home 1830 –4007 Moss Place • --gate house/Arthur Herbert House 1815, since been rebuilt—at 3908 Seminary Road • --another 19thcentury farmhouse –4018 Seminary Road • --Fort Worth • Vaucluse—destroyed during Civil War, rebuilt 1901, hospital site, house torn down in 1972 • Quaker Lane • Cameron—house torn down in Civil War—General Samuel Cooper’s property, Fort Williams • Smuckers house—1923—on Cameron property • Hoof cottage—1793—death house during Civil War • Worthington’s home used as hospital • Charles Goodman House—1800s farmhouse remodeled i1954 in Frank Lloyd Wright style

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