National Register of Historic Places

Fairfax-Moore House

Alexandria (Independent City), Alexandria County, Virginia
Listed
January 17, 1991
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
90002113

About this property

The Fairfax–Moore House is a historical house located at 207 Prince Street in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 17, 1991. The home is noted to its 18th-century Georgian architectural style. To the home's east is the Athenaeum, which is separated from the house by a geometric boxwood garden. The date of construction is unclear; the main part of the house may have been constructed by Captain John Harper in the 1780s. The lot was originally owned by George William Fairfax. The Georgian-style townhouse is three stories and has a rear ell. Preservationist Gay Montague Moore lived in the home from 1919 until her death in 1988. It is part of the Alexandria Historic District, to which it is a contributing structure. The NRHP nomination form for the home notes that the home's "refined proportions, three-and-a-half-story elevation, side-hall plan, and service ell ... symbolizes the sophistication of Alexandria's late-eighteenth-century urban domestic idiom." National Register of Historic Places listings in Alexandria, Virginia

Location

207 Prince St.
Alexandria (Independent City), Alexandria County, Virginia
38.80338, -77.04237

Categories

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Sources

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When was Fairfax-Moore House listed on the National Register?

Fairfax-Moore House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 17, 1991.

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Fairfax-Moore House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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