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Blueprints and Measured Drawings Collection Alexandria Library, Special Collections - Blueprints & Measured Drawings Description Location ABINGDON, 1928 MAP DRAWER 21 ALEXANDRIA ALMSHOUSE, 1937 HABS MAP DRAWER 21 ALEXANDRIA CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1949 OFFICE FLAT FILE 4 ALEXANDRIA CITY HALL, 1981 OFFICE FLAT FILE 4 ALEXANDRIA COURT HOUSE, 1838 OFFICE FLAT FILE 5 ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY, BARRETT BRANCH, 1930s-1960s MEZZANINE 1 ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY, BARRETT BRANCH, 1970s-1980s MEZZANINE 2 ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY, BARRETT BRANCH, 1990s- MEZZANINE 3 ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY, BURKE BRANCH, 1960s MEZZANINE 4 ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY, DUNCAN BRANCH, 1960s MEZZANINE 6 BASHFORD ROAD, 800-818 - APARTMENTS, 1943 OFFICE FLAT FILE 4 BATTERY COVE- RADIO RECEIVING STATION, 1941 OFFICE FLAT FILE 4 BELVOIR HOTEL, 1952 OFFICE FLAT FILE 15 BRADDOCK ROAD, SOUTH, 1937 OFFICE FLAT FILE 4 CAMERON & HENRY STREETS, NW CORNER, 1937 OFFICE FLAT FILE 5 CAMERON RUN REGIONAL PARK, 1981 OFFICE FLAT FILE 5 CAMP TAPAWINGO, 1967 (PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY) BOX 38 CARLYLE HOUSE, 1936 HABS MAP DRAWER 21 CAROLINA PLACE, 3303, 1948 OFFICE FLAT FILE 5 CHRIST CHURCH, 1958 HABS MAP DRAWER 21 CIRCLE TERRACE DRIVE, 904 - CIRCLE TERRACE HOSPITAL, 1945 OFFICE FLAT FILE 5 CLOVER, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, 1948 OFFICE FLAT FILE 5 CONFEDERATE MONUMENT BASE RESTORATION, 1978 BOX 60C CYPRESS AND FERN STREETS, SW CORNER, AKERS OLDSMOBILE COMPANY, 1948 OFFICE FLAT FILE 6 DUKE AND UNION STREETS, SE CORNER, SOUTHERN IRON WORKS, 1937 OFFICE FLAT FILE 6 DUKE STREET, 709, ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL, 1916 OFFICE FLAT FILE 19 EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 1948 OFFICE FLAT FILE 6 ENDERBY DRIVE, 1937 OFFICE FLAT FILE 6 FAIRFAX STREET, 217 SOUTH - PORCH, 1993 OFFICE FLAT FILE 6 FAYETTE AND FIRST STREETS, SW CORNER, 1946 COMICO PRODUCTS CORP. OFFICE FLAT FILE 6 FIRST STREET, 527, 1946, MOTION PICTURE THEATERS OFFICE FLAT FILE 7 FLOUNDER TAVERN BUILDINGS, 1964 HABS MAP DRAWER 21 FORD PLANT, 1932 BOX 311 FRANCONIA-SPRINGFIELD LINE-METRO-METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOX 302 FRANKLIN STREET, 401 - 413, 1948, ROW HOUSES OFFICE FLAT FILE 7 FRIENDSHIP FIRE COMPANY, 1964 HABS MAP DRAWER 21 FT. WASHINGTON - DESIGN FOR A WOODEN BEACON, 1869 OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 GADSBY'S TAVERN, 1936 HABS MAP DRAWER 22 GIBBON STREET, 903-907 - GARAGES, 1937 OFFICE FLAT FILE 8 GLEBE ROAD, 907 WESTVIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER COMPANY, 1948 OFFICE FLAT FILE 7 Description Location JEFFERSON AND SAINT ASAPH STREETS, NW CORNER, 1941 APARTMENTS OFFICE FLAT FILE 8 JEFFERSON GARDEN APARTMENTS, 1941 OFFICE FLAT FILE 8 JEFFERSON STREET, 400 BLOCK, 1939 ROW HOUSES OFFICE FLAT FILE 8 JOCKEY CLUB, 1937 HABS MAP DRAWER 22 JONES POINT LIGHTHOUSE, 1967 HABS MAP DRAWER 22 JONES POINT LIGHTHOUSE, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1855 MAP DRAWER 22 KING AND PEYTON STREETS, SW CORNER, 1931 COCA COLA BOTTLING PLANT OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 KING ST., 1209-1211, 1995 MAP DRAWER 22 KING STREET, 1202, 1937 AUTO ACCESSORIES STORE OFFICE FLAT FILE 8 KING STREET, 1703, 1936 REED THEATER OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 KING STREET, 616-618, G. C. MURPHY BUILDING, 1946 OFFICE FLAT FILE 8 KING STREET, 631, 1954 OFFICE FLAT FILE 8 LINDEN AVENUE, 208, 1937 OFFICE FLAT FILE 10 LLOYD HOUSE, HABS 1959 MAP DRAWER 22 LLOYD HOUSE, HABS 1959 (PAPER ED.) OFFICE FLAT FILE 20 LLOYD HOUSE, HISTORIC LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT, 1990 OFFICE FLAT FILE 20 LLOYD HOUSE, WALTER M. MACOMBER & CARROLL C. CURTICE, 1976 OFFICE FLAT FILE 20 LLOYD HOUSE, WALTER M. MACOMBER, 1975 OFFICE FLAT FILE 20 LOWER CEDAR POINT LIGHTHOUSE, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1896 OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 LYNNHAVEN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA WESTMOND BUILDING & INVESTMENT COMPANY, 1943 OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 MADSION, FAIRFAX, PENDLETON AND LEE STREETS- PETROLEUM STORAGE AND BULK PLANT, 1942 OFFICE FLAT FILE 10 MARYLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1891 OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 MATHIAS POINT LIGHTHOUSE, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 MOUNT VERNON AND MONROE AVENUES, NE CORNER, 1940 - AUTOMOBILES-SERVICE STATIONS OFFICE FLAT FILE 10 MOUNT VERNON AVENUE, 1306, 1947 - C & P TELEPHONE COMPANY OFFICE FLAT FILE 10 MOUNT VERNON AVENUE, 3707, 1940 - HUME THEATER OFFICE FLAT FILE 12 MOUNT VERNON AVENUE, 3911, 1946 OFFICE FLAT FILE 12 MOUNT VERNON AVENUE, 4102, 1941 SUPERMARKETS OFFICE FLAT FILE 12 MOUNT VERNON BOULEVARD, 1116-1256, 1943 APARTMENTS OFFICE FLAT FILE 12 MOUNT VERNON BOULEVARD, POWER LINES, 1942 OFFICE FLAT FILE 12 MUSEUM ROOM GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC MEMORIAL, 1955 OFFICE FLAT FILE 7 ORONOCO STREET UNDERPASS, 1929 R. F. & P. RAILROAD OFFICE FLAT FILE 13 Description Location PENDLETON, WYTHE, ROYAL AND PITT STREETS, A. B. & W. TRANSIT COMPANY, 1943 OFFICE FLAT FILE 15 PITT STREET, 213 SO - LEADBEATER HOUSE, 1967 HABS MAP DRAWER 22 POINT LOOKOUT LIGHTHOUSE, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 PORTNER BREWING COMPANY, PLANS FOR NEW BUILDINGS, CA. 1890 OFFICE FLAT FILE 4 POWHATAN STREET AND BASHFORD ROAD,1941 ROW HOUSES OFFICE FLAT FILE 13 PRINCE STREET, 1625, AUTOMOBILES-SHOWROOMS 1946 OFFICE FLAT FILE 14 PRINCE STREET, 517 - FAWCETT HOUSE, 1936 HABS MAP DRAWER 21 PRINCESS STREET, 1500 BLOCK, 1938 ROW HOUSES OFFICE FLAT FILE 14 PUMPING MACHINERY - LOG PUMP, 1897 OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 QUAKER LANE, 1200 NORTH - LATHAM (READE-LATHAM) HOUSE, 2001 HABS MAP DRAWER 22 R. F. & P. RAILROAD, LITTLE RIVER TURNPIKE BRIDGE, 1921 OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 R.F.& P. ROUND HOUSE, POTOMAC YARD 1922 MAP DRAWER 23 RAGGED POINT LIGHTHOUSE, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1908 OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 RAMSAY HOUSE, 1936 HABS MAP DRAWER 23 RAMSAY HOUSE, 1947-MILTON GRIGG MAP DRAWER 23 READ AND COMMONWEALTH AVENUES - LYNHAVEN GARDEN APARTMENTS, 1949 OFFICE FLAT FILE 14 ROSEMONT PARK, 1937 OFFICE FLAT FILE 15 ROUNDHOUSE, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, 1916 OFFICE FLAT FILE 17 ROYAL STREET, 715 - 723 SOUTH - ROW HOUSES, 1940 OFFICE FLAT FILE 15 ROYAL STREET, 805 - 823, 1941 ROW HOUSES OFFICE FLAT FILE 15 RUSSELL ROAD, 1709, 1941 FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST OFFICE FLAT FILE 16 RUSSELL ROAD, 1801, 1943 IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH OFFICE FLAT FILE 16 SCROGGENS ROAD AND CLEVELAND STREET, 1949 SEMINARY HEIGHTS OFFICE FLAT FILE 17 SEMINARY ROAD, 1511-1517, 1944 MOTION PICTURE THEATERS OFFICE FLAT FILE 17 SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, 1954 OFFICE FLAT FILE 17 SLATERS LANE, MOUNT VERNON MEMORIAL PARKWAY & POTOMAC RIVER, 1949 BRADDOCK LIGHT & POWER OCFOF.ICE FLAT FILE 17 SLATER'S LANE, ROOF FRAMING PLAN, 1953 OFFICE FLAT FILE 17 SMEIT POINT LIGHTHOUSE, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1895 OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 SMITH POINT LIGHTHOUSE, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1855 OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 SOUTHERN RAILWAY, 1916 ROUND HOUSE, ALEXANDRIA OFFICE FLAT FILE 17 SOUTHERN RAILWAY, LABORATORY FOR TEST DEPARTMENT, 1917 OFFICE FLAT FILE 17 ST. ASAPH ST., 724 SOUTH, APARTMENTS, 1941 OFFICE FLAT FILE 16 ST. ASAPH STREET, 100 BLOCK NORTH, 1967 URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE FLAT FILE 16 ST. ASAPH STREET, 615 NORTH, 1941 RED CROSS OFFICE FLAT FILE 16 STABLER-LEADBEATER APOTHECARY SHOP, 1940 HABS MAP DRAWER 22 SUMMIT AND DAVIS AVENUES -BRADDOCK HEIGHTS, 1950 OFFICE FLAT FILE 17 THOMAS PT. SHOAL & PORT TOBACCO FLATS, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1874 OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 TRACK MAPS - SOUTHERN RAILROAD -BUSH HILL TO POTOMAC RIVER, 1916 MAP DRAWER 23 UNION STATION, 1904 MAP DRAWER 23 UNION STREET, 101-105 SO - FITZGERALD/PATTERSON WAREHOUSES, 1937 HABS MAP DRAWER 21 UNION STREET, 105 (REAR) SMALL WAREHOUSE, 1937 MAP DRAWER 23 UNION, WOLFE, WILKES STREETS AND POTOMAC RIVER, 1939 COAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT OFFICE FLAT FILE 18 UPPER CEDAR POINT LIGHTHOUSE, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1875 OFFICE FLAT FILE 9 VALLEY DRIVE, LOT 41, BRADDOCK HEIGHTS, 1939 OFFICE FLAT FILE 18 VAN DORN ST. STATION & LINE-METRO-METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOX 302 WASHINGTON AND KING STREETS, SW CORNER, 1947 UNITED CIGAR-WHELAN STORE OFFICE FLAT FILE 19 WASHINGTON & OLD DOMINION RAILWAY PROFILE, 1912 CONDENSED PROFILE FROM ROSSLYN TO GREAT FAOLFLFSICE FLAT FILE 19 WASHINGTON AVENUE AND LINDEN STREETS ROW HOUSES, 1939 OFFICE FLAT FILE 19 WASHINGTON STREET, 117 SOUTH, VIRGINIA PUBLIC SERVICE CO., 1929 OFFICE FLAT FILE 21 WASHINGTON STREET, 119-121 NORTH, 1949 BANKS OFFICE FLAT FILE 19 WASHINGTON STREET, 125B NORTH, 1972 CARRIAGE HOUSES OFFICE FLAT FILE 19 WASHINGTON STREET, 128 SOUTH, GEO. MASON HOTEL, 1925 OFFICE FLAT FILE 21 WASHINGTON STREET, 201 SOUTH, LYCEUM, 1940 HABS MAP DRAWER 22 WASHINGTON STREET, 220 NORTH, 1963 LLOYD HOUSE SCIENCE CENTER OFFICE FLAT FILE 20 WASHINGTON STREET, 220 NORTH, LLOYD HOUSE, 1959 HABS MAP DRAWER 22 WASHINGTON STREET, 515 NORTH, 1935 COTTON FACTORY OFFICE FLAT FILE 21.
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