Moses Hepburn Rowhouses

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Moses Hepburn Rowhouses
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Location206–212 N. Pitt St.,
Alexandria, Virginia
Coordinates 38°48′30″N77°2′41″W / 38.80833°N 77.04472°W / 38.80833; -77.04472
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival
MPS African American Historic Resources of Alexandria, Virginia MPS
NRHP reference No. 03001426 [1]
VLR No.100-5015-0004
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 16, 2004
Designated VLRSeptember 10, 2003 [2]

The Moses Hepburn Rowhouses are a set of four historic rowhouses located at 206 through 212 North Pitt Street between Cameron Street and Hammond Court in the Old Town area of Alexandria, Virginia. They were built about 1850 by Moses Hepburn Sr., a prominent African American businessman and citizen whose son became the first African American town councilor of West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1882. The houses are two-story, two-bay, side hall plan dwellings. Originally identical, the unit at No. 206 was updated in the late nineteenth century. Each house has had one-story or two-story additions in the rear. [3]

The houses were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  3. Elizabeth Calvit; Francine Bromberg & Barbara B. Ballentine. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Moses Hepburn Rowhouses" (PDF). and Accompanying two photos