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Fairfax–Moore House

Coordinates: 38°48′12″N 77°2′34″W / 38.80333°N 77.04278°W / 38.80333; -77.04278
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Fairfax–Moore House
Fairfax–Moore House
Fairfax–Moore House is located in Alexandria Historical District
Fairfax–Moore House
Fairfax–Moore House is located in Virginia
Fairfax–Moore House
Fairfax–Moore House is located in the United States
Fairfax–Moore House
Location207 Prince Street, Alexandria, Virginia
Coordinates38°48′12″N 77°2′34″W / 38.80333°N 77.04278°W / 38.80333; -77.04278
BuiltLate 18th century
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.90002113
VLR No.100-0022
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 17, 1991
Designated VLRApril 17, 1990[1]

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.[2]

History

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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.[1]

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.[1]

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."[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "100-0022 Fairfax-Moore House". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. May 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "Fairfax–Moore House" (PDF). United States Department of the Interior and National Register of Historic Places. 1991. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
  3. ^ Fairfax–Moore House: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Virginia Department of Historic Resources.