Colonel Michael Swope Townhouse

When he died in 1809, his body was taken to the family vault in Philadelphia. In 1859, when a Yellow Fever epidemic overcame the city of Philadelphia, the officious health authorities made the Swope family unearth their family caskets probably to prove that family members had… MORE

Gadsby’s Tavern Museum

Gadsby’s Tavern Museum is made up of two, connected 18th Century brick buildings built seven years apart. A staircase connects the two buildings. The museum tour includes the rooms in both buildings… MORE

Robert E. Lee Mansion

Psychic-sensitive Susy Smith visited the K’s mansion and felt a prickly sensation along her spine, as she was walking onto the back part of… MORE

The William Ramsay House

This much loved icon of Alexandria, The William Ramsay House, is an early 18th Century, two story home with attic and basement, reconstructed home of town founder, William Ramsay; a dedicated public servant and successful businessman. It has the distinction of being the oldest house found in Alexandria. The people of Alexandria truly love this link to their Colonial heritage… MORE