Fairfax–Moore House Explained

Fairfax–Moore House
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 17, 1990[1]
Designated Other1 Number:100-0022
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:207 Prince Street, Alexandria, Virginia
Coordinates:38.8033°N -77.0428°W
Built:Late 18th century
Architecture:Georgian
Added:January 17, 1991
Refnum:90002113

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

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 ... symbolizesthe sophistication of Alexandria's late-eighteenth-century urban domestic idiom."[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 100-0022 Fairfax-Moore House. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. May 13, 2021.
  2. Web site: Fairfax–Moore House. United States Department of the Interior and National Register of Historic Places. 1991. March 22, 2010. PDF.
  3. https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/VLR_to_transfer/PDFNoms/100-0022_Fairfax-Moore_House_1991_Final_Nomination.pdf Fairfax–Moore House: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form