Seaport Inn
6 King Street
Several years ago when Alexandria announced
Starbucks was replacing the Seaport Inn at the corner of King and Union, predictable
groans were heard about the big time corporate bully pushing out the mom and
pops. Those complaints have subsided and part of the reason is the
fabulous character of this corner building. It certainly doesn’t
look like a suburban Starbucks, and inside it doesn’t feel like one.
Colonel John Fitzgerald, friend of George,
built the waterside stone building in 1780 as a warehouse. In 1946, the Seaport Inn moved in
for a sixty years or so stay.
The Alexandria Archeological Museum has a
nice write up about this leaning building that occasionally floods, indicating
it is one of the few surviving 18th Century warehouses in Old Town.
In addition to the outside marker, there's one inside, and some photos
hang on the walls in the back reading room.
Check it out and say hello to the regulars…
I want to purchase this sign! Who do I contact?
Posted by: teresa | May 25, 2011 at 12:24 AM
I don't think it is for sale.
Posted by: Jay | May 25, 2011 at 06:47 AM