Old Town Alexandria Commemorative Plaques: Seaport Inn

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 18^th 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…

 

Comments

[teresa]

I want to purchase this sign! Who do I contact?

[Jay]

I don't think it is for sale.