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Fort Washington Light

Lighthouse

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Fort Washington Light is a lighthouse located on the banks of the Potomac River on the grounds of its namesake fort. There has been a lighthouse on the location since 1857; the current light was converted from a fog bell tower in 1901. Fort Washington Light is situated 1½ miles south of Collingwood Library and Museum on Americanism.

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital

Hospital

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Inova Mount Vernon Hospital is situated 2 miles west of Collingwood Library and Museum on Americanism.

Hollin Hall

Manor estate

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Hollin Hall was an 18th-century plantation house three miles southwest of Alexandria in Fairfax County, Virginia. George Mason, a United States Founding Father, gave Hollin Hall to his third son, Thomson Mason, through deeds of gift in 1781 and 1786. Hollin Hall is situated 2 miles northwest of Collingwood Library and Museum on Americanism.

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Arcturus

Neighborhood

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Arcturus is a neighborhood within the unincorporated community of Fort Hunt in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Arcturus lies south of Alexandria between the George Washington Memorial Parkway and the Potomac River.

Fort Hunt

Village

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Fort Hunt is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The area is named after Fort Hunt, which was built on the bank of the Potomac River in 1897 to defend Washington, D.C. from naval attack and is now a public park.

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