Roughly bounded by Commonwealth Ave., US 1, E. Bellefonte Ave. and Ashby Ave., Alexandria (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Alexandria.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 10, 1992. NRIS 92001186.
690 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Potomac ( ) is an extinct incorporated town formerly located in Arlington County, Virginia (then called Alexandria County). Today the dissolved town's former territory is located within the City of Alexandria after municipal annexation in 1930. As a planned community, its proximity to Washington D.C. made it a popular place for employees of the U.S. government to live. Potomac was located adjacent to the massive Potomac Yard of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679434