209-211 N. Fairfax Street

The houses at 209-211 North Fairfax Street were built by Jonah Thompson in 1805 as residences, and are today known as the Jonah Thompson Houses or the Marriage House.  In the 1840s, this large property, with a loggia facing the rear garden and river, became a female seminary, or school, run by Benjamin Hallowell.

Opened August 22, 1861, Fairfax Street Hospital became an element of the First Division of Alexandria Hospitals after September 20, 1862.  In 1864, it became part of the Mansion House Hospital, also in the First Division, which had about 753 beds in a December, 1864 census.

• Organization of the Hospitals in the Department of Washington, by Susan C. Lawrence, Civil War Washington website.

• Title: Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent City, VA
• Image Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 
• Image Date: 1930s
• Medium: 5x7” B/W photographic print
• Library of Congress Reproduction Number: HABS VA,7-ALEX,57-1
• Library of Congress Call Number: HABS VA,7-ALEX,57-1
• Library of Congress Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.

The Quartermaster map shows the Fairfax Street Hospital and vicinity. A detail shows the elevation of the hospital.

Located at 209-211 N. Fairfax Street, the Fairfax Street Hospital is now once again private residences, known as the Jonah Thompson House.

• Google maps. See the location today.
• Civil War Hospitals Map. See location of hospital in relation to others.
• Union Hospitals in Alexandria. Return to main page
• Alexandria Civil War Hospitals. interactive Story Map
• Alexandria Civil War Hospitals. Walking Tour Brochure