Slide Reads: Capitol at W. on Mar. 15. 1861 From MESELVE? or Meigs Photo. Photograph of image of unfinished capitol building and crowd on the day of President Abraham Lincoln's inauguration. May have been taken at Library of Congress or from periodical.
Carlyle House, a mansion in Alexandria, built by Scottish merchant John Carlyle in 1751–53. It is situated in the city's Old Town on North Fairfax Street between Cameron and King Streets.