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Get set for striking lightning

Get set for striking lightning

Photograph shows two riggers installing a lightning rod atop a pole extending 60 feet above the topmost pinnacle of the Empire State Building. ACME Photograph. No. 835950. Date on verso: May 24 1947. Caption on... More

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...

Survey number: HABS VA-251 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...

Survey number: HABS VA-251 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...

Survey number: HABS VA-251 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...

Survey number: HABS VA-251 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...

Survey number: HABS VA-251 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...

Survey number: HABS VA-251 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...

Survey number: HABS VA-251 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...

Survey number: HABS VA-251 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Puck's presidential possibilities. No. II, Old-man-ready-to-be-struck / F. Opper.

Puck's presidential possibilities. No. II, Old-man-ready-to-be-struck ...

Print shows Benjamin Harrison sitting atop a chimney, holding rods with metal tips, several others are tied to his body and his hat, hoping to get struck by a lightning bolt labeled "Republican Presidential Nom... More

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...

Survey number: HABS VA-251 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...

Survey number: HABS VA-251 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Norfolk City Hall & Courthouse, 421 East City Hall Avenue, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk City Hall & Courthouse, 421 East City Hall Avenue, Norfolk, No...

Significance: Norfolk became an independent city by Act of Assembly in 1845. Almost immediately thereafter, the City Council and citizens began planning the construction of a new City Hall building and courtho... More