Photo courtesy of City of Alexandria
Freedom House exterior in Alexandria
The Office of Historic Alexandria is excited to share that the exterior rehabilitation work has been completed on the Freedom House Museum at 1315 Duke St.
The Museum will reopen on Nov. 6 and the official ribbon cutting will be on Nov. 8 at 1 p.m. Experts will be onsite Nov. 8 from 1 – 3 p.m. to share behind the scenes details on the exterior renovation work.
The process of rehabilitating the exterior of the Freedom House Museum at 1315 Duke St. began in June of 2024. Now the front facade has returned to its pre-Civil War appearance, helping to tell the story of the domestic slave trade in Alexandria.
The next phase at Freedom House Museum shifts to the inside, where engineers and preservation specialists will design ways to make the interior spaces accessible to all.
The full rehabilitation project was guided by extensive historical documentation of the building and was recommended in the Historic Structures Report and supported by the community in the Comprehensive Plan. Learn more by visiting the Rehabilitation Project page.
The rehabilitation was carried out by Oak Grove Restoration Company on behalf of the City of Alexandria and was funded through private donations, Commonwealth of Virginia funds, and a Save America’s Treasures grant from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
