Hallowell-Carlin House (Site)

These coordinates mark the exact location where the home once stood. No visible remains exist.


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Here follows an excerpt from the City of Alexandria website:

Hallowell-Carlin House
Alexandria Times, October 28, 2010

Educator Benjamin Hallowell had this three-and-a-half-story brick home built in 1854-1855 on the east side of Washington Street between Cameron and Queen streets. The house had four chimneys, end parapets and a roof balustrade.

Hallowell wrote of his home, located across the street from his school, “As I expected to end my days in this new building, I furnished it with every known convenience, and supplied it with all modern improvements.” But he later sold the school and moved away.

During the Civil War, the structure was used as a Union hospital, as several other large homes in Alexandria were. In the late 19th century the house at 215 North Washington St. became the home of Joseph Broders, a successful wholesale grocer who became the president of First National Bank. In 1891, his daughter Lillian married Charles Creighton Carlin at the family home, where the Carlins would later make their residence as well.

An attorney and former postmaster, Carlin was elected to Congress in 1907 and served as a Representative until 1919. During his time in Congress, Carlin welcomed notable guests to his home including President William H. Taft in 1909 and Vice President Thomas Marshall in 1914. In the years after Carlin’s death, the house became the residence of a federal judge and later of a former diplomatic officer who ran a school there in the 1940s to prepare candidates to take the Foreign Service exam.

In the early 1950s, the home was advertised for sale to a “lucky” business, school, club, fraternal organization, builder, speculator or investor. It did serve as an apartment building for several years before being demolished in 1965.


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Here follows an excerpt from the City of Alexandria website:

New Hallowell Hospital
New Hallowell Hospital, a part of the 3rd Division General Hospital, was a hospital for officers.

History of the New Hallowell Hospital
215 N. Washington Street

A hospital for officers opened on March 7, 1862, in the home of Benjamin Hallowell, noted Quaker educator. Robert E. Lee and his son both studied at the Hallowell school. The hospital was part of the 3rd Division General Hospital, which also included Old Hallowell, and several other hospitals on or north of King Street. The hospital complex included a three story building plus basement, a shed and stable. (Source: Civil War DC Website, from National Archives data.) It closed on April 27, 1865. The building was demolished 100 years later, despite efforts of the Historic Alexandria Foundation to save the historic property.

Location and the Site Today
New Hallowell Hospital was located at 215 N. Washington Street. Townhouse style commercial buildings now occupy this site.