Old Town in Alexandria, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Welcome to Jones Point Park
National Park Service
— U.S. Department of the Interior —
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 22, 2018
1. Welcome to Jones Point Park Marker
Inscription.
Welcome to Jones Point Park. National Park Service. The open vistas, recreational fields, or fishing pier may be what drew you to Jones Point Park, but archaeological and historical evidence shows that this land has been attracting people for a multitude of reasons during the last 9,000 years. Over time, previous generations used and reshaped Jones Point in a variety of ways, crating Native American seasonal hunting and fishing camps, cultivating tobacco, erecting a 19th-century ropewalk and a Civil War fort, and even transforming the landscape into an impressive industrial World War I shipyard. Of the few structures that remain, Jones Point's lighthouse, built 1855-1856, is the park's most prominent feature. But Jones Point's most important story lies in front of the lighthouse, where the south cornerstone of the original survey of Washington, D.C., marks the founding of the nation's capital city.
The open vistas, recreational fields, or fishing pier may be what drew you to Jones Point Park, but archaeological and historical evidence shows that this land has been attracting people for a multitude of reasons during the last 9,000 years. Over time, previous generations used and reshaped Jones Point in a variety of ways, crating Native American seasonal hunting and fishing camps, cultivating tobacco, erecting a 19th-century ropewalk and a Civil War fort, and even transforming the landscape into an impressive industrial World War I shipyard. Of the few structures that remain, Jones Point's lighthouse, built 1855-1856, is the park's most prominent feature. But Jones Point's most important story lies in front of the lighthouse, where the south cornerstone of the original survey of Washington, D.C., marks the founding of the nation's capital city.
Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
W. Marker is in Alexandria, Virginia. It is in Old Town. Marker is on Jones Point Drive east of South Royal Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 Jones Point Drive, Alexandria VA 22314, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 22, 2018
2. Welcome to Jones Point Park Marker
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 22, 2018
3. Jones Point Park
Signage near the marker
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 22, 2018
4. Jones Point Park Interpretive Trail
Map adjacent to the marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 23, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 465 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on December 23, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3, 4. submitted on December 24, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
