page_title: Neighborhoods of Alexandria, Virginia
section_title: Rosemont
hierarchical_section_title: Neighborhoods of Alexandria, Virginia / Rosemont
caption_attribution_description: English: Rosemont Historic District, Roughly bounded by Commonwealth AVe., W. Walnut St., Russell Rd., Rucker Pl. and King St. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 92001275
context_page_description: Alexandria, Virginia, an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, is located along the western bank of the Potomac River. The city of approximately 151,000 is about six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C..
  Several outlying neighborhoods and cities outside the limits of Alexandria, in neighboring Arlington and Fairfax Counties, are sometimes grouped as part of Alexandria as well, as they have Alexandria mailing addresses despite not being inside the city limits.
context_section_description: Just to the west of Old Town is the city's oldest planned residential expansion. Called by its creators Rosemont in honor of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania neighborhood of the same name, Rosemont was developed between 1900 and 1920. Rosemont extends from the foot of Shuter's Hill, crowned by the George Washington National Masonic Memorial, away to the north for a dozen blocks to the edge of Del Ray. Originally intended as a "streetcar suburb" connected to Washington, D.C. and George Washington's home at Mount Vernon by electric railroad, Rosemont, instead, became closely integrated into the life of the core of Alexandria. Much of Rosemont is included in a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places that was intended to focus attention on the neighborhood's role as a showcase of early 20th century home building styles. Television weatherman Willard Scott grew up here.
  Ivy Hill Cemetery is located at the edge of the neighborhood, and is listed as part of the historic district as well. 
  Rosemont is frequently grouped with the neighboring North Ridge neighborhood.
caption: A typical house in the Rosemont neighborhood
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