Alexandria, VA – Our “Unseen Old Town” photo from last month featured a beautifully restored home in the 400 block of Prince Street. Longtime Alexandrians may remember that in the 1990s the property looked very different—then an aging apartment building rather than the elegant single-family residence we see today.

Its former owner, Elizabeth Elliott, and her companion, Karl Von Lewinski, lived next door at 413 Prince. Old Town was stunned in February 1984 when both were murdered by a disgruntled tenant, a tragedy that brought 415 Prince Street to the attention of many residents for the first time.

But the building’s significance goes far deeper than that moment in modern memory. In fact, 415 Prince Street was added to the National Register of Historic Places earlier this year for its imp

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