Daily Archives: December 6, 2010

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Alexandria Stoneware for Quinn’s Sale

On the site where the Tannery Yard condominiums stand today, the influential Wilkes Street Pottery operated from 1813-1877. The relationship between the Wilkes Street Pottery, famous for manufacturing Alexandria stoneware, and Hugh Smith & Company, a King Street retailer, was a driving force in Alexandria’s economy during the early half of the [Read More]