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Street named after former President Eisenhower’s childhood hometown proposed in Alexandria

By James Cullum
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (via Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum/Facebook)

A request to name a new street after former President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s childhood hometown in Kansas is heading to the Planning Commission tonight (June 23).

The new street name, Abilene Street, has been proposed for a new roadway that would run perpendicular to Eisenhower Avenue. It’s all part of the residential conversion approved last year for the former Victory Center property at 5001 Eisenhower Avenue.

The proposed new street at the 5001 Eisenhower Avenue project (via City of Alexandria)

According to city staff:

Staff support the applicant’s request for the new street name. The proposed street name would comply with the City Code requirements for new street names. The name has not elicited concerns from the reviewing City Departments: GIS, Fire, and Police. The proposed name does not sound like or is similar in spelling to other street names in the City of Alexandria or neighboring jurisdictions, ensuring that emergency services and the United States Postal Service would not confuse the streets with another street or alley in the city.

Eisenhower was president from 1953 to 1961. Alexandria’s four-and-a-half-mile connector roadway that bears his name was completed in 1985.

The project site at 5001 Eisenhower Avenue (via City of Alexandria)

Photo via Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum/Facebook

About the Author

  • Reporter James Cullum has spent nearly 20 years covering Northern Virginia. He began working with ALXnow in 2020, and has covered every story under the sun for the publication, from investigative stories to features and photo galleries. His work includes coverage of national and international situations, as well as from the White House, Capitol, Pentagon, Supreme Court and State Department. He's covered protests and riots throughout the U.S. (including the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol), in addition to earthquake-ridden Haiti, Western Sahara in North Africa and war-torn South Sudan. He has photographed presidents and other world leaders, celebrities and famous musicians, and excels under pressure.