Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Virginia - Fairfax County
Fairfax County Virginia has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 16 places of National significance and 25 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Pope-Leighey House, Mount Vernon, Woodlawn Plantation, Woodlawn Plantation (Boundary Increase) and Northwest No. 3 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia.

Learn about the many famous people who are associated with these Fairfax County historic places including et al. Barton Clara, Washington, Lewis, Underwood, Mason, George Mason, George Washington, Jeremiah Moore and Dr. C.A. Max Wiehle.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Fairfax County places including William Buckland, Frank Lloyd Wright, FHwA, Waddy D. Wood, George Washington, Dr. William Thornton, Kalhn, Albert, Associates, Inc., NPS, Walter Macomber and George Mason. Prominent architectural styles found in Fairfax Country are Colonial Revival, Georgian and Greek Revival.

Pope-Leighey House (added 1970 - #70000791)
E of Accotink off U.S. 1 , Accotink
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Visitors run their hands along the raw cypress walls of Frank Lloyd Wright''s 1940 Usonian home, which survived the path of interstate highway construction to sit preserved on the Woodlawn estate.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wright,Frank Lloyd
Architectural Style:
Prairie School, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Mount Vernon (added 1966 - #66000833)
7 mi. S of Alexandria on George Washington Memorial Pkwy. , Alexandria
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Visitors walk the creaky floorboards of George Washington''s 21-room mansion, peer into his private study, and stand feet away from his brick tomb along the Potomac.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Washington,George
Significant Year:
1799, 1752
Area of Significance:
Military, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Woodlawn Plantation (added 1970 - #70000792)
W of jct. of U.S. 1 and Rte. 235 , Alexandria
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George Washington carved this estate from Mount Vernon for his step-granddaughter, and today the 1805 brick home still stands with its grand halls designed by the architect of the US Capitol.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wood, Waddy D., Thornton,William
Architectural Style:
Federal
Historic Person:
Washington, Lewis, Underwood, Mason
Significant Year:
1805, 1951, 1799
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Politics/Government, Conservation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Woodlawn Plantation (Boundary Increase) (added 2011 - #11000836)
Also known as DHR File Number: 029-0056
9000 Richmond Hwy., Alexandria
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The expanded historic grounds pair George Washington?s 1805 brick wedding gift to his step-granddaughter with a sleek 1940 Frank Lloyd Wright home relocated right onto the property.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Conservation
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
More Information:
archives document
Huntley (added 1972 - #72001392)
6918 Harrison Lane , Alexandria
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Thomson Mason?s 1825 federal-style villa stands on a steep hill overlooking the damp lowlands where Union troops camped during the Civil War.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Early Republic
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
William H. Randall Estates (added 2026 - #100012742)
Also known as VDHR# 029-6392
Shiver Drive, between Rollins Drive and Colgate Drive; Jube Court; and Rollins Drive, south side between Radcliffe Drive and Duke Drive, Alexandria
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Strolling past these intact 1950s brick ranch houses reveals how Black families carved out their own thriving suburban enclave during the height of Virginia''s segregation.
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Ethnic Heritage-Black
Northwest No. 3 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia (added 1991 - #91000005)
Also known as NW3,Jurisdiction Stone;DHR File No. 00-22
4013 N. Tazewell St. , Arlington
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Sitting behind a protective iron grate on a quiet Arlington street, this weathered 1791 sandstone post marks the exact spot where the nation''s original federal border met Virginia.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
More Information:
archives document
Southwest No. 8 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia (added 1991 - #91000013)
Also known as SW8,Jurisdiction Stone;DHR File No. 00-22
Jct. of Wilson Blvd. and John Marshall Dr., behind apt. bldg. , Arlington
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An iron cage on a quiet Arlington street protects this chipped 1791 sandstone block, which Benjamin Banneker helped place to mark the nation?s original federal boundary.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
More Information:
archives document
Southwest No. 6 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia (added 1991 - #91000011)
Also known as SW6,Jurisdiction Stone;DHR File No. 00-22
S. Jefferson St. S of jct. with Columbia Pike, in median strip , Bailey's Crossroads
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A weathered 1791 sandstone block sits behind a green iron cage on South Walter Reed Drive, marking the exact spot where Benjamin Banneker and Andrew Ellicott charted the nation''s original federal territory.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
More Information:
archives document
Sully (added 1970 - #70000793)
N of jct. of Rtes. 28 and U.S. 50 , Chantilly
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Richard Bland Lee?s 1794 federal-style estate preserves the stark realities of early American life, from the original main house to the reconstructed quarters of the thirty-one enslaved people who worked these Virginia fields.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Clifton Historic District (added 1985 - #85001786)
Roughly bounded by Popes Head Creek, Water St., Dell Ave., Chestnut & Chapel Rds. , Clifton
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Union soldiers and steam engines once dominated this quiet Fairfax outpost, but today the surviving 19th-century wooden storefronts and Victorian homes offer a quiet step back into northern Virginia''s railway past.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Bungalow/Craftsman, Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Fairfax Arms (added 1979 - #79003037)
10712 Old Colchester Rd. , Colchester
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Though now a private home, this 1750s brick ordinary along the Occoquan River still stands as the last remnant of the colonial tobacco port of Colchester, where George Washington regularly stopped for a drink.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Commerce, Communications
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Restaurant
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Dranesville Tavern (added 1972 - #72001393)
11919 Leesburg Pike , Dranesville
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1850s roadside inn served cheap whiskey to exhausted wagoners hauling wheat down to Alexandria, and its original log framing still stands today right off busy Route 7.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cockerille,Sanford
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Restaurant
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Southwest No. 7 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia (added 1991 - #91000012)
Also known as SW7,Jurisdiction Stone;DHR File No. 00-22
Behind 3101 S. Manchester St. , Fairfax
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A weathered chunk of 1791 sandstone sits behind an iron cage near a modern apartment complex, marking the exact spot where surveyors first carved out the nation''s capital.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
More Information:
archives document
Hope Park Mill and Miller's House (added 1977 - #77001486)
Also known as Robey's Mill
12124 Pope's Head Rd. , Fairfax
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Though now a private residence, these 1780s stone ruins and timber-framed cottage near Popes Head Creek still draw dedicated history sleuths tracking George Washington?s old Fairfax farming ties.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Processing, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Blenheim (added 2001 - #01000152)
Also known as VDHR No. 151-5003, Willcoxon (Willcoxen, Wilcoxon, Wilcoxen) Place
3610 Old Lee Hwy. , Fairfax (Independent City)
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Union soldiers scrawled over 120 signatures and drawings directly onto the attic plaster of this 1859 farmhouse, so the walls read like a raw, hand-written diary of the Civil War.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
29 Diner (added 1992 - #92001370)
Also known as VDHR File No. 151-39;Tastee 29 Diner
10536 Lee Hwy. , Fairfax (Independent City)
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This 1947 Jerry O''Mahony streamliner still slings hash and pours hot coffee from its original stainless-steel counter along the Fairfax highway.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mountain View Diner Co.
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Restaurant
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant
More Information:
archives document
Fairfax County Courthouse and Jail (Boundary Increase) (added 1981 - #81000673)
Also known as See Also:Fairfax County Court House
4000 Chain Bridge Rd. , Fairfax (Independent City)
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Walk the very grounds where the Civil War''s first military officer fell in 1861, then head inside to view George Washington''s hand-written 1799 will.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Government Office
More Information:
archives document
City of Fairfax Historic District (added 1987 - #87001432)
Also known as See Also:Fairfax County Courthouse;Earp's Ordinary;81000673
Jct. of VA 236 and VA 123 , Fairfax (Independent City)
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Visitors walk the brick pathways around the 1799 courthouse where the first Civil War officer died in battle, then explore the 1812 Ratcliffe-Allison-Pozer House just steps away.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Fairfax County Courthouse (added 1974 - #74002235)
4000 Chain Bridge Rd. , Fairfax (Independent City)
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This 1799 brick landmark survived the opening land clash of the Civil War in 1861, but its biggest draw remains the vault that once held George and Martha Washington''s original wills.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wren,James
Architectural Style:
Early Republic, Other
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
More Information:
archives document
Ratcliffe-Logan-Allison House (added 1973 - #73002209)
Also known as Earp's Ordinary
200 E. Main St. , Fairfax (Independent City)
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Built in 1812, this small brick landmark on Main Street showcases how local builders expanded a simple cottage over decades of early American history.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Restaurant
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
St. Mary's Church (added 1976 - #76002104)
5605 Vogue Rd. , Fairfax Station
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Clara Barton turned this 1858 wooden chapel near the railroad tracks into a frantic field hospital, nursing wounded soldiers from the bloody 1862 Battle of Second Manassas.
Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Barton,Clara
Significant Year:
1858
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Exploration/Settlement, Health/Medicine, Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
West Cornerstone (added 1991 - #91000014)
Also known as West,Jurisdiction Stone;DHR File No. 00-22
W side Meridian St., S of jct. with Williamsburg Blvd. , Falls Church
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This chipped 1791 sandstone block, sitting behind a protective iron cage on the Arlington border, marks the very spot where Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Banneker began mapping the original ten-mile boundary of the nation''s capital.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
More Information:
archives document
Thermo-Con House (added 1997 - #97001075)
Also known as Building No. 172 of Fort Belvoir; VDHR File No. 029-5001
9791 Gunston Rd. , Fort Belvoir
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Army engineers poured this odd 1949 prototype home at Fort Belvoir out of a chemically aerated concrete that rose like yeast, trying to solve the military''s post-war housing shortage in a single day.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kalhn, Albert, Associates, Inc.
Architectural Style:
International Style
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Work In Progress
Potomac Canal Historic District (added 1979 - #79003038)
Also known as Patowmack Canal Historic District
E of Great Falls , Great Falls
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George Washington?s 1785 stone locks still slice through the cliffs at Great Falls, showing where workers blasted solid rock with black powder to bypass the river''s worst rapids.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Village Site, Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
Colvin Run Mill (added 1977 - #77001487)
S of Great Falls at 10017 Colvin Run Rd. , Great Falls
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Blacksmiths stoke coal fires right next to the massive twenty-foot waterwheel that still powers this working 1811 gristmill.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Processing
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park
More Information:
archives document
Cornwell Farm (added 1977 - #77001488)
SE of Great Falls, 9414 Georgetown Pike , Great Falls
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This 1831 brick home survived Union troop raids during the Civil War and somehow escaped the massive suburban sprawl currently swallowing Northern Virginia.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Herndon Depot (added 1979 - #79003039)
Elden St. , Herndon
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Cyclists on the W&OD trail often stop at this 1857 green-painted station to stand where Confederate raider John Mosby captured Union telegraph operators in 1863.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Government Office
More Information:
archives document
Langley Fork Historic District (added 1982 - #82001818)
Jct. of Georgetown Pike and Old Chain Bridge Rd. , Langley
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A quick stop at this McLean intersection brings travelers face-to-face with an 1850s tavern that served as a Union Army headquarters, right down the road from Robert F. Kennedy''s former Hickory Hill estate.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Education, Literature, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Transportation, Religion
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Road-Related
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure, School
More Information:
archives document
D.C. Workhouse and Reformatory Historic District (added 2006 - #06000052)
Also known as District of Columbia Correctional Facility, Lorton Prison; DHR File No. 029-0947
Bet. Silverbrook Rd., Lorton Rd., Ox Rd., and Furnace Rd. , Lorton
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This sprawling brick compound once saw the brutal force-feeding of jailed suffragists in 1917, but today the former cells host working artists and a museum dedicated to its dark penal history.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Harris, Albert, Ashford, Snowden
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Politics/Government, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Correctional Facility, Institutional Housing, Manufacturing Facility, Religious Structure, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Sport Facility
More Information:
archives document
Pohick Church (added 1969 - #69000239)
Also known as Pohick Episcopal Church
9201 Richmond Hwy. , Lorton
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George Washington surveyed the site for this 1774 Episcopal church, where George Mason bought a box pew and Union occupiers later carved their initials into the stone baptismal font.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Manassas National Battlefield Park (added 1966 - #66000039)
NW of Manassas off VA 215 , Manassas
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Wooden-wheeled cannons still point across the quiet Virginia fields where panicked Union soldiers and picnicking politicians scrambled back to Washington in the summer of 1861.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military
Cultural Affiliation:
American Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
"A" Fort and Battery Hill Redoubt--Camp Early (added 1998 - #98001315)
Also known as Measles Fort;44FX506;44FX529
Balmoral Greens Ave., 1 mi S. of jct. with Compton Rd. , Manassas Park
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Pine needles now cover the hand-dug 1861 Confederate trenches where Jubal Early''s soldiers braved the winter mud to guard the nearby railroad.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification, Military Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest
More Information:
archives document
Gunston Hall (added 1966 - #66000832)
Also known as Gunston Hall Manor
10709 Gunston Rd. , Mason Neck
Para, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
George Mason drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights inside this 1759 brick manor, where the original, hand-carved Georgian woodwork still frames the rooms overlooking the Potomac River.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Buckland,William, Mason,George
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Historic Person:
Mason,George
Significant Year:
1758, 1792, 1755
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
Historic Non-Aboriginal
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Garden, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Garden, Museum
More Information:
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Salona (added 1973 - #73002011)
1214 Buchanan St. , McLean
Mckaysalisbury, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
President James Madison fled to this red-brick McLean estate while Washington burned during the War of 1812, and Union troops later turned the surrounding pastures into a massive Civil War camp.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Bowman, A. Smith, Distillery (added 1999 - #99001503)
Also known as Wiehle Town Hall, Sunset Hills
1875 Old Reston Ave. , Reston
Articnomadcommonswiki, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
The surviving brick walls of Sunset Hills Farm in Reston mark where workers mashed local grain for Virginia''s first legal post-Prohibition whiskey back in 1934.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Wiehle, Dr. C.A. Max, Bowman, A. Smith Sr.
Significant Year:
1934, 1892
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Processing, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
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Moorefield (added 2005 - #78003014)
Moorefield Hill Pl. , Vienna
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This 1790s Vienna homestead survived nearby Civil War skirmishes and still displays its original hand-hewn timbers and massive stone chimney to passersby.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Moore,Jeremiah
Significant Year:
1794
Area of Significance:
Religion
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
George Washington Memorial Parkway (added 1995 - #95000605)
Also known as Clara Barton Parkway
Roughly, S side of the Potomac R. from American Legion to Memorial Bridge and N side from Brickyard Rd. to Chain Bridge , Washington
US National Archives bot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1930s roadway hugs the Potomac River, tracing the path of old canal workers and leading straight to the preserved home of Red Cross founder Clara Barton.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
FHwA, NPS
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Barton Clara, et al.
Significant Year:
1930, 1966
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Park, Road-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Park, Road-Related
More Information:
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Civil War Fort Sites (Boundary Increase) (added 1978 - #78003439)
Also known as Fort Circle;Defenses of Washington;See Also:Civil War Fort S
S of Washington on Rosier Bluff, N of Washington off George Washington Parkway , Washington
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Oak forests now hide the sprawling 1860s earthen ramparts and trench lines where Union soldiers stood their ground against Jubal Early''s raiders just miles from the Capitol building.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
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Green Spring (added 2003 - #03001089)
Also known as VDHR File No. 029-0025
4601 Green Spring Rd. , Alexandria
Wikipedian1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Macomber, Walter, Farrand, Beatrix
Architectural Style:
Colonial, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Garden, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park
More Information:
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Fort Hunt (added 1980 - #80000353)
Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy. , Alexandria
Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
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Tauxemont Historic District (added 2006 - #06000033)
Also known as VDHR File No. 029-5199
Bet. Ft. Hunt Rd. and Accotink Place, inc. Shenandoah, Tauxemont, Namassin, Westmoreland and Gahant Rds. and Bolling , Alexandria
Slowking4, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Davenport, Robert
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, School, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, School, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility
More Information:
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Tower House (added 2006 - #06000341)
Also known as Edgewater; Marshland-on-the-Potomac, 029-0151
9066 Tower House Place , Alexandria
Shearonink, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Mount Vernon High School (added 2018 - #100002439)
8333 Richmond Highway, Alexandria
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Early Modern, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1939-1953 AD
Hollin Hills Historic District (added 2013 - #13000807)
Roughly Beechwood, Elba, Glasgow, Martha's, Paul Springs, Range & Stafford Rds., Mason Hill, Rebecca & Whiteoaks Drs., Alexandria
Clarissajoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Mount Vernon Enterprise Lodge #3488-Pride of Fairfax County Lodge #298 (added 2022 - #100007613)
Also known as Odd Fellows Hall, DHR #029-6069
7809 Fordson Rd., Alexandria
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Area of Significance:
Ethnic Heritage-Black, Social History
Oak Hill (added 2004 - #04000478)
Also known as 029-0028
4716 Wakefield Chapel Rd. , Annandale
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Macomber, Walter M.
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Manassas Gap Railroad Independent Line (added 2001 - #01000700)
Also known as Manassas Gap RR Easter Extension, Manassas Gap RR Historic Site; 029-5013
7504 Royce St. , Annandale
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Economics, Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site, Rail-Related
Current Function:
Defense, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Battle Site, Rail-Related
Fairfax Public School (added 1992 - #92001367)
Also known as Old Fairfax Elementary School Annex;VDHR File No. 151-38
10209 Main St. , Fairfax (Independent City)
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
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Holmes Run Acres Historic District (added 2007 - #07000230)
Also known as DHR File No. 029-5183
Area generally bounded by Gallows Rd., Surrey Ln, and Holmes Run Dr. , Falls Church
Argos'Dad, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lethbridge, Donald, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, School, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, School, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility
More Information:
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