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Photographer: Ronald J. Baumgarten, Jr.
Taken: June 4, 2011
Caption: Gilbert House, Lewinsville Park
Additional Description: A current view of the Gilbert House, where the Confederate attack on pickets of the 79th New York unfolded at Lewinsville. Jeb Stuart placed his guns to the southwest of the house and opened fire on the retiring Union soldiers. Known today as "Meadowbrook," the home is located in Lewinsville Park off Chain Bridge Road in McLean. The Fairfax County Inventory of Historic Sites lists the date of construction as circa 1860, although according to local historian Carole Herrick's book on McLean, the farmhouse dates to 1847. The house was damaged during the Civil War, and in 1941, the owners made numerous additions. Fairfax Country acquired the property in 1973.
Submitted: June 22, 2012, by Ronald J. Baumgarten, Jr. of McLean, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p208913
File Size: 2.135 Megabytes

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