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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: January 26, 2008
Caption: Previous Marker on Site
Additional Description: Prior to 2008 this metal marker stood beside the Ice House and read:

In winter this building was filled with ice cut from the river. The thick stone walls and many layers of straw provided sufficient insulation to preserve a supply of ice for summer use. When the family needed ice, large chucks were retrieved from under the straw and taken to the house.

The ice house was probably built sometime between 1876 and 1889. It remained in use until the mid-1930s and was restored by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority in 1983.
Submitted: May 20, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p23930
File Size: 0.973 Megabytes

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