McLean in Fairfax County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Chesterbrook

December 27, 2016

1. Chesterbrook Marker

Inscription. Lincolnville, a farming community that developed along Kirby Road after the Civil War, was renamed Chesterbrook ca. 1897. The "First Colored Baptist Church of Fairfax County" was founded ca. 1866 by Reverend Cyrus Carter. The one-room Chesterbrook School opened in 1906 on present-day Linway Terrace. The school moved to Kirby Road in 1926. Chesterbrook Methodist Episcopal Church, South, formed in 1906, worshipped in the schoolhouse, then relocated to Kirby Road in 1921. Classes for the Chesterbrook Colored School were held in the Odd Fellows Lodge adjacent to the general store, which the Stalcup family operated for many years.

Erected 2015 by The Fairfax County History Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Virginia, Fairfax County History Commission series list.

Location. 38° 55.188′ N, 77° 9.301′ W. Marker is in McLean, Virginia, in Fairfax County. It is at the intersection of Kirby

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Road (Virginia Route 695) and Park Road, on the right when traveling north on Kirby Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mc Lean VA 22101, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Northern Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: William Watters (approx. half a mile away); Original Federal Boundary Stone, District of Columbia, Northwest 2 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Original Federal Boundary Stone, District of Columbia, Northwest 1 (approx. 1.1 miles away); John Saegmuller House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Little Falls Road (approx. 1.3 miles

December 27, 2016

2. Chesterbrook Marker

away); George Nicholas Saegmuller (approx. 1.3 miles away); Minor's Hill (approx. 1.3 miles away); Original Federal Boundary Stone, District of Columbia, Northwest 3 (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in McLean.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 16, 2017. This page has been viewed 1,145 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 16, 2017. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.