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

Ferndale

ca. 1904

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 27, 2022

1. Ferndale Marker

Inscription. The Poindexter family built this house in the Folk Victorian style. An old postcard written by Laura Poindexter revealed that the house was named "Ferndale". Long time Clifton resident, Margaret Detwiler Webb lived and painted here as a young woman in the 1920's. Actress Helen Hayes vacationed here with her nephew and his wife in the 1960's. The facade of the house was restored in 2000.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Women.

Location. 38° 46.713′ N, 77° 23.382′ W. Marker is in Clifton, Virginia, in Fairfax County. It is on Chapel Street 0.2 miles west of Main Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12817 Chapel Street, Clifton VA 20124, 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,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the

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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 walking distance of this marker: Red Gables (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wm. E. Beckwith House (about 700 feet away); Adams House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mayhugh Tavern (approx. 0.2 miles away); Nature is Close at Hand at the Webb Sanctuary (approx. 0.2 miles away); Fulmer House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Clifton Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Cross House (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clifton.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 15, 2017

2. Ferndale Marker

This is a photo of a previous iteration of the marker. While the information is identical, some of the formatting is slightly different.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 15, 2017

3. Ferndale Marker

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 15, 2017

4. Ferndale

The Cloak of Green image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 15, 2017

5. The Cloak of Green

Beneath a cloak of green Ferndale has sheltered and nurtured a generation of the Rusnak family since 1982. After a century in a veil of white Ferndale returned to her original woodland green in 2014 by the loving hand of Charles M. Rusnak, Jr.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 2, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 484 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 28, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 2, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.