Falls Church, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Pearson's Funeral Home
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 4, 2018
1. Pearson's Funeral Home Marker
Inscription.
Pearson's Funeral Home. . This property at 472 N. Washington St. was part of a 1729 land grant from Lord Fairfax to John Trammell. Developed only after half the original 248 acres was sold in 1865 to Isaac Crossman, and the Fairfax and Georgetown Turnpike (now Lee Highway) was built in the 1870s. The site of the 1900 home of Dr. Tunis Quick, which his former schoolmate President William Taft visited briefly on July 21, 1911, enroute to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the First Battle of Bull Run. About 1920 the house was substantially altered into a funeral home. A 1986 historic certification was legally challenged, and in late 1989 the city approved its demolition.
This property at 472 N. Washington St. was part of a 1729 land grant from Lord Fairfax to John Trammell. Developed only after half the original 248 acres was sold in 1865 to Isaac Crossman, and the Fairfax and Georgetown Turnpike (now Lee Highway) was built in the 1870s. The site of the 1900 home of Dr. Tunis Quick, which his former schoolmate President William Taft visited briefly on July 21, 1911, enroute to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the First Battle of Bull Run. About 1920 the house was substantially altered into a funeral home. A 1986 historic certification was legally challenged, and in late 1989 the city approved its demolition.
Location. 38° 53.131′ N, 77° 9.888′ W. Marker is in Falls Church, Virginia. It is at the intersection of North
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Washington Street (U.S. 29) and East Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west on North Washington Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 472 N Washington St, Falls Church VA 22046, 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 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.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Arlington County / Fairfax County (was about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been permanently removed).
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 4, 2018
3. Pearson's Funeral Home Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 923 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on November 4, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
