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

The Company House

Photographed by Connor Olson, March 21, 2022

1. The Company House Marker

Inscription. These rock walls mark the site of a house built in the late 1790's by the Patowmack Company. Intended for the Canal Superintendent and his family, the house took so long to build that only one of the superintendents ever lived in it. Later it was occupied by the canal lock-tenders.

Erected by National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 38° 59.462′ N, 77° 15.029′ W. Marker is near McLean, Virginia, in Fairfax County. It can be reached from Old Dominion Drive, on the right when traveling north. Located on the Matildaville Trail. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9200 Old Dominion Drive, Mc Lean VA 22102, 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 walking distance of this marker: Great Falls Canal and Locks (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Matildaville (about 700 feet away); Mather Gorge (about 700 feet away); The Patowmack Canal (approx. ¼ mile away); Floods at Great Falls (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Patowmack Canal (approx. 0.3 miles

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away); The Floods (approx. 0.3 miles away in Maryland); People and the Potomac (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in McLean.

Also see . . . Great Falls Park. National Park Service (Submitted on November 27, 2022.)

Photographed by Connor Olson, March 21, 2022

2. The Company House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2022, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 247 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 26, 2022, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.