On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) 0.1 miles south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Harry Hoosier, the first known black Methodist preacher, gave a now famous sermon on the Fairfax Chapel grounds (today's Oakwood Cemetery). — — Map (db m186968) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Early black families in the area included Brice, Wade, Barnett, Jackson, Clay, Gilliam, Honesty, Hall, Scipio, Gaskins, Richardson, Rector, Deskins, Denny, Sims, and others. — — Map (db m186984) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) 0.1 miles south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Harriet Foote Turner, a free black woman, led 12 enslaved people to freedom. In 1867, she owned 7 acres, including the land on which you stand. — — Map (db m186971) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Philadelphia Quaker abolitionist Emily Howland supported efforts in Falls Church to operate a school for black people before, during, and after the Civil War. — — Map (db m186972) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
John Read and daughter Betsy secretly taught classes for black poeple even though it was against the law. Attendance put students and teachers in danger. — — Map (db m186973) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Local black men, including Charles Tinner, Isaac Payton, and others joined the Home Guard, an interracial militia protecting the Village. — — Map (db m186976) HM
On South Washington Street (Route 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Mosby's Confederate raiders killed Frank Brooks, a black man, kidnapped John Read, and his black companion, Jacob Jackson. Read, believed to be a Union spy, was executed. Jackson though wounded survived. — — Map (db m186977) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Some white landowners would not sell to black people or price gouged. Daniel Minor and John S. Crocker sold land at fair prices. Harriet Brice and Fred Foote, Sr. were the first black landowners in the Village. — — Map (db m186979) HM
On South Washington Street (Route 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Falls Church became a town. Frederick Foote, Jr. was elected Town constable and was the first black person on the Town Council (1880). Foote, George Thomas, and Eliza Henderson owned businesses patronized by black and white customers. — — Map (db m186983) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
The Democratic Town council voted to cede one third of the Town to Fairfax County, eliminating an area of potentially powerful black Republican voters. — — Map (db m186989) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
To meet civic and social needs, community members created organizations: House of Ruth, Mothers Council, King Tyre Masonic Lodge #292, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Buena Vista Social Club. — — Map (db m187015) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Dr. E.B. Henderson introduced basketball to African Americans to help break down racial barriers. In 2013, he was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame. — — Map (db m186992) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
William Henderson, a black man, filed a lawsuit after he was illegally thrown from the Falls Church trolley. Local white Attorney Jacob DePutron's testimony helped win his lawsuit. — — Map (db m186993) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just north of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
The Falls Church Town Council proposed as residential segregation ordinance requiring that all black people live in specific, confined areas of town. — — Map (db m187004) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
E.B. Henderson and Joseph Tinner convened a meeting at the Joseph and Mary Tinner home to protest the segregation ordinance. The Colored Citizens Protective League was founded by nine men. — — Map (db m187006) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Joseph Tinner, an oustanding orator who served as spokesperson in community discrimination disputes, was elected first CCPL president. — — Map (db m187007) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just west of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
CCPL filed suit in Fairfax County Circuit Court stopping enforcement of the ordinance and gaining their first civil rights victory. — — Map (db m187009) HM
On South Washington Street just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Warley vs. Buchanan, that residential segregation districts are unconstitutional, nullifying the Falls Church ordinance. — — Map (db m187011) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
African American teachers, Mary Ellen Henderson and Lola Saunders, taught at the overcrowded two-room wooden county schoolhouse, the only school in the area for black children. — — Map (db m187022) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Though Mary Ellen Henderson and Ollie Tinner spent 20 years lobbying for a new school for black children, it was Henderson's published study that proved the disparity in spending on black and white schools. — — Map (db m187023) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Black children from Falls Church were sent to segregated schools in Fairfax County which ended at 7th grade. Students traveled to Manassas, VA or Washington, DC for high school. — — Map (db m187020) HM
On South Washington Street (Route 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
A profiteering group of white businessmen built Lee Highway through the thriving black community and dissected black-owned properties. — — Map (db m187013) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Falls Church Town became a City. Black residents started businesses: Blossom Inn, Annie's Dress Shop, Francis Jackson's Beauty Salon, Smitty's Barber Shop, Tinner Well Digging, Deskins Plumbing. — — Map (db m187018) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
The African American community launched letter-writing campaigns and picketed to protest segregated businesses. Ciy businesses integrated without incidents. A cross was burned on the Henderson lawn. Hate mail attributed to the KKK was sent to homes . . . — — Map (db m187028) HM
On South Washington Street (Route 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Falls Church black activists included Claudis Brown, Audrey Williams, Joseph Tinner, Viola Hudson, Mary Ellen Henderson, E.B. Henderson, and Reverends Powell, Costner, and Colbert. — — Map (db m187030) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Emboldened by school desegregation in Arlington, Falls Church City Public Schools followed suit. The first children to integrrate were from the Costner, Lindsey, and Byrd families. — — Map (db m187026) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Early civil rights battles in the Town of Falls Church centered on basic rights, equality in education, city services, voting rights, and public transportation. — — Map (db m186990) HM
On South Maple Avenue just north of Wallace Street, on the left when traveling south.
Before and during the Civil War she, her father, and uncle secretly ran a school where they taught reading and writing to free and enslaved Black people, although it was against the law. — — Map (db m231962) HM
On West Annandale Road east of Gundry Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Large log house named for its two huge chimneys. One datestone was inscribed 1699, the traditional date quoted for the community's founding. First recorded owner of site is Henry Gunnell (1773 22.75 acre grant). James Gordon, owner 1803-1836, had . . . — — Map (db m4192) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Hiram Read, white pastor of Columbia Baptist, encouraged black worshipers to organize their own church. Second Baptist (1870) and Galloway United Methodist (1867) churches still exist. — — Map (db m186985) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) 0.1 miles south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
By 1860, approximately 250 free and enslaved black people lived here. They built a strong black community. Some escaped to freedom, others were freed. Many defied prohibitions to learn reading and writing. — — Map (db m186970) HM
On Park Avenue east of North Virginia Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Greek Revival house believed built in 1845 by Wm. Harvey, who bought 66.5 acres (part of 1729 248-acre Trammell grant). Outbuildings added about 1857. Name derived from trees lining lane from Leesburg Turnpike. In 1870, Joseph S. Riley bought the . . . — — Map (db m555) HM
On Washington and Old Dominion Trail, 0.1 miles west of Grove Avenue, in the median.
Built by Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority in 1992, the bridge resolved critical transportation and safety concerns of the 45-mile long W&OD Trail.
The name honors those local citizens who provided political and financial support for . . . — — Map (db m214537) HM
Near Little Falls Street east of Great Falls Street (Virginia Route 694), on the left when traveling north.
To all men and women who served their country during war and peace
[Dedication plaque on Flag Pole]
Flag Pole
Dedicated
on the
50th Anniversary of
The American Legion
Falls Church Posts
and Auxiliary Units . . . — — Map (db m125855) WM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
In the early 20th century, African Americans in Falls Church addressed inequities and discrimination through legal means. The black community prospered socially and in civic life. — — Map (db m187001) HM
On South Maple Avenue just north of Wallace Street, on the left when traveling west.
In 1915 the Town Council proposed a segregation ordinance to force all Black residents to live in certain areas. EB, Joseph Tinner, and 7 other men started the Colored Citizens Protective League (CCPL) to fight it. — — Map (db m186880) HM
On East Broad Street (Virginia Route 7), on the right when traveling east.
In 1859, the church trustees bought this ½ acre (part of 1729 248-acre Trammell Grant) for $100. The 2-story clapboard over timber church served as a Union hospital and appears in Matthew Brady photos. Pastor John Read was shot by Mosby Troops . . . — — Map (db m17576) HM
On Lincoln Avenue east of Great Falls Street (Route 694), on the left when traveling east.
Jacob C. and Mary E. (Sherwood) DePutron built this large two-story gabled brick Victorian-style house in 1893-94 on a 217-acre farm that she inherited. All house walls were of bricks made on site; facing brick on the front (from Georgia) and porch . . . — — Map (db m191565) HM
On Tinner Hill Road at South Washington Street (U.S. 29), on the left when traveling north on Tinner Hill Road.
Principal organizer of the first N.A.A.C.P. rural branch, Dr. Henderson was the most vocal civil rights advocate in this region for over 50 years and was former owner of the land adjacent to this monument. — — Map (db m151018) HM
On South Maple Avenue just south of Gibson Street, on the left when traveling south.
E.B. Henderson, whose pioneering work fostered African American participation in athletics early in the 20th century, lived in Falls Church from 1910 to 1965. After studying physical education at Harvard, he popularized basketball in his hometown of . . . — — Map (db m186877) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Black doctor, Dr. Harold Johnson and dentist, Dr. Harry Montgomery served black patients as well as white patients. Viola Hudson led the campaign to obtain utilities and mail services for the black community. — — Map (db m187019) HM
On East Broad Street (State Highway 7), on the right when traveling west.
After the Civil War demolition of Fairfax Chapel, the original part of this Gothic revival church was built by Southern sympathizers in 1869 on 2 acres donated by Wm. Y. Dulin (Part of 1742 208-acre Geo. Harrison Grant). Original chapel now forms . . . — — Map (db m2841) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and created the United States Colored Troops. Local black men George Brice, Fred Foote, Sr. and Charles Lee enlisted. — — Map (db m186974) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) 0.1 miles south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Free and enslaved African Americans lived in the Village. They worked as laborers, household help or worked on small plantations. They helped build canals and railroads. Some were carpenters, blacksmiths, sea traders — — Map (db m186963) HM
On South Maple Avenue just north of Wallace Street, on the left when traveling south.
She escaped slavery after the Battle of Vicksburg, walking from Mississippi to Washington, DC to reunite with family members. She eventually settled in Falls Church and owned a grocery store for many years. — — Map (db m186887) HM
On North Roosevelt Street at Ridge Plaza, on the right when traveling east on North Roosevelt Street.
Circuit riders brought Methodism to area in the late 1700s, holding meetings in homes. Fairfax Circuit initiated in 1776. Clapboard chapel built in 1779 and enlarged in 1798 on acre of land donated in 1818 by heirs of George Minor (a part of 1731 . . . — — Map (db m86184) HM
On North Roosevelt Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1861, Falls Church was a farm village located on the Alexandria-Leesburg Turnpike. On May 24, when Virginia's vote of secession became effective, Union troops crossed the Potomac and occupied Arlington Heights and Alexandria. On June 1, the 2nd . . . — — Map (db m2825) HM
Near Little Falls Street south of Great Falls Street (Virginia Route 694), on the right when traveling south.
All persons who died serving in the line of duty during wars from 1775 to 1975
Revolutionary War
(Apr 1775 - Sep 1783)
War of 1812
(Jun 1812 - Jan 1815)
Mexican War
(May 1846 - Feb 1848)
Fairfax, Henry • . . . — — Map (db m206643) WM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Falls Curch early local civil rights pioneers organized to oppose the residential segregation ordinance. Their successful action influenced the state and the nation. — — Map (db m187005) HM
On Hillwood Avenue (Virginia Route 338) at Whittier Circle, on the right when traveling west on Hillwood Avenue.
Fairfax County's FCHS opened September 1945 with 28 classrooms and 522 students. It was preceded from 1926-1945 by Jefferson HS (formerly Jefferson Institute) on E. Broad. The City of Falls Church became independent in 1948 with a separate school . . . — — Map (db m191575) HM
On Park Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Although soldiers repeatedly overran and raided Cherry Hill Farm during the Civil War, this ca. 1845 farmhouse and the ca. 1856 barn behind it survived almost intact. William Blaisdell, of Massachusetts paid $4,000 for the 66-acre property in 1856. . . . — — Map (db m65407) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) at Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north on South Washington Street.
The Falls Church Community Center Gym was dedicated to E.B. Henderson (2002). The new middle school was named in honor of Mary Ellen Henderson (2005). — — Map (db m187032) HM
Near Annandale Road south of Hillwood Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In 1867, African Americans built Galloway United Methodist Church and established the historic cemetery you are facing. According to local tradition, before and during the Civil War enslaved people on the Dulany plantation secretly worshiped in the . . . — — Map (db m72029) HM
On West Broad Street (Virginia Route 7) at North Virginia Avenue, on the right when traveling north on West Broad Street.
On this site stood the
Hangman's Tree
According to legend, an old oak used by Col. Mosby to hang Union
spies after the Battle of
The Peach Orchard during the
Civil War.
The tree was removed 1968.
Marker by the Falls Chruch . . . — — Map (db m37608) HM
On East Fairfax Street at Douglass Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Fairfax Street.
You are standing across the street from land that Harriet Brice, a “free woman of color,” purchased in 1864. Together with her husband, George Brice, she struggled to farm the property during the Civil War. Although she had gained her freedom . . . — — Map (db m206332) HM
On South Maple Avenue just north of Wallace Street, on the left when traveling south.
She was the first free Black woman to own land in the center of town & was one of the founders of Galloway United Methodist Church. — — Map (db m186885) HM
On South Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
This Colonial Revival bungalow (part of 1724 1,279-acre Pearson Grant) bought by Dr. Edwin B. Henderson in 1913. Henderson's ancestors include Powhattan Chief Mimetou. In 1904 he was first African-American certified to teach physical education; . . . — — Map (db m4202) HM
In Memory of
Henry Fairfax
An upright magistrate
A sincere Christian
Died in command of
The Fairfax Volunteers
at Saltillo Mexico 1847
But for his munificence
This church might still
have been a ruin.
Erected by the . . . — — Map (db m77662) HM WM
On Railroad Avenue, 0.1 miles east of Fowler Street, on the right when traveling east.
This neighborhood along Railroad Avenue and the train tracks known as "Gravel Bank" was once home to several African-American families and businesses, and a vibrant part of the larger community. Lucinda Gaskins, an African-American woman, had . . . — — Map (db m144998) HM
On Lawton Street, 0.1 miles north of East Broad Street (Virginia Route 7), on the left when traveling north.
Wooden house built in 1854 on 10.1 acres bought by Robert Judson for $100 (part of 1729 248-acre Trammell Grant); named by second owner. During Civil War, used by CSA Gen. Longstreet in 1861; rafter marks identify later Union troops. Used as private . . . — — Map (db m191569) HM
On South Maple Avenue just north of Wallace Street, on the left when traveling south.
This was the home of Mary Ellen Meriwether (Miss Nellie) and Dr. Edwin B. Henderson (EB). They wed in 1910 and moved to Falls Chruch, the home of EB's ancestors since colonial times. — — Map (db m186878) HM
On South Maple Avenue just north of Wallace Street, on the left when traveling south.
In 2013 EB was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame because he introduced basketball to African Americans (1904). The Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School was named for Mary Ellen, noting her 30-year battle for equal education for Black . . . — — Map (db m186883) HM
On East Broad Street (State Highway 7), on the right when traveling west.
In 1875, citizens of newly chartered town subscribed to build school, as classes were held in Baptist Church, in 1880 Joseph Birch donated land (a part of 1837 24.5-acre Kidwell grant) specifying it always must be used for education. In 1882 . . . — — Map (db m2856) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court decision affirmed "Jim Crow" separate but equal laws. African Americans lost legal rights gained through 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Segregation became the rule. — — Map (db m210468) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Garland Hicks organized and interracial baseball league. Viola Hudson organized a black girl scout troop. Black men served in segregated units during World Wars I and II. — — Map (db m186997) HM
On Tinner Hill Road at South Washington Steet (U.S. 29), on the left when traveling north on Tinner Hill Road.
First president of the Falls Church branch of the N.A.A.C.P. and stonemason who quarried from the base of Tinner Hill, the billion year-old granite used in this monument. — — Map (db m151017) HM
On West Broad Street (Virginia Route 7), on the right when traveling north.
Confederate Col. John Singleton Mosby's Partisan Rangers (43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry) conducted raids on Falls Church through the summer and fall of 1864. On the night of October 17, a detachment of Mosby's command rode through the village down . . . — — Map (db m69552) HM
On South Maple Avenue just north of Wallace Street, on the left when traveling south.
In 1899 she founded Virginia Training School for special needs children. Denied a seat on the 1908 School Board, due to her gender, she became a suffragist and was elected to the Town Council in 1921. — — Map (db m186888) HM
On South Oak Street, 0.2 miles south of West Broad Street (Virginia Route 7), on the left when traveling south.
Mt. Hope consists of a portion of a 1˝ story frame farmhouse c1831 joined to a 2˝ story Gothic Revival brick house c1870 on ˝ acre of the original 216 acre farm. The 1831 wing is the oldest residential building left in Falls Church and was the . . . — — Map (db m191544) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) at Tinner Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on South Washington Street.
In 1915, Falls Church ordered residential segregation. Many African-American homeowners would be forced to move. The Colored Citizens Protective League entered a lawsuit to prevent enforcement of the ordinance and joined the N.A.A.C.P. to become its . . . — — Map (db m151019) HM
Near East Fairfax Street at South Washington Street (U.S. 29), on the left when traveling east.
In Memory
of the Civil War Soldiers
who were buried here in this
Hallowed Ground
1861-1864
Edward Bowman, 21st NYVI
John Decker, 20th NYSM
Patrick Doyle, 20th NYSM
Horace Dougherty, 144th NYVI
Franklin E. Dunham, 20th NYSM . . . — — Map (db m77610) WM
On South West Street just north of South West Street, on the left when traveling north.
The Mass in the early 1870's was celebrated in the home of the Sewall family, known as Walnut Hill, on South West Street. In 1874 the mission of Falls Church was established by the Bishop of Richmond and administered by priests from Saint Mary's . . . — — Map (db m144996) HM
On North Washington Street (U.S. 29) at East Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west on North Washington Street.
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) . . . — — Map (db m125860) HM
On South Maple Avenue just north of Wallace Street, on the left when traveling south.
Local residents, regional & national Civil Rights leaders met here, making plans to fight the ordinance. The family received many death threats, and the KKK burned a cross in their yard. — — Map (db m186881) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) just south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
With the end of slavery, African Americans benefited from their own labor and had more control over their destiny. They believed land ownership, education, religion, and hard were key to their success and fought to prosper in those areas. — — Map (db m186978) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) 0.1 miles south of Tinner Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
The Tauxenant (Dogue) native peoples camped here annually for thousands of years. First European settlers built Big Chimneys, a log farmhouse nearby. — — Map (db m186964) HM
On East Broad Street (State Highway 7) at North Fairfax Street on East Broad Street.
In 1846 Presbyterians first met in private homes. In 1854, Dr. Simon J. Groot bought 11 acres for $179 (part of 1729 246-acre Trammell grant); Built two-story Groot Hall in 1856; Used for Sunday services, private school, community groups, town hall, . . . — — Map (db m2865) HM
On North Washington Street (U.S. 29) at East Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north on North Washington Street.
July 21, 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the 1861 Confederate victory at Bull Run (Manassas), the first major land battle of the Civil War. For the occasion President William Howard Taft left the White House with a four-car caravan to drive the . . . — — Map (db m125857) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) at Hillwood Avenue (Virginia Route 338), on the right when traveling north on South Washington Street.
Rebuilding 1865 - 1890
Coming of the Railroad
Railroads began to spread across the eastern seaboard in the 1830s, providing fast and reliable transportation for goods and passengers. The local railroad received its charger in . . . — — Map (db m206634) HM
On Annandale Road at Washington Street (U.S. 29+), on the right when traveling south on Annandale Road.
Site believed near intersection of two indian trails, later used by colonial horsemen and wagons. Tobacco growers improved the routes for delivering this valuable crop which was about ½ of all colonial exports. Draft animals pulled large . . . — — Map (db m4204) HM
On South Maple Avenue just north of Wallace Street, on the left when traveling south.
In 1913 they paid $1,800 for a Sears Kit Home and built on their land. They lived here for 52 years, raised two sons, taught school by day, farmed by night, and were among the town's prominent Black citizens. — — Map (db m186879) HM
On West Broad Street (State Highway 7) at Washington Street (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling east on West Broad Street.
After no luck in western goldmines Walter H. Erwin in 1852 bought two acres for $100 (part of 1729 248-acre Trammel grant). Built frame tavern on this site which became a landmark on Leesburg Pike. 1861 sketch shows it with a verandah and green . . . — — Map (db m2874) HM
On East Broad Street (State Highway 7) at Church Place, on the right when traveling south on East Broad Street.
Neo-colonial Brice residence, built in 1870 on 95-acre farm of John Green (Part of 1742 208-acre Harrison grant). Yale Rice, descendant of founder of Yale Univ., bought the property in 1890. Dr. and Mrs. Milton Eisenhower owned the house 1938-1943; . . . — — Map (db m2838) HM
On North Roosevelt Street, on the right when traveling east.
Two-story building with verandahs stood on 56 acres bought in 1856 by Wm. Taylor (part of 1731 271-acre T. Harrison grant). Tavern faced Alexandria-Leesburg Pike west of Junction with Georgetown Road (Wilson Blvd.). Near here on June 24, 1861, . . . — — Map (db m2837) HM
Near North Roosevelt Street at East Broad Street (Virginia Highway 7), on the right when traveling east.
At the beginning of the war, Union commanders were uncertain of Confederate intentions and military capabilities. On June 22, 1861, civilian balloonist Thaddeus S.C. Lowe inflated his racing balloon Enterprise at the Washington Gas Company . . . — — Map (db m41495) HM
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