On Braddock Road (Virginia Route 620) at Witch Hazel Road, on the right when traveling north on Braddock Road.
A 1784 brick house, spring house, and a designed landscape showcase the unique 1942 collaboration of two American masters of design, Walter Macomber and Beatrix Farrand. Green Spring is the only known place where both designers' work is extant. . . . — — Map (db m33710) HM
On U.S. 29 west of Bull Run Post Office Road (County Route 609), on the right when traveling west.
Fairfax County. Area 417 square miles. Formed in 1742 from Prince William and Loudoun, and named for Lord Fairfax, Proprietor of the Northern Neck. Mount Vernon, George Washington's home, is in this county.
Prince William . . . — — Map (db m166336) HM
On Gallows Road (County Route 650) north of U.S. 50.
Luther P. Jackson High School, opened in 1954, was the first and only high school in Fairfax County created to serve the African-American community. The school was named after Luther Porter Jackson, a prominent historian, educator and founder of the . . . — — Map (db m176) HM
On Old Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 677), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
Small batteries called redoubts were constructed during the Civil War as part of the outer defensive lines that encircled Washington, D.C. Late in the war, the one in front of you was built here on Freedom Hill (according to tradition, named for . . . — — Map (db m208350) HM
On Hunter Mill Road (County Route 674) at Lynhaven Place, on the left when traveling north on Hunter Mill Road.
Oakton resident Dr. Ira Noel Gabrielson was a pioneer conservationist, distinguished field ornithologist, and renowned author. He served as the first director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and an international leader of conservation . . . — — Map (db m7433) HM
On Potomac Hills Street 0.6 miles east of Jeffery Road, on the left when traveling east.
Invasion of Washington City
Following the defeat of American militia forces by British regulars at Bladensburg, Maryland on the afternoon of August 24, 1814, a small British force, consisting mainly of officers, marched into the capital . . . — — Map (db m102960) HM
On Vale Road (County Route 672) at Fox Mill Road (County Route 665), on the right when traveling west on Vale Road.
Vale School was built as a one-room public school ca. 1884. A second room was added in 1912. The school closed in 1931 when many small Fairfax County schools were consolidated. In 1934, women of this farming community formed Vale Home . . . — — Map (db m38711) HM
On Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123) south of Main Street ( Route 236), on the right when traveling south.
If you had been here on a court day before 1861, you would have witnessed all levels of Virginia society. Crowds of men and women gathered at the courthouse as court justices negotiated county business and settled debts between all classes, . . . — — Map (db m218378) HM
On General Johnston Place, on the right when traveling west.
In the fall of 1861, after their July defeat at Manassas (Bull Run), Union forces retreated to Washington, D.C. to organize and retrain. Confederate forces concentrated in Centreville to bolster their defense of Northern Virginia and protect access . . . — — Map (db m8028) HM
On Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123) south of Main Street ( Route 236), on the right when traveling south.
American Revolution 1775 - 1783
Alexander, George •
Ashford, George •
Athey, Benjamin •
Benter, William •
Bryant, William •
Carlyle, George W. •
Chapin, Benjamin •
Clark, Thomas •
Curtis, Charles •
Custis, John P. • . . . — — Map (db m218411) WM
On Accotink Park Road 0.7 miles south of Southern Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Nature's Green Highway
More than half of this trail travels through stream valley parks. These are special areas where land and water meet. These "blue and green networks," like the Accotink Stream Valley, provide homes, food and safe paths . . . — — Map (db m313206) HM
On Ball’s Bluff Road, on the left when traveling east.
This monument is dedicated to the brave men of the 8th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 8th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized into State Service May 8th, 1861 in Leesburg under the command of Colonel Eppa Hunton. These . . . — — Map (db m85501) WM
On Roanoke Avenue 0.2 miles east of Sheffield Court, on the left when traveling east.
In the late 1950s, the Northern Virginia Planning District Commission and a group of residents from several jurisdictions joined together to protect the region's rich heritage of woods, meadows, lakes, and streams from the threat of suburban . . . — — Map (db m296383) HM
On Burke Road (County Route 652) near Burke Lake Road (County Route 645), on the right when traveling east.
In 1897 Henry Copperthite, a Georgetown businessman, purchased Silas Burke’s farm. In 1907 he constructed, according to a newspaper account, the “very best” harness racing facility “of its kind in the country.” The grandstand, which opened on 4 July . . . — — Map (db m189495) HM
On James Monroe Highway (U.S. 15) 0.1 miles south of Lovettsville Road, on the right when traveling south.
Loudon County. Area 519 Square Miles. Formed in 1757 from Fairfax, and named for Lord Loudoun, titular governor of Virginia and head of the British forces in America, 1756-1758. Oak Hill, President James Monroe's home, is in . . . — — Map (db m934) HM
On Neabsco Road 0.1 miles east of Macedonia Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Located along the Potomac River between Nebasco and Powells creeks and extending inland to include lands west of U.S. Route 1, this vast tract was patented in 1658 by Gervais Dodson. Henry Lee II (1729-1787) inherited the acreage upon his father’s . . . — — Map (db m237295) HM
On Pickett Road (Virginia Route 237) at Old Pickett Road, on the right when traveling south on Pickett Road.
In the late 1950s, the Northern Virginia Planning District Commission and a group of citizens from several local jurisdictions came together to protect Northern Virginia's rich heritage of woods, meadows, lakes and streams from the threat of . . . — — Map (db m197049) HM
On Cameron Street east of North Royal Street, on the right when traveling east.
Wording on stone tablet to left:
Alexandria, Virginia
County seat of Fairfax 1742-1800
Organized 13th July, 1749
Incorporated by the Assembly of Virginia 1779
Ceded to the Federal Government 1789
First boundary . . . — — Map (db m167068) HM WM
On Eisenhower Avenue 0.8 miles east of Metro Road, on the right when traveling east.
Josiah Watson, a wealthy merchant and postmaster of Alexandria, established his 272-acre plantation, “Bush Hill”, in 1791. Richard Marshall Scott purchased the plantation in 1791; his family stayed here for 200 years. Scott was an attorney, bank . . . — — Map (db m2610) HM
On Millville Road, on the right when traveling south.
This is the site of the last Civil War engagement in Jefferson County and one of the last fights involving Col. John S. Mosby’s Rangers. It also marked the end of the Independent Loudoun Rangers, a small cavalry unit recruited in 1862 from Loudoun . . . — — Map (db m59417) HM
Near Battery Heights Boulevard south of Quarry Road, on the right when traveling north.
On May 8, 1861 General Robert E. Lee, then commanding Virginia forces, ordered General Phillip Cocke to take units from across central and northern Virginia to build camps and begin training at Tudor Hall (Manassas Junction). Two important rail . . . — — Map (db m213674) HM
On Fusiliers Redoubt ramp east of Colonial National Historical Pkwy, on the left when traveling east.
On August 14, 1781, Generals Washington and Rochambeau received news that a large French fleet under the command of Admiral de Grasse was headed for the Chesapeake Bay carrying 3,000 French soldiers. There the British general, Lord Cornwallis, . . . — — Map (db m293539) HM
Near Forney Loop, on the right when traveling east.
William Fairfax:
• fought in Spain for Queen Anne;
• was a member of the Royal Navy;
• served as Governor of New Providence, Bahama Islands,
• served as an agent to manage, the Northern Neck Proprietary;
• was a Vestryman of Pohick . . . — — Map (db m35116) HM
Near West Braddock Road 0.1 miles east of North Howard Street, on the left when traveling east.
Clara Shorts Adams and Robert Adams conveyed a quarter-acre to the Falls Church School District of Fairfax County in 1898 for the purpose of educating African American children. The one-room "Colored School Building at Seminary" was the first . . . — — Map (db m296270) HM
On Sutherlin Avenue south of Main Street ( Route 293), on the left when traveling north.
The Town of Chatham has served as the seat of Pittsylvania County government since 1777. It is rich in history with architecturally significant pre-Revolution, Federal, Victorian and post-Victorian houses. Brochures for self-guided walking . . . — — Map (db m171909) HM
On Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123) south of Main Street ( Route 236), on the right when traveling south.
1941 - World War II - 1945
Flavious B. Allder, Richard R. Arnold, James V. Barron, Harry L. Baughman, Leland E. Belgard, Charles E. Besley, James N. Brett Jr., Thomas W. Bridges, Corbin B. Bryan III, Daniel C. Budd, Alex E. Campbell, Richard . . . — — Map (db m218376) WM
On King Street (Virginia Route 7) 0.1 miles east of Marlee Way, on the right when traveling east.
Three roads formed this Fairfax County intersection by the early 19th century. Braddock Road, Middle Turnpike (later called Leesburg Pike/King Street/Route 7) and Quaker Lane were the wagon routes for trade between the port town of Alexandria and . . . — — Map (db m150816) HM
On Langston Boulevard (U.S. 29) near North Westmoreland Street. Reported permanently removed.
Arlington County. This county, formerly Alexandria County, was formed in 1847 from the part of the District of Columbia retroceded to Virginia. It was named Arlington County in 1920 for Arlington estate.
Fairfax County. Formed in 1742 . . . — — Map (db m210359) HM
Near Little River Turnpike (Virginia Route 236) east of Wakefield Chapel Road (County Route 710).
Virginia aristocrat William Fitzhugh was granted 21,996 acres in 1694: The Ravensworth tract, which was divided into northern and southern halves in 1701 and subsequently subdivided among Fitzhugh heirs throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The . . . — — Map (db m617) HM
Near Old Yates Ford Road (Route 612) at Kincheloe Road, on the left when traveling west.
This burial ground of enslaved people is tangible evidence of the system of slavery which existed in Virginia until the end of the Civil War when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution banned the practice. These individuals were held in bondage . . . — — Map (db m197390) HM
On Ashgrove House Lane at Northern Neck Drive, on the left when traveling north on Ashgrove House Lane.
The Fairfax Family
Ash Grove is one of the few standing 18th century Virginia houses built by the Fairfax family. In 1747, Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax, moved from England to Virginia to manage the Northern Neck Proprietary, land he inherited . . . — — Map (db m293929) HM
The area around Bristoe became the final resting place for hundreds of soldiers who died in Northern Virginia. Soldiers from Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia created state cemeteries to bury their comrades. Burial details . . . — — Map (db m59485) HM
Corporal Joseph H. De Castro, the son of a Spanish father and American mother, was the first Hispanic-American to be awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor in combat-the Medal of Honor.
In July 1861 Joseph H. De . . . — — Map (db m232545) HM WM
Near Fords Landing Way north of Wharf Street, on the right when traveling north.
During the late 17th century, settlers began to establish small plantations near landing places on the Potomac River. Oceangoing ships could load tobacco and other goods for export to Great Britain. The area that was to become Alexandria was . . . — — Map (db m299714) HM
On Prince Street at South Saint Asaph Street, on the right when traveling west on Prince Street.
Farm house in Fairfax County, Virginia, located upon part of a seven hundred acre land patent granted to Margaret Brent in 1654. Owned and occupied by descendants of John Douglass Brown and Mary Goulding Gretter since 1816. — — Map (db m71738) HM
Near Eisenhower Avenue 0.4 miles west of Cameron Parke Court, on the right when traveling west.
Few facilities in Northern Virginia offer the variety of recreation options presented by Cameron Run Regional Park. Lying adjacent to the Capital Beltway in Alexandria, Cameron Run is serenity carved among glass and metal — a day long vacation of . . . — — Map (db m197469) HM
On University Drive at Main Street ( Route 236), on the right when traveling north on University Drive.
Joseph E. Willard, who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia and minister to Spain, built Old Town Hall and gave it to the town in 1900. He was said to have been the most influential political figure in Fairfax County at the turn of the . . . — — Map (db m314909) HM
On Oak Street at Main Street (Route 236), on the right when traveling south on Oak Street. Reported permanently removed.
On the knoll 70 yards NE of this marker, stood the home of Richard Ratcliffe (1751-1825). The mansion was on his 600-acre "Mount Vineyard," part of a 1714 land grant of 1,930 acres to George Mason II. In 1798 Ratcliffe donated 4 acres to the east of . . . — — Map (db m101513) HM
On Oak Street just north of Main Street ( Route 236), on the right when traveling north.
On this site stood the home of Richard Ratcliffe (1751-1825). The mansion was on his 600-acre "Mount Vineyard," part of a 1714 land grant of 1,930 acres to George Mason II. In 1798 Ratcliffe donated 4 acres to the east of Mount Vineyard for the . . . — — Map (db m197292) HM
On Annandale Road at Little River Turnpike ( Route 236), on the left when traveling north on Annandale Road.
The earliest private turnpike charter in Virginia was granted by the General Assembly to the Company of the Fairfax and Loudoun Turnpike Road in 1796. By 1806 the 34-mile-long road connected Alexandria with Aldie on the Little River in Loudoun . . . — — Map (db m7374) HM
On U.S. 50 at Chantilly Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 50.
This land was the eastern most boundary of a 3,111 acre grant, known as Salisbury Plain, acquired by Henry Lee from Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax in 1725 when it was part of the Stafford County frontier. This area became Prince William County in 1730, . . . — — Map (db m4533) HM
On Washington and Old Dominion Trail south of 8th Road North, on the right when traveling north.
Bluemont Junction began operation in 1912 as a part of the newly formed Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Railway. The station was a busy transfer point for passengers and freight from Alexandria and Georgetown to points west, . . . — — Map (db m291320) HM
Near Harrison Lane (County Route 723) at Huntley Meadows Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Before the Civil War, the only full-time Huntley residents were those who worked the land: the enslaved people and the overseers. They labored to raise profitable crops of wheat, oats, rye, and corn for the Masons.
In August 1828, Bob, a . . . — — Map (db m144205) HM
Keeping it in the Family
The McCarty’s who built Mount Air, were an important Virginia family. Dennis McCarty patented the land where you stand in 1727. Dennis McCarty served as Sheriff, Justice of the Peace, a vestryman from Truro Parish and . . . — — Map (db m15396) HM
On North 9th Street at Capitol Square, on the right when traveling north on North 9th Street.
This monument stands as an enduring tribute to all of Virginia's women, both renowned and unrecognized, who have shaped over 400 years of our culture, our country, and our great Commonwealth.
❶ Anne Burras Laydon . . . — — Map (db m216636) HM
On Capitol Square east of North 9th Street, on the right when traveling east.
This monument stands as an enduring tribute to all of Virginia's women, both renowned and unrecognized, who have shaped over 400 years of our culture, our country, and our great Commonwealth.
❶ Anne Burras Laydon . . . — — Map (db m216637) HM
On Harrison Street at Clay Street, on the right when traveling east on Harrison Street.
La Porte University. La Porte University was established in the early 1840s to include law, literary, and medical departments. The medical department, later Indiana Medical College, began classes by 1842. Its distinguished faculty attracted . . . — — Map (db m202849) HM
On West Braddock Road 0.2 miles west of Marlboro Drive, on the right when traveling west.
African Americans established "The Fort," a community that continued here after the Civil War (1861-1864) for nearly a century into the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s. The place received its name from The Fort's location around the remnants of . . . — — Map (db m149722) HM
On North Taft Street, on the left when traveling east.
This house is probably the oldest structure in Arlington County, but its exact age is unknown. This land was first patented in 1696; a house at this site is shown on a survey of 1785. Thomas Dawson enlarged the present house by adding the east end . . . — — Map (db m284560) HM
On Main Street (Virginia Route 236) east of University Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
This is the oldest house in the City of Fairfax and the first city-owned building to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places (1973). The oldest section of the house, the eastern portion, was built by Richard Ratcliffe around 1812 to . . . — — Map (db m6261) HM
On Richmond Highway (U.S. 1) at Gregory Drive, on the right when traveling north on Richmond Highway.
The original Mount Vernon High School was located here on 8.8 acres that were once part of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. Fairfax County purchased the land for $400 per acre in November 1938. Construction funding was provided by Fairfax . . . — — Map (db m100772) HM
On Historic Sully Way at Air and Space Museum Parkway, on the right when traveling south on Historic Sully Way.
The history of the house built at Sully by Richard Bland Lee in 1794 intertwines closely with that of northern Virginia. Surrounded today by acres of grassy fields, the house and its various owners witnessed many changes during the centuries. . . . — — Map (db m129146) HM
Near Leesburg Pike (Virginia Route 7). Reported permanently removed.
In the fall of 1861, Fairfax County found itself between two large armies. Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and his army occupied the Centreville area. The Federal army, still regrouping after the devastating defeat at the First Battle of . . . — — Map (db m260975) HM
Near Georgetown Pike (Route 193) east of Chain Bridge Road, on the right when traveling east.
Mrs. Adele Lebowitz dreamed of a park with a playground for children of all abilities. Her donation of the Lebowitz property, home to Mortimer and Adele, and their children Carolyn (CL), Emily (EMY), John (JON) and Petrina (TRI), has made that . . . — — Map (db m291463) HM
On Accotink Park Road at Southern Drive on Accotink Park Road.
Accotink Park Road lies on the right-of-way of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, which linked markets in northern and central Virginia. Construction began in March 1850, and the line was extended to Manassas in 1851 and to Gordonsville in March . . . — — Map (db m37511) HM
On South Washington Street (U.S. 29) at Hillwood Avenue ( 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 East Brambleton Avenue at Church Street, on the right when traveling east on East Brambleton Avenue.
Evelyn Butts, civil rights activist and community organizer, worked to secure voting rights for African Americans. In 1963 she initiated a federal lawsuit asserting that Virginia’s poll tax, which citizens had to pay before they could register to . . . — — Map (db m191665) HM
On North Broad Street (Pennsylvania Route 611) north of John F. Kennedy Boulevard ( Route 611), on the right when traveling north.
Brother George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, first President of the United States, and member of Alexandria Lodge (Fairfax County, Virginia), shows his Masonic Apron to Brother Benjamin Franklin, diplomat who negotiated . . . — — Map (db m214209) HM
On Wythe Street just east of North Patrick Street (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling west.
Enforced racial segregation in Alexandria meant separate, poorly funded schools for the City's African American students. Here, in the African American neighborhood then known as Uptown, a new school was built in 1920 at 901 Wythe Street for . . . — — Map (db m182228) HM
Near Wolf Run Shoals 1.2 miles south of Henderson Road.
This small graveyard likely holds the remains of people enslaved by Edward Ford. Ford owned this land, as well as the nearby Ford’s Mill and about 500 acres of farmland. The 1860 Census recorded that Ford held 33 enslaved people. Those buried . . . — — Map (db m285551) HM
On Elden Street / Centreville Road (Virginia Route 228) south of Worldgate Drive.
Confederate spy Laura Ratcliffe was born in
Fairfax County in 1836. During the Civil War,
she became an acquaintance of Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart who introduced her to then-Lt. John Mosby in 1862. Mosby credited her with preventing his capture . . . — — Map (db m1642) HM
Near Leesburg Pike (Virginia Route 7) 0.2 miles west of Dranesville Manor Drive, on the left when traveling west.
In the fall of 1861, Fairfax County found itself between two large armies. Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and his troops occupied the Centreville area. The Union Army was manning a growing line of fortifications protecting Washington D.C. after . . . — — Map (db m260973) HM
On Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123) 0.4 miles west of North Glebe Road ( Route 120). Reported missing.
Arlington County. Area 31 square miles. This county, formerly Alexandria County, was formed in 1847 from the part of the District of Columbia retroceded to Virginia. It was named Arlington County in 1920 for Arlington estate. . . . — — Map (db m210362) HM
On Gold Dust Parkway at Rock Run Road (County Route 615), on the left when traveling east on Gold Dust Parkway.
Many of the Old Dominion’s gold mines had mess balls that provided good, filling meals. After dinner, you could have stayed in the mess hall for a bit and relaxed with your fellow miners.
Cooks in the mining camps would . . . — — Map (db m196696) HM
On Harry Byrd Highway [Leesburg Pike] (Virginia Route 7) west of Dranesville Road ( Route 228), in the median.
Loudoun County. Area 519 Square Miles. Formed in 1757 from Fairfax, and named for Lord Louduon, titular Governor of Virginia, and head of the British Forces in America, 1756-1758. Oak Hill, President James Monroe’s home, is in . . . — — Map (db m64585) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) just west of the Hampton Hall Bridge over Hampton Hall Branch, on the right when traveling east.
Northumberland County. Area 205 square miles. Originally an Indian district called Chicacoan. In 1648 it became Northumberland County, named for an English county. The mouth of the Potomac River is here.
Westmoreland . . . — — Map (db m22471) HM
On West Braddock Road 0.2 miles west of Marlboro Drive, on the right when traveling west.
The Civil War (1861-1865) opened the door for opportunity and civil rights for African American Virginians, about 90 percent of whom were enslaved in 1860. The upheaval from battles and the federal presence in Alexandria and eastern Fairfax . . . — — Map (db m149734) HM
Near Harrison Lane (County Route 723) at Huntley Meadows Lane, on the right when traveling south.
The view changed in all directions after the Civil War and emancipation. New people and opportunities appeared.
The Harrisons became the new voices at Huntley in 1868. They were the first owners to live here full-time, and they immersed . . . — — Map (db m144232) HM
On Station Street north of Elden Street ( Route 228), on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1863, Confederate Capt. John S. Mosby and 40 Partisan Rangers attacked the picket post of the 1st Vermont Cavalry guarding this station on the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad. The detachment commander Lt. . . . — — Map (db m151048) HM
On Centerville Road (County Route 657) at Frying Pan Road ( Route 608), on the right when traveling north on Centerville Road.
Frying Pan Springs Meeting House was erected c. 1791 on land granted by Robert “Counsellor” Carter to a group of “Old School” Baptists. In addition to local farmers the fundamentalist beliefs of its members also attracted free blacks and slaves . . . — — Map (db m5609) HM
On Cornwall Street just west of Wirt Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
Welcome
Site of The Old Stone Church
A National Historic Shrine of the United Methodist Church
To this place pilgrims come to trace the beginnings of Methodism in America. The Old Stone Church Site holds a special place in the . . . — — Map (db m214386) HM
On King Street (Virginia Route 7) west of South Fayette Street, on the right when traveling east.
Historically, Alexandria's development moved from east to west, and three distinct areas of the city have unofficially been known as the "West End." The first West End ended at Shuter's Hill, the current site of the George Washington Masonic . . . — — Map (db m115709) HM
On North Van Buren Street at 18th Street North, on the left when traveling south on North Van Buren Street.
Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia 1791
Protected by
Falls Church Chapter, NSDAR
Dedication 1916 Rededication 1989 — — Map (db m154760) HM
On Pickett Road (Virginia Route 237) at Old Pickett Road, on the right when traveling south on Pickett Road.
The City of Fairfax — since its settlement in the 1700s — has been at the heart of Northern Virginia's government and business activities. Home to more than 20,000 residents and 23,000 business and government employees, Fairfax is an independent . . . — — Map (db m197034) HM
On Fort Hunt Park Loop 0.4 miles west of George Washington Memorial Parkway, on the left when traveling east. Reported damaged.
American Indians occupied the region at least 13,000 years ago. They hunted game and gathered nature's bounty while residing in temporary seasonal camps. Approximately 3,000 years ago, they began to grow crops and establish permanent villages. . . . — — Map (db m270586) HM
On Mt. Gilead Road at General Johnston Place, on the left when traveling west on Mt. Gilead Road.
Mount Gilead, built in the second half of the 18th century, is the sole survivor of Newgate village, a colonial settlement and trading center, renamed Centreville in 1792, when an act of the Virginia assembly gave it town status. Presenting an . . . — — Map (db m529) HM
On Walney Road (Virginia Route 657) 0.1 miles Lewis Leigh Court, on the right when traveling north.
If this were the 1730's, you would be standing on a 4,142-acre parcel belonging to Major George Turberville.
Tuberville, Willoughby Newton, and Robert Carter owned most of the land in western Fairfax. In colonial Virginia that . . . — — Map (db m198326) HM
The historic Reid-Ballard House once stood 140 yards west-northwest of this marker. The original log structure was built by Joseph Reid before the Revolution on land inherited by his wife, Barbara Walker Reid. The house and land passed to succeeding . . . — — Map (db m3216) HM
Near Workhouse Way 0.1 miles north of Ox Road ( Route 123), on the right when traveling north.
In deepest appreciation of the determined and unrelenting Irma Clifton, an extraordinary friend of the Workhouse Arts Center and guardian of the powerful 91-year history of the Lorton Correctional Complex. A history that first changed a nation and . . . — — Map (db m145078) HM
Near Richmond Highway (U.S. 1) at Old Colchester Road ( Route 611), on the right when traveling north.
Revolutionary Soldier
Peter Wagener, III
1744 - 1798
Placed by
Fairfax County Chapter
DAR 1974
Original grave site in Colchester, Virginia marked by Fairfax County Chapter December 1955 — — Map (db m168136) HM WM
On Old Colchester Road (Virginia Route 611) north of Greene Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Colchester is the colonial tobacco port town on Mason's neck that witnessed the passage of the allied French and American armies on their way to and from Yorktown, Virginia in 1781 and 1782. The town provided a route to an Occoquan River ford for . . . — — Map (db m198373) HM
On Lake Accotink Access Road 1.2 miles west of Highland Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
The Gerry Connolly Cross County Trail (GCCCT) connects communities from the Potomac River in Great Falls to the Occoquan River in Lorton along its 41.5-mile route. Winding through stream valleys located in every supervisory district in Fairfax . . . — — Map (db m218370) HM
On Accotink Park Road 1.2 miles west of Highland Street, on the left when traveling north.
After the Civil War began in 1861, railroads became strategically important to transport troops and supplies. Beneath Lake Accotink Park access road, where you are now, lies the original Orange and Alexandria Railroad bed. It was chartered in . . . — — Map (db m218369) HM
On Fox Mill Road (Virginia Route 665) at Helmont Drive, on the left when traveling north on Fox Mill Road.
Here in 1934, at her home Harmony Farm, Florence Jodzies founded the Vale Home Demonstration Club, affiliated with the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service. An excellent speaker and writer, Jodzies campaigned for better living conditions in rural . . . — — Map (db m240415) HM
On Accotink Park Road, on the left when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
The Lake Accotink access road here lies atop the original road bed of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, chartered in 1849 to link the port city of Alexandria with Gordonsville in central Virginia. After the war began in 1861, railroads became . . . — — Map (db m2749) HM
On Old Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 677) west of Battery Park Street, on the left when traveling west.
Lucy Carter was a brave local woman with deep family roots.
A multiracial family named Carter lived near here in the 19th century. Lucy Carter was a free woman of color, but because of manumission laws passed in the 1800s, she had to . . . — — Map (db m198192) HM
On Tinner Hill Road just south of South Washington Street (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling south.
This sculpture by Martha Jackson Jarvis, is a historical marker, and a symbol as well as a work of art.
The Zig Zag runs along the line that divides the Tinner Hill neighborhood into the City of Falls Church and Fairfax County portions. The . . . — — Map (db m187038) HM
On New Mountain Road (Virginia Route 631) 0.8 miles south of Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling south.
Fair Oaks, built ca. 1881 as the home of
Alexander Moore, is a vernacular interpretation
of the Italianate architectural style. From
1835 to 1971, six generations of the Moore
family owned and operated nearby Aldie Mill,
constructed by . . . — — Map (db m108163) HM
On Kanawha Boulevard West west of Park Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Born in Fairfax County in 1804. he
came to Kanawha Valley as a child.
Secured reforms benefiting western
Virginia at 1850-51 Constitutional
Convention. Served at 1861 Peace
Conference that tried to avoid war
and voted against secession at . . . — — Map (db m137910) HM
On Mark Center Avenue at Mark Center Drive, on the left when traveling west on Mark Center Avenue.
This land was once part of more than 1,100 acres acquired by the Terrett family by the mid-19th century. Within Fairfax County until annexed by the City of Alexandria in 1952, the area was primarily agricultural fieldsd and woodlands here before . . . — — Map (db m214230) HM
On Mount Gilead Road 0.1 miles north of Braddock Road, on the right when traveling north.
Centreville had its beginnings as a humble crossroads community known as Newgate. When a town was established here, the name was changed to Centreville to reflect its central location on several strategic travel routes. Centreville's location was . . . — — Map (db m218372) HM
On Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 236) south of Main Street ( Route 236), on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
At different times, Union and Confederate forces occupied the Fairfax County Courthouse at this important crossroads. The flag of each side flew from its cupola during the war, and the building suffered damage.
On April 25, 1861, the Fairfax . . . — — Map (db m43134) HM
War Dogs
Always Faithful
War Dog Monument
Given to Fairfax County
Virginia
June 2011
Deployed
World War II
Korean Conflict
Vietnam War
Gulf War
Iraq War
Afghan War
Erected by The National War Dogs Monument Inc. - . . . — — Map (db m74125) WM
On Fairfax Station Road west of Hill Street, on the right when traveling west.
Welcome to the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, established in 1987.
Fairfax Station was constructed in 1852 along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. Formed in 1848, the O&A was the only rail line connecting Alexandria — a major port at the . . . — — Map (db m194560) HM
On Workhouse Way 0.2 miles north of Ox Road ( Route 123).
In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt, appointed a special three-member Penal Commission to investigate the overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the District of Columbia jail and workhouse. The Progressive-era reform movement advocated training . . . — — Map (db m145081) HM
On Old Colchester Road (Virginia Route 611) north of Greene Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Some of the features shown here that were prominent on Mason Neck in Fairfax County during the marches of the Armies of the American War of Independence, exist today through generations of historic preservation efforts. The rich natural . . . — — Map (db m198378) HM
On Old Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 677) west of Battery Park Street, on the left when traveling west.
Family and Community Strength. Inhospitable Times.
You stand on historic Powhatan Paramountcy land. Before the Civil War, women seldom owned property. Keziah Carter was an exception. She was descended from the local Powhatan tribe leader, . . . — — Map (db m198193) HM
On N Main Street (U.S. 1) at Colonial Street, on the right when traveling south on N Main Street.
Dumfries, an important Potomac River port chartered in 1749, became strategically significant in the autumn of 1861 when Confederate forces built batteries along the Potomac River nearby to blockade Washington, D.C. Gen. William H.C. Whiting, . . . — — Map (db m3207) HM
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