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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Fairfax, Virginia
Adjacent to Fairfax, Virginia
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| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236) at Railroad Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | The Arlington-Fairfax Line connected Fairfax with
Washington D.C. from 1904-1939 and briefly terminated near this location until 1908 when it was
extended to the courthouse after the original
station was destroyed by fire. The new stop . . . — — Map (db m76716) HM |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236) at Oak Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Reported missing. |
| | During the First Battle of Manassas, amid the smoke of combat, troops found it difficult to distinguish between Union and Confederate flags. Generals P.G.T. Beauregard, Joseph E. Johnston and Quartermaster General William L. Cabell met near here in . . . — — Map (db m101514) HM |
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Blenheim, built for Albert and Mary Willcoxon about 1859, contains some of the nations best-preserved Civil War soldier writings. More than 110 identified Union soldiers, representing units from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, West . . . — — Map (db m21077) HM |
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“... a brick building recently erected and fitted up in handsome style...”Richmand Daily Dispatch, August 9, 1861 In 1855, fire consumed an earlier house on this site. Owner Albert Willcoxon had no insurance; so upon finishing . . . — — Map (db m28608) HM |
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“The outlook for agriculture in Fairfax is dismal.”County Agent R.B. Davis, Jr., 1946 Why was Davis so pessimistic? As he wrote, Blenheim owner Marguerite “Daisy” Durass diary cows were setting production records. . . . — — Map (db m25842) HM |
| | It was in this house that Ranger John Mosby captured the Union area commander Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Stoughton, in bed, the night of March 9, 1863. — — Map (db m6233) HM |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236) at East Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | Built by Dr. Samuel Draper, this house probably served as his office and examining rooms. Many of the buildings adjoining the house were constructed as out-buildings. — — Map (db m6298) HM |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236) at East Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | Built by Dr. Simeon and Catherine (Wilkinson) Draper on a lot leased from town founder Richard Ratcliffe, this is the second oldest home still standing in the Old Town Fairfax Historic District. Catherine's sister was Matilda Wilkinson, the . . . — — Map (db m8226) HM |
| On Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123) at North Street (Virginia Route 236), on the right when traveling south on Chain Bridge Road. |
| | The home was built on top of the Manassas Gap Railway right-of-way which was the railway started before the Civil War. This railway construction was disbanded during the Civil War. The house was renovated in 1992 by Dr. Johnson A. Edosomwan. — — Map (db m6296) HM |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236) west of Locust Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On June 1. 1861, the first major skirmish of the Civil War occurred on the main street of Fairfax Court House. In the pre-dawn hours 50 men of Co. B, Second U.S. Cavalry, led by Lt. Charles H. Tomkins, rode into town firing their weapons. As Capt. . . . — — Map (db m626) HM |
| Near Main Street (Virginia Route 236) near Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123). |
| | 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 |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236), on the right when traveling west. |
| | This vernacular, commercial building is a typical example of construction at the turn of the century. — — Map (db m6286) HM |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236) at University Drive, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | The Fairfax Herald was established in 1882 by Capt. S. R. Donohoe, who, in 1904 moved it to this small, one-story frame structure. The Herald remained in operation until 1966. — — Map (db m129153) HM |
| On George Mason Boulevard at School Street, on the left when traveling south on George Mason Boulevard. |
| | The Fairfax Rosenwald School or “Fairfax Colored School” was constructed in 1925–26 on this site. It replaced an earlier African-American school on Main Street east of the Fairfax Cemetery. In 1917, Julius Rosenwald, president of . . . — — Map (db m29482) HM |
| | In the early morning hours of 1 June 1861, a detachment of Co. B, Second Cavalry, entered the Town of Fairfax Court House and engaged the Warrenton Rifles in the first land conflict of organized military units in the Civil War. The skirmish resulted . . . — — Map (db m21451) HM |
| On Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123), on the right when traveling north. |
| | This was the home of Antonia Ford, imprisoned as a spy following Ranger Mosby's night capture of the local Union commander, Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Stoughton, March 9, 1863. A search of the house had revealed an honorary aide-de-camp commission to . . . — — Map (db m6366) HM |
| On Main Street at West Street (at the turn to North Street), on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | General Michael Corcoran died at the W. P. Gunnell House near here on 22 Dec. 1863 after being thrown from a runaway horse on Ox Road, a quarter mile to the south. Corcoran headed all area Washington Defense Department forces at the time. Corcoran . . . — — Map (db m76725) HM |
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A family farm, a Civil War encampment site, and a country home, Historic Blenheim now welcomes visitors to explore its landscape and many stories. Over 200 years ago, family patriarch Rezin Willcoxon moved here from Prince Georges County, . . . — — Map (db m24662) HM |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236) west of Locust Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This is the oldest, two-story, brick public school house in Fairfax County. Bricks were made from a clay pit on the Farr property across Main St. The original portion of this structure, the rear, was built for then considered exorbitant cost of . . . — — Map (db m6303) HM |
| On Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123) at Sager Avenue on Chain Bridge Road. |
| | The first skirmish of the Civil War occurred on Main Street June 1, 1861. Ex-Governor, "Extra Billy" Smith, a civilian, ran from this house to take charge of the Warrenton Rifles. Their commanding officer, Capt. John Quincy Marr, had been killed, . . . — — Map (db m6258) HM |
| On Judicial Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Cuts and fills of the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad are visible along this line and at various places through Fairfax County to Sudley Ford on Bull Run. Running north of the Little River Turnpike from Annandale and along North Street . . . — — Map (db m132720) HM |
| On Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123) at North Street, on the right when traveling south on Chain Bridge Road. |
| | During his March 1863 raid, Ranger John S. Mosby searched here, with no success, for the Union mercenary Col. Percy Wyndham who had called Mosby a horse thief. Mosby had replied that the only horses he had every stolen had Union troopers on their . . . — — Map (db m6260) HM |
| Near Main Street (Virginia Route 236). |
| | Here on the night of March 8th, 1863, Col. John Singleton Mosby with 29 Confederate soldiers penetrated the Union lines of 3000 men and captured in the brick dwelling north of this spot Brig. General Edwin H. Stoughton, U.S.A., with 100 prisoners . . . — — Map (db m6246) HM |
| On Chain Bridge Road / Ox Road (State Highway 123) at Armstrong Street, on the right when traveling north on Chain Bridge Road / Ox Road. |
| | Col. John Singleton Mosby formed the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry “to weaken the armies invading Virginia by harassing their rear.” Near midnight on 8 March 1863, he led his horsemen undetected through Union lines to disrupt . . . — — Map (db m5086) HM |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236), on the right when traveling west. |
| | An example of venacular commercial architecture, a popular construction type at the turn of the century. — — Map (db m6278) HM |
| On Chain Bridge Road (State Highway 123) at Kenmore Drive on Chain Bridge Road. |
| | Local residents recall the period through the 1930s when Mount Calvary Baptist Church regularly conducted baptismal services in the Accotink Branch, in the pool formed at its confluence with the Tussico. White-robed candidates were immersed by the . . . — — Map (db m5593) HM |
| On Lee Highway / Fairfax Boulevard (U.S. 29/50), on the right when traveling east. |
| | This building opened in 1935 as the first 4-year "Fairfax High School," becoming the largest consolidated high school in the county as the Oakton and Clifton High Schools were closed. It closed in 1972 when the new school opened on Old Lee Highway. . . . — — Map (db m115864) HM |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236) at West Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | The original “gaol” (1802) burned down in 1884. The Alexandria jail was used until this building was completed. The last jailer, Mr. William F. Lowe, and his family lived in the front quarters of this building until 1954. The structure . . . — — Map (db m6256) HM |
| On University Drive at Main Street (Virginia 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 century. . . . — — Map (db m6361) HM |
| On Fairfax Boulevard (Lee Highway) (U.S. 50/29) west of Spring Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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Peyton Anderson of the Rappahannock Cavalry was severely wounded on picket duty 122 ft. N.W. of this spot May 27, 1861.
The first soldier of the South to shed his blood for the Confederacy. — — Map (db m129267) HM |
| On North Street (Virginia Route 236), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Pozer Garden honors Kitty Barrett Pozer, who owned the adjacent historic Ratcliffe-Allison House from 1927 until she bequeathed it to the City at her death in 1981. Mrs. Pozer had a lifelong interest in horticulture and was the Washington Post's . . . — — Map (db m129149) HM |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236), on the right when traveling west. |
| | This vernacular, commercial building is a typical example of construction at the turn of the century. — — Map (db m6295) HM |
| On Moore Street east of Keith Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Richard Ratcliffe (1752–1825) and wife Locian (1760–1826) are believed to be buried in this family cemetery along with their sons John, Samuel, Robert and Charles, and members of their respective families. Most tombstones found today are . . . — — Map (db m76715) 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 Oak Street at Main Street (Route 236), on the right when traveling south on Oak Street. Reported missing. |
| | 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 Chain Bridge Road (Route 123) north of Judicial Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Moved to its present site as part of the Fairfax County Public School Centennial in 1971 — — Map (db m129154) HM |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236) east of University Drive. |
| | This charming 1892 Queen Anne Victorian House was the residence of Mary C. (Litchfield) Sauls from 1892 to 1920. After Mary's death, Mary's son, Hugh Grafton Sauls (1876-1948) and his wife Clara May (Ferguson) Sauls (1875-1972) continued to occupy . . . — — Map (db m129150) HM |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236) east of University Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Victorian Square Addition was completed in 1986 by the Lewis Family Associates adding additional retail shops and professional offices to 10389 Main Street. — — Map (db m129151) HM |
| On Main Street (Virginia Route 236) east of University Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Whiteheads Mercantile & Post Office served as the grocery store and post office for the Town of Fairfax from 1895 to 1902. It was then purchased by Hugh Grafton Sauls and his brother Charles William Sauls and became Sauls Brothers Grocery from 1903 . . . — — Map (db m129152) HM |
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