Manassas is the county seat for Prince William County
Sudley is in Prince William County
Prince William County(660) ► ADJACENT TO PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY Fairfax County(709) ► Fauquier County(119) ► Loudoun County(345) ► Manassas(93) ► Manassas Park(7) ► Stafford County(213) ► Charles County, Maryland(150) ►
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A Historic Place
1832
This property traces its origin to one of the most powerful and wealthy families in Virginia. Robert "Councillor" Carter, III inherited thousands of acres of land in northern Virginia from his grandfather in . . . — — Map (db m152402) HM
On July 21, 1861, as elements of the Stonewall Brigade marched to the Manassas battlefield on the road behind you, officers converted the Pringle house (also called Ben Lomond) into a temporary field hospital. Soon wounded Confederates flooded . . . — — Map (db m43311) HM
The Federal style stone, “Manor” house and its accessory buildings are the visible reminders of Ben Lomond Farm, which was begun in about 1830 by Benjamin Tasker Chinn, the grandson of Robert “Councillor” Carter. Ben . . . — — Map (db m43313) HM
An intricate network of streams, the Occoquan Watershed drains 590 square miles around you. To the northwest, the forested Bull Run Mountains are the source, or headwaters of the watershed, which begins as three small, spring-fed streams. These . . . — — Map (db m152388) HM
In 1861, small farms surrounded Bull Run. Small roads were the main transportation routes to the Warrenton Turnpike (Route 29), Sudley Road (Route 234) and the Manassas Gap Railroad. The entrance road here follows a section of a 19th-century farm . . . — — Map (db m2479) HM
A Busy Part of the Plantation
The empty yard that you see in front of you would once have been bustling with activity. This area of the plantation, called the kitchen yard, was used for food preparation primarily for the Chinn family. . . . — — Map (db m152403) HM
Unusual Construction
One of Prince William County's few surviving slave quarters was built in 1832 to house the enslaved community at Ben Lomond. Constructed from the same field stone as the house, the slave quarters is unusual since . . . — — Map (db m152404) HM
The Ben Lomond Manor House was built in 1837 by Benjamin Tasker Chinn and served as the principal structure on 1,739 acres of land. Prosperous farmers before the war, the Chinns watched their fortunes decrease due to the proximity of the estate to . . . — — Map (db m2477) HM
