Bedford Brown Building, 113-115 South Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Inde...
Significance: Built in two sections, this building acts as infill along a commercial section of Fairfax Street radiating from the main thoroughfare of King Street. The southern section housed the offices of a ... More
Well House, 1009 Monroe Street, Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia
This documentation was completed for a class at the University of Virginia & subsequently donated to the HABS collection. Significance: Although no firm construction date can be applied, the Well House was buil... More
Presbyterian Meeting House, 321 S. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virgini...
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Fairfax Hotel. Exterior view of Fairfax Hotel I
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Wellington, Mt. Vernon vic., Fairfax County, Virginia
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Wellington, Mt. Vernon vic., Fairfax County, Virginia
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Wellington, Mt. Vernon vic., Fairfax County, Virginia
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Production. B-25 bombers. Ignition wiring for B-25 (Billy Mitchell) bo...
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Production. B-25 bombers. Nuts and bolts are checked on a Magnaflux ma...
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Production. B-25 bombers. Shaping parts for B-25 bombers in a router j...
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South Fairfax Street Area Survey, 213 South Fairfax Street (House), Al...
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Fairfax, Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2018; (DLC/PP-2002:038-14) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Arch... More
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Fairfax, Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2018; (DLC/PP-2002:038-14) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Arch... More
Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...
Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More
Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...
Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More
Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...
Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More
Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...
Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More
Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...
Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More
Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia
The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More
Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia
The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More
Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia
The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More
John Carlyle House, 123 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-89, FN-345 Survey number: HABS VA-101 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1800 Subsequent Work Nationa... More
Bush Hill, Bush Hill Woods, Fairfax County, Virginia
Survey number: HABS VA-507 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Captain Varians battery N.Y. 8th S.M. having their first shot at the e...
Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: Oct. 18-1861 Varians battery near Fairfax. Inscribed above sketch on verso: The advance of Federal troops in line of battle of skirmishers to the front approa... More
Ramsay-Atkinson House, 113 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...
Significance: Court and family documents indicate that the house just north of Ramsay's Alley was built by William Ramsay, before 1785. Ramsay was one of the founders of Alexandria, and served as trustee and M... More
Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 1, Great Falls, Fairfax...
Survey number: HAER VA-13-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 1, Great Falls, Fairfax...
Survey number: HAER VA-13-A Public domain images of ruins, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 1, Great Falls, Fairfax...
Survey number: HAER VA-13-A Public domain images of ruins, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ravensworth, House & Stable, 5200 Port Royal Road, Ravensworth, Fairfa...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Greenway Court, Powder House, State Route 658 vicinity, White Post, Cl...
Survey number: HABS VA-108-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1752 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000829
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Collier House, 6080 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Fa...
Significance: Designed for a husband and wife who were both architects, the house was an interesting amalgam of styles and periods. The open, asymmetrical plan, steel windows, and interior detailing are strong... More
![Reconnoisance [sic] of the Enemies position in front of Fairfax Ct. House Oct. 18th 1861](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvcmVjb25ub2lzYW5jZS1zaWMtb2YtdGhlLWVuZW1pZXMtcG9zaXRpb24taW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtZmFpcmZheC1jdC1ob3VzZS1vY3QtNWEzZjZhLTEwMjQuanBn/40/25/webp "Reconnoisance [sic] of the Enemies position in front of Fairfax Ct. House Oct. 18th 1861")
Reconnoisance [sic] of the Enemies position in front of Fairfax Ct. Ho...
Signed lower right: Alfred R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Some historian had said that the figure on the white horse is Waud, but this seems unlikely as Brady's photograph has Waud with a full beard and ... More
Hope Park, 11807 Pope's Head Road, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-97 Survey number: HABS VA-107
Maplewood, Springhouse, 7676 Old Springhouse Road, McLean, Fairfax Cou...
Survey number: HABS VA-739-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ossian Hall, 5001 Regina Drive, Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: The Fitzhugh family owned three grand houses in present-day Fairfax County: Oak Hill, Ravensworth, and Ossian Hall. Nicholas Fitzhugh built Ossian Hall on part of the Ravensworth land grant, and i... More
East Fork Little Tarkio Bridge, Spanning East Fork of Little Tarkio Ri...
Significance: Significance lies in the pin connected through truss Pratt, which retains its integrity. It reflects the 1890s transportation expansion program in Missouri. Survey number: HAER MO-54 Building/s... More
Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...
Survey number: HABS VA-251 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
Maplewood, 7676 Old Springhouse Road, McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: Good example of the Second Empire style; before demolition, was the only extant Second Empire residence in Fairfax County. Survey number: HABS VA-739 Building/structure dates: 1884-1912 Subseque... More
Ash Grove, 8900 Ash Grove Lane, Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: "Ash Grove" is said to have been named for an older Fairfax house in England. Some historians state that the nucleus of the structure began as a hunting lodge, built either by Lord Fairfax of Gre... More
Ash Grove, 8900 Ash Grove Lane, Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: "Ash Grove" is said to have been named for an older Fairfax house in England. Some historians state that the nucleus of the structure began as a hunting lodge, built either by Lord Fairfax of Gre... More
Ash Grove, 8900 Ash Grove Lane, Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: "Ash Grove" is said to have been named for an older Fairfax house in England. Some historians state that the nucleus of the structure began as a hunting lodge, built either by Lord Fairfax of Gre... More
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop, 107 South Fairfax Street, Alexandr...
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Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop, 107 South Fairfax Street, Alexandr...
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Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop, 107 South Fairfax Street, Alexandr...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with a watermill, water, decayed building, 18th, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Earp's Ordinary, Main Street, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Virginia
Significance: Ratcliffe-Logan-Allison House, also known as Earp's Ordinary, is a historic home located at Fairfax, Virginia. It consists of two sections built about 1810 and about 1830, and is a small two-story... More
Earp's Ordinary, Main Street, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Virginia
Significance: Ratcliffe-Logan-Allison House, also known as Earp's Ordinary, is a historic home located at Fairfax, Virginia. It consists of two sections built about 1810 and about 1830, and is a small two-story... More
Earp's Ordinary, Main Street, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Virginia
Significance: Ratcliffe-Logan-Allison House, also known as Earp's Ordinary, is a historic home located at Fairfax, Virginia. It consists of two sections built about 1810 and about 1830, and is a small two-story... More
Earp's Ordinary, Main Street, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Virginia
Significance: Ratcliffe-Logan-Allison House, also known as Earp's Ordinary, is a historic home located at Fairfax, Virginia. It consists of two sections built about 1810 and about 1830, and is a small two-story... More
Gunston Hall, 10709 Gunston Road, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: Gunston Hall is one of the most important examples of Georgian architecture in America. Built c. 1755-59, the house is noted especially for its unexcelled interior woodwork by William Buckland. ... More
Gunston Hall, 10709 Gunston Road, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: Gunston Hall is one of the most important examples of Georgian architecture in America. Built c. 1755-59, the house is noted especially for its unexcelled interior woodwork by William Buckland. ... More
Gunston Hall, 10709 Gunston Road, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: Gunston Hall is one of the most important examples of Georgian architecture in America. Built c. 1755-59, the house is noted especially for its unexcelled interior woodwork by William Buckland. ... More
Gunston Hall, 10709 Gunston Road, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: Gunston Hall is one of the most important examples of Georgian architecture in America. Built c. 1755-59, the house is noted especially for its unexcelled interior woodwork by William Buckland. ... More
Gunston Hall, 10709 Gunston Road, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: Gunston Hall is one of the most important examples of Georgian architecture in America. Built c. 1755-59, the house is noted especially for its unexcelled interior woodwork by William Buckland. ... More
Pope-Leighey House, 9000 Richmond Highway (moved from Falls Church, Vi...
Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright designed this house, which was built in 1940 for Loren B. Pope. An example of Wright's "Usonian House," the structure, in danger of demolition in 1965 for a highway right-of-wa... More
George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...
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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...
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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...
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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...
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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...
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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...
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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...
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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...
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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...
Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...
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Children outside Fairfax log cabin. Reedsville, West Virginia
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Fairfax Quarries Incorporated. Quarry site
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![["Belvoir," Fairfax Harrison house, Star Route 709, The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia. Fringe tree and porch]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvYmVsdm9pci1mYWlyZmF4LWhhcnJpc29uLWhvdXNlLXN0YXItcm91dGUtNzA5LXRoZS1wbGFpbnMtZmF1cXVpZXItY291bnR5LXZpcmdpbmlhLWNiMDI3YS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[\"Belvoir,\" Fairfax Harrison house, Star Route 709, The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia. Fringe tree and porch]")
["Belvoir," Fairfax Harrison house, Star Route 709, The Plains, Fauqui...
Site History. House Architecture: Waddy Butler Wood, built 1914. Landscape: Hetty Cary (Mrs. Fairfax) Harrison. Today: A property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. On sleeve (handwritten): no. "4... More
Falls Church, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia
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Wellington, Mt. Vernon vic., Fairfax County, Virginia
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Groveton Monument, Manassas, Manassas, Virginia
Survey number: HABS VA-1039-B Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
South Fairfax Street Area Survey, 511-517 South Fairfax Street (Row Ho...
Survey number: HABS VA-618-J National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
New Jersey senator weds in Virginia. Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia Feb....
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Lecturer. Grange meeting. Fairfax County, Virginia
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Production. B-25 bombers. A wing brace assembly for a B-25 bomber is p...
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Production. B-25 bombers. Filing burrs from slots in sections of brass...
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Cornfield near Fairfax, Vermont
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-9). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More
Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...
Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More
Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...
Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More
Edward Washington House, 10913 Belmont Boulevard, Lorton, Fairfax Coun...
Significance: At Belmont Bay stands what is left of the home of two successive Edward Washingtons. It is doubtless one of the oldest structures in Fairfax County. Reportedly the original houses contained five... More
Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia
The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More
Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia
The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More
Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia
The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More
Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia
The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More
Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia
The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More
Falls Church (Episcopal), 115 East Fairfax Street, Falls Church, Falls...
Survey number: HABS VA-288 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 1, Great Falls, Fairfax...
Survey number: HAER VA-13-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Locks No. 3, 4, 5, Great Falls, ...
Survey number: HAER VA-13-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Greenway Court, Powder House, State Route 658 vicinity, White Post, Cl...
Survey number: HABS VA-108-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1752 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000829
Dulin House, Graham Road, Falls Church, Falls Church, Virginia
Survey number: HABS VA-278 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hope Park, 11807 Pope's Head Road, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-97 Survey number: HABS VA-107
Hope Park, 11807 Pope's Head Road, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-97 Survey number: HABS VA-107
Bank of Alexandria, 133 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent ...
Survey number: HABS VA-449 Building/structure dates: 17q4 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
Bank of Alexandria, 133 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent ...
Survey number: HABS VA-449 Building/structure dates: 17q4 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 2, Great Falls, Fairfax...
Survey number: HAER VA-13-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal & Locks, Great Falls, Fairfax Cou...
Significance: The Great Falls Canal was a pioneer effort in the comprehensive development of a river navigation system. Constructed in the years (1786-1802) following the American Revolution, George Washington... More
Ossian Hall, 5001 Regina Drive, Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: The Fitzhugh family owned three grand houses in present-day Fairfax County: Oak Hill, Ravensworth, and Ossian Hall. Nicholas Fitzhugh built Ossian Hall on part of the Ravensworth land grant, and i... More
Ossian Hall, 5001 Regina Drive, Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: The Fitzhugh family owned three grand houses in present-day Fairfax County: Oak Hill, Ravensworth, and Ossian Hall. Nicholas Fitzhugh built Ossian Hall on part of the Ravensworth land grant, and i... More
Ossian Hall, 5001 Regina Drive, Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: The Fitzhugh family owned three grand houses in present-day Fairfax County: Oak Hill, Ravensworth, and Ossian Hall. Nicholas Fitzhugh built Ossian Hall on part of the Ravensworth land grant, and i... More
Ossian Hall, 5001 Regina Drive, Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: The Fitzhugh family owned three grand houses in present-day Fairfax County: Oak Hill, Ravensworth, and Ossian Hall. Nicholas Fitzhugh built Ossian Hall on part of the Ravensworth land grant, and i... More
Leeton, 4619 Centreville Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia
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