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Falls Church, an independent city in Virginia, United States, takes its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century parish of the Church of England. Falls Church gained township status within Fairfax County in 1875. In 1948, it was incorporated as the City of Falls Church, an independent city with county-level governance status.
Location of Accomack County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Accomack County, Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Accomack County, Virginia, United States.
Location of Falls Church in Virginia. This list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Falls Church, Virginia, includes six properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places, including one National Historic Landmark, in the independent city of Falls Church, Virginia, United States.
The East Falls Church neighborhood was part of the city of Falls Church until 1936. The Crossman Farm property included the house and several outbuildings, including two barns which no longer exist. The street running in front of the house was known as Crossman Street until its name was changed to North Underwood Street in 1935.
The Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation was founded in 1997 by Edwin B. Henderson II to preserve the Civil Rights and African American history and culture. Falls Church is where the first rural branch of the NAACP was established stemming from events that took place in 1915, when the town passed a segregation ordinance by creating segregated ...
East Falls Church may refer to: East Falls Church, Virginia , an unincorporated community in Arlington County East Falls Church station on the Washington Metro
The Colored Citizens Protective League (CCPL) was established at Tinner's house in 1915. In 1918, the NAACP granted the CCPL a charter that allowed it to form the Falls Church and Vicinity NAACP. The first rural branch had about 40 members and eight officers, including Tinner as the first president, and Henderson as secretary.
The Falls Church is an historic Episcopal church, from which the city of Falls Church, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., takes its name. Established in 1732, the parish in 1769 built a brick church building that remains in use today.