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Occoquan Historic District is a national historic district located at Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia. It encompasses 60 contributing buildings in the town of Occoquan. The buildings are predominantly frame, two-story, residential structures although the earliest examples are constructed of stone or brick.
The Workhouse concept gained support. Congress approved the purchase of 1,155 acres on the north bank of the Occoquan River in Virginia. The Workhouse was designed to rehabilitate and reform prisoners through fresh air, good food, honest work, and fair treatment.
Occoquan (/ ˈ ɒ k ə k w ɒ n /) [6] is a town in Prince William County, Virginia founded in 1804. [7] The population was 934 at the 2010 United States Census . The current mayor is Earnest W. Porta Jr.
Rockledge, is a historic home located at Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia, United States, near Washington D.C. It was built in 1758 from stone at the request of John Balladine, a wealthy local industrialist. Architect William Buckland worked on this house. [3] [4] The historic marker on the site reads:
The River View at Occoquan Regional Park in Lorton opened in 2018, part of the Jean R. Packard Center. The center also features Brickmakers Cafe. Occoquan Regional Park is a regional park along a tributary of the Potomac River , located in Lorton in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia , USA.
Occoquan may refer to: Occoquan, Virginia; Occoquan River; Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge; Lorton and Occoquan Railroad; Occoquan Workhouse (prison)
This list of museums in Virginia, United States, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Woodbridge was a plantation formerly located on the Occoquan River in Prince William County, Virginia, across from Colchester. There was a ferry there. George Mason, a United States Founding Father, willed the land to Thomas Mason, his youngest son, in 1792. The unincorporated city of Woodbridge takes its name from the plantation.