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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.
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.
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.
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)
Between 1991 and 2021 the show was known as the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, [5] [6] and the name was changed to the Tephra Fine Arts Festival following a similar name change of the festival's organizer, [6] [5] which changed from being the Greater Reston Arts Center to the Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art in 2021. [7]
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Established around 1737, By John Tayloe I, a wealthy Virginia land owner, who owned several iron works. His son, John Tayloe II , became a partner in the nearby Occoquan Iron Works. Thomas Jefferson wrote in his book, Notes on the State of Virginia , of Iron being forged at Neabsco "from pigs imported from Maryland; and Taylor's forge on ...