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Historic Blenheim is a c. 1859 brick farm house designed in the Greek Revival style and located in City of Fairfax, Virginia.During the American Civil War, Union soldiers were often encamped on the grounds surrounding the house and utilized it as part of a reserve hospital system.
The Fairfax Arms, also known as the Colchester Inn, is a historic inn and tavern located at Colchester, Fairfax County, Virginia. It was built in the mid-18th century, and is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, three-bay, brick building measuring approximately 25 feet by 32 feet. It features flanking exterior stone chimneys and a gable roof with dormers.
Jct. of VA 236 and VA 123, Fairfax, Virginia: Coordinates: Area: 24 acres (9.7 ha) Architect: Multiple: Architectural style: Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne: NRHP reference No. 87001432 [1] VLR No. 151-0003: Significant dates; Added to NRHP
The site was only 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) from the Pentagon which had begun construction in August 1941. As with nearby Parkfairfax , Alexandria, and several other sites throughout metropolitan Washington, the Corporation endeavored to quickly satisfy increased wartime demand for housing and, by the end of 1943, by which time the project was ...
William Green's 1669 patent for 1,150 acres (4.7 km 2) encompassed most of the peninsula between Dogue Creek and Accotink Creek, along the Potomac River.Although this property was sub-divided and sold in the early 18th century, it was reassembled during the 1730s to create the central portion of Col. William Fairfax's 2,200-acre (8.9 km 2) plantation of Belvoir Manor.
Mott sued Lake Fairfax under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and Lake Fairfax was enjoined from refusing entry to people on account of their race. [1] [2] At the end of 1965, the Fairfax County Park Authority expressed interest in purchasing the facility, and Crippen sold Lake Fairfax to the authority in 1966 for $1.7 million. [3] [4]
The Jockey Club restaurant opened in the Fairfax in 1961. [27] It was created by Louise Gore, daughter of the owner, Grady Gore, [1] and modeled on the continental restaurants she had come to know when she worked for UNESCO in Paris . [1] She named the restaurant after a private club in London and a restaurant in Madrid. [2]