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Item #233: Map: Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington
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Published in 1878-1879 by G. M. Hopkins, this atlas mapped communities within a 15-mile radius of Washington, D.C. Separate editions were issued for...
Item #208: Jerusalem Baptist Church
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The Jerusalem Baptist congregation of Fairfax Station formed on May 17, 1840. Charter members worshiped every third Sunday at the Upper Church...
Item #57: Bridge Over Railroad Tracks at Ox Road
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This steel truss automobile bridge carried Ox Road over the railroad tracks near Fairfax Station. On June 4, 1944, the bridge collapsed while an Army...
Item #26: Bunny Man: Artist's Rendition
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Bunny Man is a local character - part real and part myth - who appeared in the 1970s in the Burke area. According to newspaper accounts, a man in a...
Item #16: Jerusalem Baptist Church
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The Jerusalem Baptist congregation of Fairfax Station formed on May 17, 1840. Charter members worshiped every third Sunday at the Upper Church...
Item #11: Fairfax Station in Civil War
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Photographer Matthew Brady captured the devastation of the Civil War in Fairfax Station, Virginia. Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross,...
Item #7: Brimstone Hill
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Brimstone Hill dates to circa 1820. In 1839, Charles Arundel purchased the twelve-acre property and acquired a license to operate a tavern. In 1848,...