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On August 1, 1926, the Ravensworth Mansion mysteriously burned down, though the adjacent outbuildings survived. Subsequently, Dr. George Bolling Lee built this smaller farm house on the property. In 1956, the property and buildings were considered as…

Old Burke Village resident Lonnie Schorer took her camera aloft in the fall of 1975 to shoot the series of pictures that are the basis for this video. The animation flies through a panorama that existed for only a short time longer, before…

Growth and shifts in population and suburban development in Fairfax County are driving forces in the creation and continuing evolution of Braddock District.

The narrated animation traces the district's creation and several border changes, and the…

A series of aerial images from 1937 to 2002 shows how development changed the area of Kings Park near the intersections of Braddock, Rolling and Burke Lake roads.

The historical material in this website refers to events and places located in or near the geographic area now or previously included in the Braddock District. Created in 1968 as Annandale District and renamed in 1991, Braddock District has seen its…

Rita Rogers moved with her husband and young sons into the Lake Braddock subdivision in 1971. She remembers the early years of the community.

The Falls Church District preceded the present-day Braddock District. This promotion publication describes the area in 1960. Annandale District was renamed Braddock District in 1992.

Bill Wrench came to the Braddock District in 1957 as the Director of the Economic and Industrial Development Committee (later, the Economic Development Authority). Lack of development in the county surprised him then, but his job was to integrate…

Val Vahouny and her family moved to a new home in the original Kings Park development in 1963. Like many families in the 1950s, she and her husband first lived in an apartment until their growing family required more space. She talks about family and…

Margaret Shutler came to Fairfax County in 1964, the mother of six children and wife of a member of the U.S. Marine Corps ordered to the Pentagon. She talks about bringing up children and changes in household management.