Browse Resources (11 total)
Archeological Investigation Report: Guinea Road Cemetery
The Louis Berger Group, Inc., on behalf of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), conducted an archeological investigation of the Guinea Road Cemetery in preparation for road construction at that site.
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Tags: african american, fitzhugh, historic site, ilda, ravensworth
Historic Survey Report: Wakefield Chapel
Survey description of Wakefield Chapel, dated February 17, 1971, for the Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory.
Tags: annandale, civil war, historic site
Historic Survey Report: Ravensworth
Survey description of Ravensworth mansion, dated February 24, 1972, for the Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory.
Tags: fitzhugh, historic site, ravensworth
Historic Survey Report: Ossian Hall
Survey description of Ossian Hall, dated February 25, 1972, for the Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory.
Tags: annandale, fitzhugh, historic site, ravensworth
Historic Survey Report: Oak Hill
Survey description of Oak Hill, dated February 13, 1970, for the Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory.
Tags: fitzhugh, historic site, oak hill, ravensworth
Historic Survey Report: King's Grant
Survey description of King's Grant, dated July 17, 1974, for the Fairfax County Department of Historic Resources Reconnaissance Level Survey.
Tags: african american, civil war, historic site
Historic Survey Report: John Marshall House
Survey description of John Marshall House, dated February 22, 1972, for the Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory
Tags: burke, historic site
Historic Survey Report: Aspen Grove
Survey description of Aspen Grove, dated September 1, 1970, for the Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory.
Tags: civil war, fairfax, historic site
Guinea Road Cemetery
When road construction threatened the Guinea Road Cemetery in 2004, the Virginia Department of Transportation sought information about those buried there. Dennis Howard of Springfield told the history of his family members, the families of slaves…
Tags: african american, cemetery, historic site, ilda
Oak Hill Memories: Bernice Watt Montgomery
Bernice Watt Montgomery lived the first ten years of her life at Oak Hill when it was a 50-acre working farm. Her grandfather had purchased the property in 1889 for $900. She tells of her family and remembers her childhood on the historic property…
Tags: agriculture, childhood, education, historic site, oak hill