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Historic Marker: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
On April 5, 2008 at Lake Accotink Park, Fairfax County celebrated the CCC's 75th anniversary and unveiled an historic marker commemorating the CCC's contributions to the county.
In the photo on the right, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors…
In the photo on the right, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors…
Oliver Farm, Annandale, Virginia
On Christmas Eve 1931, Robert Stringfellow Oliver, his wife Charlene Byrd Oliver, seven children and 24 cattle moved from Shirlington to this farm house in Annandale, which stands on Gallows Road near Columbia Pike. The cattle drive and move were so…
Tags: agriculture, annandale, childhood, occupations, world war ii
Page Parker Family, circa 1887
Page Augustus Parker and Matilda Gibson Parker and their daughters, Maude, Molly, and Alice, circa 1887. The couple took over the blacksmith shop founded by Moses Parker, father of Page Augustus, and his partner, Horace Gibson. The blacksmith shop…
Tags: african american, commerce, ilda, occupations, segregation
Ernest (Buddy) Belote, circa 1960
Ernest (Buddy) Belote worked as a broadcast engineer for WTOP radio station in Washington, D.C. His profession brought him close to leading national figures, and he reported on major events of the day including the 1963 assassination of President…
Tags: occupations
Farm, Fairfax County, circa 1910
Fairfax County farmer harvesting a wheat field, circa 1910.
Tags: agriculture, occupations
Sawmill, Fairfax County, circa 1920
Portable sawmill is shown operating in Fairfax County, circa 1920. Many acres in the county were devoted to forestry and lumbering. Companies milled wood for furniture companies, fence rails and posts, and pilings for road construction.
Tags: commerce, occupations
Dairy Farm, Fairfax County, circa 1940
The image of cows grazing in a Fairfax County field was a familiar site in the mid-twentieth century in Braddock District. In 1936, dairy farming was the county's largest industry with 100 dairy farms and 440 families engaged in farming.
Tags: agriculture, occupations
Water Towers, Annandale, Virginia
James McWhorter established the Annandale Water Authority and laid pipes for developers coming into the county. These two water tanks on the hill near the corner of Gallows Road and Columbia Pike served 5,000 Annandale homes. The Fairfax County…
Tags: commerce, development, government, occupations
Boxhill Farm
Born in Switzerland, Frederick Segessenman emigrated to the United States and later built Boxhill Farm in 1896 on eight acres in Annandale. He was a landscaper and a florist and it is believed he planted the boxwood from which the home derives its…
Tags: annandale, historic site, occupations
Ashford House
In 1829, Mary Goldsborough inherited land from William Henry Fitzhugh and, in 1856, William Ashford purchased 20 of the Goldsborough acres. The property probably included at least one slave cabin. The Ashford House combines two log cabins, one made…
Tags: african american, fitzhugh, historic site, occupations