http://braddockheritage.org/items/browse/tag/annandale/page/2?output=atom <![CDATA[braddockheritage.org/]]> 2020-07-01T14:08:18-04:00 Omeka http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/120 <![CDATA[Oral History: Howard Marshall]]> 2011-09-13T23:13:15-04:00

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Oral History: Howard Marshall

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Howard Marshall came to Northern Virginia in 1948 after serving in the Army in World War II. He describes how the Annandale area looked before homes and shops filled the landscape. He remembers starting his own business and family activities.
]]> http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/119 <![CDATA[Oral History: Hal and Sally Lion]]> 2011-09-13T23:15:06-04:00

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Oral History: Hal and Sally Lion

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Hal and Sally Lion talk about daily life and family activities in the Braddock District beginning in 1962 when they bought a home in Ravensworth Farm.
]]> http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/106 <![CDATA[Oral History: Eileen Garnett]]> 2011-09-13T23:26:43-04:00

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Oral History: Eileen Garnett

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Eileen Garnett moved to Annandale in 1972. She reminisces about development that came to support increasing numbers of homes and subdivisions. She describes the revitalization project which she helped found in the 1980s and continues to guide. The revitalization project worked to upgrade the business district in Annandale.
]]> http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/104 <![CDATA[Oral History: John Fox]]> 2011-09-13T23:28:04-04:00

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Oral History: John Fox

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John Fox was seventeen when his family moved to Annandale in 1939. His father started the Annandale Volunteer Fire Department, and John Fox served with that department. He describes the technology of fire fighting and major blazes facing the volunteers.
]]> http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/100 <![CDATA[Oral History: Irv Denton]]> 2011-09-13T23:31:13-04:00

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Oral History: Irv Denton

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Irv Denton moved to Annandale in 1967. He discusses Annandale's history, development and notable people from 1685 to the present day.
]]> http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/98 <![CDATA[Oral History: Aubrey Chason]]> 2011-09-14T16:46:24-04:00

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Oral History: Aubrey Chason

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Aubrey Chason's family moved to Annandale in 1931 when he was three years old. He remembers childhood activities, going to school, the area's rural character before development, the home front in World War II, and working for local companies. Aubrey's wife, Ann Chason, joins the discussion near the end of the interview.
]]> http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/86 <![CDATA[Annandale Women's Club, 2001]]> 2011-09-14T16:59:33-04:00

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Annandale Women's Club, 2001

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In 2001, members of the Annandale Women's Club recreated David Robinson's 1927 painting, The Women's Club. (back row, left to right: Helen Mobley, Alice Snitzer, Priscilla Dodge, Helen Winter, Bette McBeth. Middle row: Marion Poats, Peggy Longmeier, Elizabeth Barrow. Front row: Moira Leite, Edith Livengood, Ann Dohleman.

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Sun-Gazette, April 26, 2001
]]> http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/22 <![CDATA[Wakefield Chapel]]>
Several small congregations have met in the chapel, which holds 100 people. After lightning struck the steeple in 1970, the chapel fell into disuse until the building became the property of the Fairfax County Park Authority. It is now a favorite site for weddings.]]> 2011-09-14T18:00:57-04:00

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Wakefield Chapel

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In 1899, Oliver Besley donated land for a nondenominational chapel. The Wakefield Chapel was named for its first preacher. Reverend Wakefield had gone west during the Gold Rush, fought against the Indians, and survived near-burial in a common grave after a battle wound during the Civil War.

Several small congregations have met in the chapel, which holds 100 people. After lightning struck the steeple in 1970, the chapel fell into disuse until the building became the property of the Fairfax County Park Authority. It is now a favorite site for weddings.

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Photo by Gilbert Donahue

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Copyrighted material, not to be reproduced without permission of owner, Gilbert Donahue
]]> http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/19 <![CDATA[Ossian Hall]]>
In 1918, Joseph L. Bristow, former U.S. Senator from Kansas (1909-1915), purchased Ossian Hall and several hundred acres and lived there until his death in 1944. Ossian Hall was abandoned, although various proposals floated to make the area and home into a state park or to create residential developments.

In 1959, upon the request of developers, the Annandale Fire Department burned the mansion in a controlled training exercise.]]> 2011-09-14T18:02:45-04:00

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Ossian Hall

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Nicholas Fitzhugh, a nephew of William of Chatham, built Ossian Hall in 1780, one of three large homes erected on Ravensworth plantation. Dr. David Stuart purchased Ossian Hall and 831 acres of land in 1804. Dr. Stuart's wife, Eleanor Calvert Custis, was the widow of Martha Washington's son, John, and the Stuarts frequently visited Mount Vernon. Washington appointed Stuart as a commissioner of Washington, D.C., when the city was established in 1791.

In 1918, Joseph L. Bristow, former U.S. Senator from Kansas (1909-1915), purchased Ossian Hall and several hundred acres and lived there until his death in 1944. Ossian Hall was abandoned, although various proposals floated to make the area and home into a state park or to create residential developments.

In 1959, upon the request of developers, the Annandale Fire Department burned the mansion in a controlled training exercise.

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Photograph from Fairfax County Public Library, Virginia Room, Photographic Archive
]]> http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/6 <![CDATA[Boxhill Farm]]> 2011-09-14T18:15:27-04:00

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Boxhill Farm

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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 name. Boxhill Farm stands north of Braddock Road near present-day Wakefield Chapel Road in Annandale.

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Photo by Gilbert Donahue

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Copyrighted material, not to be reproduced without permission of owner, Gilbert Donahue
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