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Historic Overlay Districts are created for the purpose of promoting the general welfare, education, and recreational pleasure of the public, through the perpetuation of those general areas or individual structures and premises that have been officially designated by the Board of Supervisors as having historic, architectural, or cultural significance.
Regulations within such districts are intended to protect against destruction of or encroachment upon such areas, structures, and premises; to encourage uses which will lead to their continuance, conservation, and improvement in a manner appropriate to the preservation of the cultural, social, economic, political, architectural, or archaeological heritage of the County; to prevent creation of environmental influences adverse to such purposes; and to assure that new structures and uses within such districts will be in keeping with the character to be preserved and enhanced.
Historic Overlay Districts in Fairfax County, and the year
they were established by the Board of Supervisors, include:
BULL RUN STONE
BRIDGE - Located on the grounds of Manassas National
Battlefield Park, the stone arch bridge over Bull Run was a
strategic crossing point during the two major Civil War battles
fought nearby. Established 1972 CENTREVILLE
- This crossroads village developed in the late eighteenth century
and was occupied by both Union and Confederate troops during
the Civil War. Established 1986 COLVIN RUN
MILL - The mill, built in the 1820s, and surrounding
buildings were an active part of the agricultural economy of
the Fairfax County throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries. Established 1972 DRANESVILLE
TAVERN - The tavern, built in the 1830s, was a popular
stopping place for those traveling the busy Leesburg and Georgetown
Pikes during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries until its
closing in 1968. Established 1972 HUNTLEY
- The house was built about 1820 for Thomson F. Mason, grandson
of George Mason. Established 1976 LAKE ANNE
VILLAGE CENTER - This award-winning cluster of residential
and commercial structures was the heart of the Reston community
when constructed in the mid-1960s. Established 1983 LANGLEY FORK
- This crossroads village includes residential, school, and
church structures dating from the early nineteenth century.
Established 1980 MOUNT AIR
- The main house, built about 1830, was lost to fire in 1992,
but the outbuildings and landscaped grounds remain. Established
1984 POHICK CHURCH
- The building was constructed between 1762 and 1772, with the
first use of the building in the latter year. Both George Mason
and George Washington had pews and attended services at Pohick
Church. Established 1970 ROBEY’S
MILL - The house and mill were built in the mid-nineteenth
century. The mill served local farmers until 1906. Established
1980 ST. MARY’S
CHURCH - The first Roman Catholic church in Fairfax
County was built in 1858. It was used by Clara Barton as a hospital
after the Civil War battles of Second Manassas and Chantilly.
The district includes portions of the nineteenth century railroad
community of Fairfax Station. Established 1972 SULLY
- The plantation house was built in 1794 for Richard Bland Lee
who was the first U.S. congressman from Northern Virginia. He
was also the uncle of Robert E. Lee. Established 1970
WOODLAWN PLANTATION AND THE POPE/LEIGHEY HOUSE - Woodlawn was built in 1805 on land owned by George Washington. The property was given by Washington as a wedding gift to his nephew Lawrence Lewis. The district also includes the Woodlawn Friends Meeting House of about 1853, the Washington Grist Mill reconstructed in 1932, and the Pope/Leighey house designed in1942 by Frank Lloyd Wright and moved to the site in 1964. Established 1971
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