Resident Curator Program

Fairfax County, Virginia

CONTACT INFORMATION:

703-324-8791
TTY 711

12055 Government Center Pkwy., Suite 927
Fairfax, Virginia

Stephanie Langton,
Resident Curator Program Manager

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Resident Curator Program

Be a preservation hero. Help Fairfax County preserve our tangible past by partnering with us to care for our historic resources. Slices of Fairfax County history are slipping away as some little-used, publicly-owned historic properties fall victim to the elements and disuse. The Resident Curator Program (RCP) is designed to preserve historic properties by offering long-term leases to qualified tenants who agree to rehabilitate and maintain these historic resources. A curator can be a private citizen, a non-profit entity, or a for-profit entity.

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AnnouncementS

  • Lahey Lost Valley: Foundation repairs will occur from April through the end of June 2023. 
  • Annual Open House, May 2023: Fairfax County’s Resident Curator Program will celebrate Historic Preservation Month with two open house events in the Lorton area. Both the Stempson House located at 9501 Furnace Road and the Hannah P. Clark/Enyedi House located at 10605 Furnace Road will be open on Saturday, May 20 2023, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Limited on-site parking will be available.
  • Dranesville Tavern: Repair of termite damage, and other work, will occur through the spring and summer of 2023.

2021 Virtual Open Houses

 

Resident Curator Properties

Mount Gilead

Mount Gilead HouseInitial Community Meeting: June 20 at 7 p.m.
5634 Mount Gilead Road, Centreville, VA., 20120

Mount Gilead is an eighteenth-century vernacular-style house that was originally built as a combined residence and tavern. In 1831, a tanner, Malcolm Jamesson, began living in the house. The Jamesson family lived there for about 100 years, from the 1830s to the 1930s, and established a family cemetery on the grounds that is still standing today... Read More

 

Ash Grove House

Ash Grove HouseAPPLICATION PERIOD CLOSED.
8881 Ashgrove House Lane, Vienna, VA, 22182

Ash Grove is one of the few standing 18th century Virginia houses, and was built by the Fairfax family.  Thomas Fairfax built the original portion of the house in 1790, and the family inhabited the house until 1847.  The house sits... Read More

 

Lahey Lost Valley

Lahey Lost ValleyRE-ADVERTISEMENT SOON.
9750 Brookmeadow Drive, Vienna, VA, 22182

Lahey Lost Valley is a mid-eighteenth century brick hall-parlor house with a 1940s brick addition. The house is located on land that was granted to William Gunnell in 1730. In 1741 Gunnell gave the land to two of his sons to divide. Henry Gunnell received ... Read More

 

Ellmore Farmhouse

Ellmore FarmhouseUNDER REHABILITATION
2739 West Ox Road, Herndon, VA, 20171

The Ellmore Farmhouse is a two-story, 3,300-square-foot property located on West Ox Road in Herndon, Virginia. The farmhouse was constructed principally of yellow pine in 1891 for Mrs. Mary W. Ellmore and her two children. Members of the Ellmore family occupied the property for more than 50 years, operating a productive dairy farm there through 1945, ... Read More

 

Hannah P. Clark/Enyedi

Hannah P. ClarkUNDER REHABILITATION
10605 Furnace Road, Lorton, VA, 22079

The Hannah P. Clark House is a two-story, cross-gable vernacular farmhouse with 1,250 square feet of finished space. Features include vertical-peeled-log framing construction and a living room with exposed ceiling beams ... Read More

 

 

Turner Farmhouse

Turner Farm HouseUNDER REHABILITATION.
10609 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA, 22066

The Turner Farmhouse, built in 1905 by the Turner family, is located in a 52-acre community park at the intersection of Georgetown Pike and Springvale Road in Great Falls, Virginia. The property contains several historic structures. The Mark Turner Dairy Farm is an example of the type of farm that predominated in the Great Falls area during the early years ... Read More

 

Stempson House

Stempson HouseUNDER REHABILITATION.
9501 Furnace Road, Lorton, VA, 22079

The circa 1937 Stempson House is a vernacular style residence with Colonial Revival style elements. The house is significant due to its association with the Occoquan Workhouse and Reformatory, later known as Lorton Prison, which incorporated Progressive Era reform ideals, and for its ... Read More

 

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