Six Fitzhugh Family biographical sketches have been added for fourth and fifth generation inheritors of Ravensworth land. The time period was the transition into the 19th century, when the new American government under the new constitution was building and moving … Continue reading →
Locator Map Mordecai Cooke Fitzhugh built his family’s residence, Fountainbleau, on Ravensworth probably after 1804 and before 1832. The site overlooks Holmes Run near where it flows under today’s Sleepy Hollow Road between Falls Church and Annandale. The earliest record … Continue reading →
Oak Hill Open House After two years off due to Covid-19, the annual in-person open house returned on September 17, 2022. For 2023 and future event plans see the Fairfax County Park Authority’s Oak Hill website. Each year since 2006, … Continue reading →
NOVA Annandale Campus Northern Virginia Community College’s campus in Annandale sits on land that has a long history of many prior owners. Railroad Lasting traces of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad are preserved nearby and farther down the line. The … Continue reading →
By 1800, several roads passed near or through Ravensworth. Tobacco Rolling Roads The earliest began as tobacco rolling roads – paths for rolling hogsheads of tobacco from inland plantations like Ravensworth to ships and, starting in 1732, to official warehouses … Continue reading →