Historic Sites in Occoquan, VA

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Gunston Hall was the home of George Mason, father of the Bill of Rights. Mason wrote the Virginia Constitution an...

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The main Federal-style house was designed by the architect of the U.S. Capitol, Dr. William Thornton, and...

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Bike to Mount Vernon with this self-guided two-way ride on the Mount Vernon Trail. This scenic trail takes ri...

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This building was begun in 1769 and completed by 1774, succeeding an earlier church two miles to the south. It was th...

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NewFord Orientation Center The new30,200-SF Ford Orientation Center at George Washington’s Mount Vernon welco...

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Rippon Lodge is a 30 acre park that contains several historic buildings. The main house construction spans three ...

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Ex-slave Lewis H. Bailey organized Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1883. It is one of the oldest African-American Baptist ...

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Williams Ordinary is believed to have been built in the 1760s, although the exact construction date is unknown. The b...

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First of America's First Ladies. Martha Washington was born on a plantation near Williamsburg, Virginia. Typica...

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A saw and grist mill built by James Keene between 1796 and 1800, when it was expanded, stood on the north side of the...

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On this site stood Lee Chapel, a Methodist Episcopal Church, built 1871 and named in honor of General Robert E. Lee. ...

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Keeping it in the Family The McCarty?s who built Mount Air, were an important Virginia family. Dennis McCarty patente...

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After the Confederate victory at Ball?s Bluff in October 1861, the Union and Confederate armies settled into winter c...

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Confederate Col. Wade Hampton?s South Carolina Legion appropriated Bacon Race Church as a field hospital in mid-Augus...

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Fairfax County Area 417 Square Miles Formed in 1742 from Prince William and Loudoun, and named for Lord Fairfax, prop...

Gunston Hall Plantation