Farms of Study
The following properties are notable farms within the area of study examined individually.
Sully Plantation
Leeton
Built: |
1800-1820 (main house) |
Acreage acquired by CAA: |
129.685 |
Compensation: |
$71,500 |
Acquisition value: |
$551.33/acre |
Owner(s) in 1958: |
Travis, Lewis S. & Jean S. |
Notes: Part of 3,111-acre tract patented to Henry Lee I in the early-18th century. Likely built by Harrison Fitzhugh, purchaser of 49 acres from Richard Bland Lee in 1802. Area owned by Abner Pierce in 1860. Appeals for historic preservation were unsuccessful. Demolished for airport construction. |
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Extant: |
No |
At this location today: |
Wooded airport insulation, parking lot for the National Air & Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. |
Wrenn Farm
Built: |
1820 (main house) |
Acreage acquired by CAA: |
141.861 |
Compensation: |
$29,700 |
Acquisition value: |
$209.36/acre |
Owner(s) in 1958: |
Wrenn, Winnie H. & Robert F. |
Notes: Part of 4,142-acre tract patented to George Turberville in the early-18th century. Area owned by Charles W. Turley in 1860. Listed under "Asbury Wren" in G.M. Hopkins' Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington (1879). Demolished for airport construction. |
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Extant: |
No |
At this location today: |
Blastpad for Runway 12/30. |
Beard Farm
Built: |
1830 (main house) |
Acreage acquired by CAA: |
122.733 |
Compensation: |
$28,400 |
Acquisition value: |
$231.39/acre |
Owner(s) in 1958: |
Beard, Joseph E. & John W. |
Notes: Part of 1,020-acre tract patented to John Fitzhugh in the early-18th century. Area owned by Robert M. Newman in 1860. Last owned by Fairfax County agricultural agent and founder of Frying Pan Park, Joseph E. Beard. Demolished for airport construction. |
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Extant: |
No |
At this location today: |
Wooded airport insulation, Route 28 southbound roadway. |
McLearen Farm
Built: |
1830 (main house) |
Acreage acquired by CAA: |
84.836 |
Compensation: |
$49,000 |
Acquisition value: |
$577.59/acre |
Owner(s) in 1958: |
McLearen, G.A. |
Notes: Part of 2,116-acre tract patented to Francis Awbrey in the early-18th century. Area owned by Henry S. Halbert during the Civil War. Edifices re-located for the construction of Route 28. Sold off and demolished to make room for highway widening. |
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Extant: |
No |
At this location today: |
Route 28 northbound roadway, Hilton Dulles hotel. |
Morris (Matthew Middleton) Farm
Built: |
1850 (main house) |
Acreage acquired by CAA: |
73.574 |
Compensation: |
$40,750 |
Acquisition value: |
$553.56/acre |
Owner(s) in 1958: |
Morris, Rose B. |
Notes: Part of 2,116-acre tract patented to Francis Awbrey in the early-18th century. Area owned by Fannie B. Wilcoxen during the Civil War. Farm owned and run by Matthew Middleton (eldest son of Benjamin Middleton I) during early-to-mid-20th century. Last owned by Rose B. Morris, prior to demolition for airport construction. |
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Extant: |
No |
At this location today: |
Tarmac, ATC tower. |
Herwig Farm
Built: |
1850 (main house) |
Acreage acquired by CAA: |
207.456 |
Compensation: |
$76,000 |
Acquisition value: |
$366.34/acre |
Owner(s) in 1958: |
Herwig, Leopold J.H. |
Notes: Part of 2,116-acre tract patented to Francis Awbrey in the early-18th century. Area owned by Fannie B. Wilcoxen in 1860. Farm acquired for airport construction in 1958. |
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Extant: |
No |
At this location today: |
Tarmac, ATC tower, underground AeroTrain line, intra-airport storage buildings, Flight Line Rd. |
Bonnyside Farm
Horsepen Farm
Haselden Farm
Carusillo Farm
Built: |
1890 (main house) |
Acreage acquired by CAA: |
239.758 |
Compensation: |
$72,850 |
Acquisition value: |
$303.85/acre |
Owner(s) in 1958: |
Carusillo, Louis J. & Anna T. |
Notes: Part of 2,116-acre tract patented to Francis Awbrey in the early-18th century. Area owned by Robert Newman in 1860. Demolished for airport construction. Site of the majority of airport operations after 1962. |
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Extant: |
No |
At this location today: |
Main terminal, concourses A-D, underground AeroTrain line, legacy control tower, hourly & valet parking lots, Runway 1R/19L, Aviation Dr., Signature Flight Services. |
Hyde Farm
References
- Hugh C. Miller, Historical and Archaeological Survey Report, Washington Dulles International Airport, Loudoun and Fairfax Counties, Virginia, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, October 18, 1989.
- Fairfax County Deed Book (FX DB) 1685:142-419, August 22, 1958.
- Beth Mitchell & Edith Moore Sprouse, Fairfax County in 1860: Property Owners (Fairfax, VA).
- Original Land Grants & Current Roads. Map. Leesburg, VA: Loudoun County Office of Mapping & Geographic Information, 2009. http://www.flickr.com/photos/omagi/3726236799/in/set-72157619283256388/. (accessed 01-20-2011).
- Gamble, Sully: The Biography of a House, 134.