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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9U2_the-battle-of-ox-hill_Fairfax-VA.html
Acting to protect Pope's line of retreat along the Warrenton Turnpike, Brigadier General Isaac Stevens, commanding the 1st Division, IX Corps, seized the initiative and ordered an attack. With storm clouds threatening and artillery fire booming ov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5S4_pozer-garden_Fairfax-VA.html
Old Town FairfaxPozer Garden honors Kitty Barrett Pozer, who owned the adjacent historic Ratcliffe-Allison House from 1927 until she bequeathed it to the City at her death in 1981. Mrs. Pozer had a lifelong interest in horticulture and was the Was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM55U_draper-house_Fairfax-VA.html
Built by Dr. Simeon and Catherine (Wilkinson) Draper on a lot leased from town founder Richard Ratcliffe, this is the second oldest home still standing in the Old Town Fairfax Historic District. Catherine's sister was Matilda Wilkinson, the daught…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4C6_old-fairfax-high-school_Fairfax-VA.html
This building opened in 1935 as the first 4-year "Fairfax High School," becoming the largest consolidated high school in the county as the Oakton and Clifton High Schools were closed. It closed in 1972 when the new school opened on Old Lee Highway…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4C4_richard-ratcliffes-mount-vinyard-plantation_Fairfax-VA.html
On the knoll 70 yards NE of this marker, stood the home of Richard Ratcliffe (1751-1825). The mansion was on his 600-acre "Mount Vineyard," part of a 1714 land grant of 1,930 acres to George Mason II. In 1798 Ratcliffe donated 4 acres to the east …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4C3_birthplace-of-the-confederate-battle-flag_Fairfax-VA.html
During the First Battle of Manassas, amid the smoke of combat, troops found it difficult to distinguish between Union and Confederate flags. Generals P.G.T. Beauregard, Joseph E. Johnston and Quartermaster General William L. Cabell met near here i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3S0_ford-building_Fairfax-VA.html
Built c.1835Old Town FairfaxThis was the home of Antonia Ford, imprisoned as a spy following Ranger Mosby's night capture of the local Union commander, Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Stoughton, March 9, 1863. A search of the house had revealed an honorary ai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3RW_old-town-hall_Fairfax-VA.html
Built 1900Old Town FairfaxJoseph E. Willard, who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia and minister to Spain, built Old Town Hall and gave it to the town in 1900. He was said to have been the most influential political figure in Fairfax County…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3Q9_historic-fairfax-elementary-school_Fairfax-VA.html
Built 1873Old Town FairfaxThis is the oldest, two-story, brick public school house in Fairfax County. Bricks were made from a clay pit on the Farr property across Main St. The original portion of this structure, the rear, was build for then consid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3Q3_draper-house_Fairfax-VA.html
Built c.1820Old Town FairfaxBuilt by Dr. Samuel Draper, this house probably served as his office and examining rooms. Many of the buildings adjoining the house were constructed as out-buildings.