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Mount Eagle, Fairfax County, Virginia
Mount Eagle, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA, was the home of Bryan Fairfax.
John Colville of Newcastle upon Tyne owned 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) which he called Cleesh. When he died, he left 47 acres (190,000 m2) to the Earl of Tankerville, settled in 1797.[1]
In later life, Bryan Fairfax was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1789, serving as rector of Christ Church in nearby Alexandria, Virginia, from 1790 to 1792. He bought the property and built Mount Eagle (south of Hunting Creek), where he lived from 1790 until his death, in 1802.
George Washington’s last meal away from Mount Vernon, on December 7, 1799, was there[2]
The home passed to Bryan Fairfax's son, Ferdinando Fairfax, who was also the heir of George William Fairfax. Ferdinando Fairfax died there on September 24, 1820.[3]
His son, Donald Fairfax was born there on March 10, 1818.
Court Johnson owned the property during the Civil War.[4] Fort Lyon (Virginia) was constructed on the property during the American Civil War.
Mount Eagle, which lies south of Hunting Creek and Alexandria, was demolished in 1968, and the land is now used for the Montebello Condominium and the Huntington Metro Station.[5]
See also
Map showing Fort Lyon, Fairfax County, VirginiaReferences
- ^ A Smith Bowman, Katherine S Shands, ed (1964-1965). "Cleesh, Mount Eagle". Historical Society of Fairfax county Virginia (Vienna, Virginia: Independent Publishers) 9: 43.
- ^ Grizzard, Frank E. (2005). George! A guide to All Things Washington. pp. 460. ISBN 0976823802. http://books.google.com/?id=9xZ_uM2qHyYC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=bryan+fairfax.
- ^ du Bellet, Louise Pecquet (1907). Some Prominent Virginia Families. http://books.google.com/?id=tyQSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=bryan+fairfax.
- ^ Donald C. Hakenson (2002). This Forgotten Land. ISBN 0914927388.
- ^ Madison, Robert. "Walking with Washington". Fairfax Yeaton House. http://www.localkicks.com/towntalk/history/fairfax_yeaton_house_607_cameron_street_.
The Fairfax family First generation Second generation Third generation Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron • Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron • Henry FairfaxFourth generation Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of CameronFifth generation Sixth generation Seventh generation Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron • Ferdinando FairfaxNinth generation Tenth generation Eleventh generation Twelfth generation Fairfax family residences: Ash Grove • Belvoir • Charlecote Park • Denton Hall • Gilling Castle • Greenway Court • Lee-Longsworth House • Leeds Castle • Leesylvania • Mount Eagle • Nunappleton • Oak Hill • Towlston Grange • Vaucluse 38°47′20″N 77°04′19″W / 38.789°N 77.072°W
Categories:- Houses in Virginia
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- Houses in Fairfax County, Virginia
- Plantations in Virginia
- Georgian architecture in Virginia
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