Greenway Court, Virginia

Infobox_nrhp | name =Greenway Court
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
nearest_city= White Post, Virginia
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 2
lat_seconds = 46
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 78
long_minutes = 7
long_seconds = 9
long_direction = W
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1748
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= October 09, 1960cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=633&ResourceType=Building
title=Greenway Court |accessdate=2008-04-12|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000829

Greenway Court was an estate of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron in Clarke County, Virginia, USA. The surviving remnants of the building complex are now a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

It was a lodge of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, better known locally as "Lord Fairfax." His nephew, Thomas Bryan Martin, resided with him at [http://bikepptc.org/web_final/greenway_court.htm Greenway Court] as well.

"From 1751 to 1781, this was the estate of Thomas Lord Fairfax (1693-1781), the only English peer residing in the Colonies, and the proprietor of a 5 million-acre land grant in Virginia. Fairfax employed George Washington as a surveyor."

The remains of the estate were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Hampton/021-0028_Greenway_Court_1966_Final_Nomination.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Greenway Court] |32 KB|date=March 15, 1975 |author=Stephen Lissandrello |publisher=National Park Service (scanned version available at Virginia DHR)]

Greenway Court is approximately convert|1.2|mi|km south of White Post on VA 658.

A visit to this estate is the subject of A Night at Greenway Court, a short story by Willa Cather.

Unincorporated Community?

Greenway Court may also be used as a name to describe an unincorporated community in which the former estate is located.Fact|date=April 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Clarke/GreenwayCourt_Photos.htm Greenway Court, Clarke County, one photo at Virginia DHR]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va0330 Greenway Court, Estate Office, State Route 658 vicinity, White Post vicinity, Clarke County, VA: 7 photos, 2 data pages and supplemental material] ; [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va0332 Greenway Court, Powder House: 6 photos, 4 drawings, 2 data pages and supplemental material] ; [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va0331 Greenway Court, Outbuilding: 4 photos] ; and [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va0173 Greenway Court: Unprocessed notes available] ; at Historic American Building Survey