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Merrybrook is the only known house of American Civil War Confederate spy Laura Ratcliffe. The group called 'Friends of Laura Ratcliffe' conserve this home that featured in the National Historic Register in 2007.
Located within the Frying Pan Farm Park, this structure was built as Baptist church in the late 1700s. The building was left abandoned over the years and in 1984, Fairfax County Park Authority took control over maintaining the property. The Frying Pan Spring Meeting House was enlisted in the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The property includes a cemetery, baptismal pond and springs. Call ahead for tour of this Virginia landmark.
The Janelia is a mansion, which is a 16.7 acres (6.8 hectares) of land. Surrounded by the Jamelia Farm Research Campus, the house is designed in the French manor style, with a simple concrete and brick structure, hipped roofs and six chimneys the house stands out in it's beauty. The heavy wood doors at the entrance, the curvy staircase that leads one to the top, and the commanding view of the swimming pool from the French windows is all an absolute delight to watch.
Stay overnight in a historic lockhouse! Lockhouse 25, originally completed in 1830, interprets the story of the C&O Canal and the town that surrounded Edwards Ferry during the Civil War. Throughout the war, the canal was a target of confederate forces determined to interrupt commerce along the canal. Locks, aqueducts, dams, and even boats were subject to destruction and harassment from Confederate and Union troops. The lockhouse is conveniently located 4.5 miles from the town of Poolesville, MD, providing access to groceries and supplies, as well as additional historical discoveries.
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