Green Spring Gardens Park
Green Spring | |
 Green Spring house seen from the lawn in front, September 2015 | |
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| Location | 4601 Green Spring Road, near Alexandria, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°49′N 77°9′W / 38.817°N 77.150°W |
| Area | 9.5 acres (3.8 ha) |
| Built | c. 1777–1784 |
| Architect | Farrand, Beatrix; Macomber, Walter |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 03001089[1] |
| VLR No. | 029-0025 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 22, 2003 |
| Designated VLR | June 18, 2003[2] |
Green Spring Gardens (31 acres) is a public park, including a historic 18th-century plantation house "Green Spring", which is the heart of a national
historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1] The Fairfax County Park Authority operates Green Spring with the assistance of various nonprofit organizations concerned with history and gardening. Open daily without charge, the street address is 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria, Virginia
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Holdings
The historic district encompasses two contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and two contributing structures located within the park. It includes the brick farmhouse, built about 1777–1784, a 19th-century
Massive Resistance.[4]
Its estate gardens (popular among local wedding photographers) feature
Hamamelis
collection (130 taxa, including all 4 species).
Gallery
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Image of the house prior to the 1942 restoration -
Cacti at the park, 2013 -
Boardwalk in the park, 2015 -
Interior of the visitors' center, 2015 -
Interior of the house set up as a tearoom, 2015
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See also
- List of botanical gardens in the United States
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Langer, Emily (December 22, 2015). "Belinda Straight, psychiatrist and civil rights activist, dies at 95". Retrieved December 18, 2017 – via www.WashingtonPost.com.
- ^ Sherrie L. Chapman (February 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Green Spring" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
External links
- Green Spring Farm, 4601 Green Spring Road, Annandale, Fairfax County, VA: 2 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Green Spring Gardens
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