Ravensworth (plantation)
Ravensworth | |
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General information | |
Location | Annandale in Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. |
Country | U.S |
Coordinates | 38°48′32″N 77°13′23″W / 38.809°N 77.223°W |
Completed | 1796 |
Demolished | 1926 |
Ravensworth was an 18th-century
Location
Ravensworth was located near
History
Ravensworth was one of three mansions built on the large Ravensworth land grant; the other two were
Ravensworth then passed to Fitzhugh's son William Henry Fitzhugh, who died in 1830. William Henry Fitzhugh's childless widow, Anna Maria Sarah Goldsborough Fitzhugh, ran the estate until her death in 1874.
William Fitzhugh and Ann Bolling Randolph's daughter
When Mary Anna Custis Lee fled Arlington House in May 1861 after the outbreak of the Civil War, she stayed at Ravensworth briefly, but then moved further south for fear of inviting damage to the home. Both Union and Confederate forces took advantage of resources and location at Ravensworth; during 1863, in addition to Union forces foraging hay, partisan forces commanded by John S. Mosby once slept in a haystack there and at daybreak discovered they were in full view of a Union encampment. All three of the Fitzhugh estates were protected by orders from both sides throughout the war.[1]
The house mysteriously burned on 1 August 1926.[4]
In 1957, Dr. George Bolling Lee's widow sold the estate for development.
See also
- Historic houses in Virginia
References
- ^ a b "History of Annandale". annandale.va.us. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "History of Ravensworth, Ray D'Amato". Retrieved 25 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 978-0-19-507478-9. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-57806-942-2. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ "Pohick Church Cemetery". www.pohick.org. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ravensworth CDP, Virginia". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 14, 2016.[dead link]