West Cornerstone of the Original District of Columbia
One of the twelve Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia to survive in Virginia, the West Cornerstone marker is significant because it marked that boundary location for the original […]
Dr. Edwin Bancroft and Mary Ellen Henderson House
The Henderson House in the Northern Virginia city of Falls Church was the home of influential civil rights advocates Edwin Bancroft “E.B.” Henderson and his wife, Mary Ellen Meriwether Henderson. […]
Falls Church
Lending its name to the surrounding city of Falls Church, this colonial house of worship was preceded by a 1733 wooden church. Determined unfit to repair thirty years later, church […]
Mount Hope
One of the city of Falls Church’s principal historic resources, Mount Hope has two distinct parts: a simple frame dwelling and a more elaborate Victorian ornamental villa, both virtually intact […]
Birch House
The Birch House stands out as one of the few surviving relics of the city of Falls Church’s mid-19th-century heritage. Preserving a nostalgic image of a quieter era, the house […]
Cherry Hill
The former rural character of the small Northern Virginia city of Falls Church is embodied in the Cherry Hill farmstead that is now part of a seven-acre park in the […]
Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia MPD
The stones marking the boundary of the District of Columbia were set in 1791 following the survey of Maj. Andrew Ellicott and his assistant, Benjamin Banneker, a free black astronomer […]
Benjamin Banneker: SW 9 Intermediate Boundary Stone
One of the original forty boundary stones that were placed in Virginia and Maryland to outline the District of Columbia, this sandstone marker, standing only fifteen inches high, was set […]
