Sully | |
 Sully Main House | |
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| Location | 3650 Historic Sully Way Chantilly, VA 20151 [2] |
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| Coordinates | 38°54′29″N 77°25′56″W / 38.90806°N 77.43222°W |
| Area | 65 acres (26 ha) |
| Built | 1794 |
| Website | Sully Historic Site |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000793[1] |
| VLR No. | 029-0037[3] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 18, 1970 |
| Designated VLR | October 6, 1970 |
Sully Historic Site, is both a Virginia landmark and nationally registered historic place in Chantilly, Virginia.[4]
The earliest recorded claim to the land was made by the Doeg. Later the Lee family of Virginia owned the land from 1725 to 1839. Richard Bland Lee[5] did not build the main house until 1794.[6] Following the purchase by William Swartwort in 1838, Sully was used as a home, a working farm, or both by a series of private owners. Then in 1958, Sully was acquired by the federal government as a part of the area to be used for the construction of Dulles Airport.[7] Today the Fairfax County Park Authority operates the site with a specific focus on the Lee family.[8]
- ^ McDonald, Dietrich & Barnhart 2013.
- ^ .8 miles (1.3 km) north of the intersection of VA 28 and US 50
- ^ Langan 2015.
- ^ McDonald, Dietrich & Barnhart 2013 (national historic place); Prats 2006 (Virginia landmark); Langan 2015 (Virginia landmark)
- ^ Northern Virginia's first Representative to Congress, brother of Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee III and Charles Lee, and uncle to Robert E. Lee
- ^ Owens 2010, p. 3 (congressional representative); Sloan 2001, p. 227 (brother of); Owens 2010, p. 3 (uncle to); Salmon & Peters 1994 (main house); Gamble 1973, p. 219 (possessed by)
- ^ Loth 1999, p. 161.
- ^ Kane 2005.