Sully Historic Site

Sully
Sully Main House
Sully Historic Site is located in Northern Virginia
Sully Historic Site
Sully Historic Site is located in Virginia
Sully Historic Site
Sully Historic Site is located in the United States
Sully Historic Site
Location3650 Historic Sully Way Chantilly, VA 20151 [2]
Coordinates38°54′29″N 77°25′56″W / 38.90806°N 77.43222°W / 38.90806; -77.43222
Area65 acres (26 ha)
Built1794 (1794)
WebsiteSully Historic Site
NRHP reference No.70000793[1]
VLR No.029-0037[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 18, 1970
Designated VLROctober 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]

  1. ^ McDonald, Dietrich & Barnhart 2013.
  2. ^ .8 miles (1.3 km) north of the intersection of VA 28 and US 50
  3. ^ Langan 2015.
  4. ^ McDonald, Dietrich & Barnhart 2013 (national historic place); Prats 2006 (Virginia landmark); Langan 2015 (Virginia landmark)
  5. ^ Northern Virginia's first Representative to Congress, brother of Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee III and Charles Lee, and uncle to Robert E. Lee
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ Loth 1999, p. 161.
  8. ^ Kane 2005.