Sully Historic Site

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Sully Main House (built 1794)
Sully Main House (built 1794)

Sully Historic Site, more commonly known as Sully Plantation is in Chantilly, Virginia. The main house was built 1794-1799 by Richard Bland Lee. He was Northern Virginia's first Representative to Congress in 1789, as well as an uncle of Robert E. Lee.[1] [2]

The land including the main house was acquired by the Federal Government in 1958 to make way for construction of Dulles Airport. The current park, at 62 acres is only a small fraction of the original 3,000-acre (12 km²) tract. [3] A site impact study for the National Air and Space Museum gives detailed history in a Smithsonian Institution report.[4]

[edit] Chain of Ownership

1725-1747 Henry Lee I

1747-1787 Henry Lee II

1787-1811 Richard Bland Lee

1811-1839 Francis Lightfoot Lee II, Purchased the estate from his second cousin.[5]

1837-1839 John Robertson, Was not able to complete purchase of Sully

1839-1842 William Swartout, Speculator

1842-1852 Jacob Haight, Introduced innovative scientific farming techniques

1852-1869 James Barlow

1869-1874 Stephen Shear

1874-1910 Conrad Shear

1910-1919 William Miller, Real Estate Agent

1919-1939 King Poston, Sully converted to a dairy farm

1939-1946 Walter Thurston, United States ambassador to Mexico (1946-1950).

1946-1958 Frederick Nolting, United States ambassador to South Vietnam (1961-1962)

1958-Present Federal Aviation Administration

1959-Present Fairfax County Park Authority

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sully Historic Site - History (2007).
  2. ^ J. J. Prats (March 31, 2006). Sully Plantation. The Historical Marker Database.
  3. ^ Sully Historic Site — Master Plan Revision. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (July 25, 2005).
  4. ^ Dames & Moore, Inc. (October 1997). The Proposed National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Dulles Center — Phase I Archeological Identification and Phase II Archeological Evaluation.
  5. ^ Gamble, Robert S. Sully:Biography of a House

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