Visit The Historic Ball-Sellers House In Arlington And See How The Ordinary Man Lived In The 1700s

In 1724, John Ball acquired a 166-acre land grant along Four Mile Run from Lord Fairfax. He constructed a one-roomed log cabin with a loft. He lived there with his wife and five daughters farming wheat and corn and rearing sheep, cows, and pigs. He also ran a mill on Four Mile Run and kept some of the millstones on the property.
The Ball-Sellers House is in Arlington VA
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Stempson House In Lorton Gets A Makeover

Steven J. McCullough opened the doors of the Stempson House on the last weekend in April. He showed off the work he has done in the house during the first year of his Resident Curator Program. The Fairfax County Park Authority stated that the Resident Curator Program is a resident-rehab program designed to rehabilitate Fairfax County’s “underutilized historic properties". Continue reading