
Lorton
Yoshie Lewis(Author)
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published on 12. October 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-7385-1840-4 (ISBN)
Description
Just miles from the Washington, D.C. beltway is the small community of Lorton, Virginia. By the time it was formally named Lorton in the late 1800s, the area had already seen much history in the making. At the turn of the century, Theodore Roosevelt scouted out the territory for the makings of a new detention center in answer to the prison problems in the District of Columbia. When the land reverted back to Fairfax County in the late 1900s, the Lorton prison facilities were closed, and the community began a rapid development from a poor rural area to one of high-end
housing. Through the vintage and modern photos in this volume, walk the grounds of our founding fathers. See the home of George Mason, author of the Bill of Rights, and visit Pohick Church, designed by George Washington. Try to hear the laughter and conversation by the fire at the Fairfax Tavern, a favorite stopping place for anyone heading north. Witness the radical change from an agrarian Lorton to the subdivisions of today.
housing. Through the vintage and modern photos in this volume, walk the grounds of our founding fathers. See the home of George Mason, author of the Bill of Rights, and visit Pohick Church, designed by George Washington. Try to hear the laughter and conversation by the fire at the Fairfax Tavern, a favorite stopping place for anyone heading north. Witness the radical change from an agrarian Lorton to the subdivisions of today.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7385-1840-4 (9780738518404)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Yoshie Lewis has long been enamored with history. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in art history from the University of California, Riverside, and a master of arts degree in film and video production from the American University in Washington, D.C.