Green Spring Farm, Fairfax County, Virginia
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GREEN SPRING FARM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
HISTORICAL NOTES
I. GENTLEMAN FREEHOLDERS: THE MOSS FAMILY (1770-1835)
AGRICULTURE IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA
THE MOSS FAMILY AS FARMERS
GREEN SPRING FARM AND THE TURNPIKE ROAD
THE MIDCENTURY YEARS. 1840-1880
I. GENTLEMEN FREEHOLDERS: THE MOSS FAMILY (1770-1835)
II. ORCHARD AND DAIRY: FOUNTAIN BEATTIE (1878-1917)
NORTHERN VIRGINIA’S AGRICULTURE IN THE 1870’S
MOSBY’S LIEUTENANT
ORCHARD AND DAIRY.
POLITICS AND PUBLIC SERVICE
GREEN SPRING FARM AND ANNANDALE
II. ORCHARD AND DAIRY: FOUNTAIN BEATTIE (1878-1917)
III. THE END OF THE FARMING ERA: MICHAEL STRAIGHT (1942-1969)
III. THE END OF THE FARMING ERA: MICHAEL STRAIGHT (1942-1969)
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION: THE MANSION HOUSE
GENERAL SETTING
HOUSE SITE
GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND HISTORY
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION—EXTERIOR.
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION—INTERIOR.
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION: THE MANSION HOUSE
ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS
I. THE TOBEY HOUSE
HISTORY
GENERAL SETTING AND SITE OF THE HOUSE
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
EXTERIOR FEATURES
ENCLOSURES
LANDSCAPING
INTERIOR FEATURES
II. THE BARN
III. THE LOG CABIN
IV. THE SPRING HOUSE
HISTORY
EXTERIOR
ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS
I. THE TOBEY HOUSE
III. THE LOG CABIN
IV. THE SPRING HOUSE
APPENDIX A
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA County of Fairfax HISTORIC LANDMARKS SURVEY
APPENDIX B
GREEN SPRING FARM HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP
APPENDIX C
WILL OF JOHN MOSS, 1809
APPENDIX D
SALES ACCOUNT OF THE PERSONAL ESTATE OF WILLIAM MOSS—1835
FURNITURE
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS
PICTURES, BOOKS AND PAPERS
NEGROES
FARM PRODUCE
ANIMALS
TOOLS, FARM EQUIPMENT AND IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY
APPENDIX E
Appendix F
Fairfax County (Va.) Will Book T-1, page 223:
APPENDIX G
A Visit from Mr. Polevoy
Editors’ Note:
LIST OF SOURCE MATERIALS
BOOKS
ARTICLES
OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS AND REPORTS
NEWSPAPER
MANUSCRIPTS
MISCELLANEOUS
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