George Mason University housing that was built about a year ago:
All Google Maps were screenshot by myself during the summer of 2010:
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This is the where the GMU housing was built:
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The Boxwood Alleé:
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Maddy McCoy
Fairfax County, Virginia
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What happened to this property! Why was house demolished?
ReplyDeleteI will drive by later today. I was not aware of any change to its status. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHouse is still there as of December 11, 2011. It was looking good!
ReplyDeleteHello. I lived in the old house for nearly 12 years. It is a treasure. I am very glad that Fairfax County and The City of Fairfax did not allow the developer to tear down the house. It dates back to before the Civil War and was occupied by Union Soliders during the war.
ReplyDeleteThe boxwood gardens are quite old but in poor condition. I am hopeful the community will replace the gardens with a locally tolerant variety of boxwood when the times come. We don't own that portion of the property. It is a conservancy. Better on our taxes!
Betsy R.
Beautifully done. I was born and raised there at Aspen Grove - in the good old days when it had its outbuildings. My mother uncovered the history to have it placed in historical society records. I wrote a book "Growing Up With Ghosts" that tells about our experiences. There are a lot of pictures of it in the old days (60s and 70s) in my book. No more magical place ever existed.
ReplyDeleteI love your pictures!
ReplyDeleteMy mother grew up there and it's a beautiful magical place!!!
ReplyDeleteWe lived there in the mid-90's. Beautiful home, lovely neighbors. Sorry to hear the boxwoods aren't doing well, but they're awfully old. When we lived there, the chief gardener at Mt. Vernon took care of them.
ReplyDeleteWe lived there in the mid-1990's. Beautiful home, friendly neighbors. My father built the playhouse that hopefully is still there. When we lived there, the boxwoods were being cared for by the head gardener at Mt. Vernon. They can be tricky, especially when they're that old. Photographs of the residents during the Civil War are still in the house, I believe.
ReplyDeleteI know this is an older article, but I just recently read Sharon Day's book, and out of curiosity looked up the house on Zillow. The outside of the house looks beautiful (the same as in old photos)... but the inside looks like brand new construction!
ReplyDeleteDisappointing.