{"nrhp_refnum":"11000836","name":"Woodlawn Plantation (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["DHR File Number: 029-0056"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"9000 Richmond Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Alexandria","county":"Fairfax (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":38.71416659700003,"lon":-77.14127583699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-11-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Conservation"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2.82-acre tract of lawn along U.S. Route 1 in the Woodlawn area near Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia. It was once part of the Woodlawn Plantation and is being added to the existing Woodlawn boundary. It also holds archaeological site 44FX3256.","why_significant":"The tract was part of the land George Washington gave to Eleanor Parke Custis and Lawrence Lewis in 1799. It was later part of the Quaker 'free labor colony' and is the only documented location on Woodlawn property where a Union Army camp existed in 1861-1864. Adding it reconnects the Woodlawn mansion with the adjacent Quaker Meetinghouse property.","narrative":"This 2.82-acre tract of open lawn lies along U.S. Route 1 near Alexandria, Virginia, between the Woodlawn mansion grounds and the Woodlawn Quaker Meetinghouse property. It was originally part of the roughly 2,000 acres George Washington gave in 1799 to Eleanor Parke Custis and Major Lawrence Lewis, whose mansion, designed by Dr. William Thornton, was built between 1800 and 1805. In 1846 Quakers bought the land to run a timber farm and 'free labor colony' meant to show that agriculture could succeed without enslaved labor. The tract left Woodlawn in 1869, returned in 1905, and was sold to the federal government in 1919 for Camp Humphreys, now Fort Belvoir. It is the only documented spot on Woodlawn property where a Union Army camp stood between 1861 and 1864. An archaeological site with artifacts contemporary with the mansion, probably a farm outbuilding, is considered noncontributing because utility lines damaged it. The addition reunites the historic core with the meetinghouse property.","period_of_significance":"1800-1805","architect_builder":"Thornton, Dr. William","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Currently a lawn with young trees, shrubbery and utility poles; no structures stand on it. It is being transferred from the United States Government (Fort Belvoir) to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, with a park use proposed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.108916-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/6805/41680539/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/11000836.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000836/42a1a771a1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000836/42a1a771a1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"William Thornton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodlawn_August_2003_A.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">William Thornton</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodlawn_August_2003_A.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680539","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlawn_(Fairfax_County,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1583426"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fairfax/woodlawn-plantation-boundary-increase-11000836/"}