{"nrhp_refnum":"70000793","name":"Sully","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of jct. of Rtes. 28 and U.S. 50","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chantilly","county":"Fairfax (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":38.908185017500045,"lon":-77.4318571172212,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-12-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Sully is a three-part frame farmhouse and farm complex near Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, built in 1794 by Richard Bland Lee on a local brown sandstone foundation. Outbuildings include a log cabin, smokehouse and a stone building.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Sully as an important example of a late-eighteenth-century farm complex, with fine woodwork that shows the care given to modest Virginia dwellings. It is also tied to the Lee family and their acquaintances, including George Washington and the Madisons. Its rescue from destruction through cooperation between the federal government and private citizens is cited as significant.","narrative":"Built in 1794 by Richard Bland Lee, Sully is a three-part frame farmhouse near Chantilly, Virginia, resting on a foundation of local brown sandstone. The two-story center section has a side-hall plan and end chimneys. An east wing was added in 1799 and a west kitchen wing in the 1840s. A south porch with scrolled eave work and fluted square columns survives, as do most of the original mantels, floors and woodwork, which appear adapted from a Batty Langley pattern book. Nearby stand a log cabin, a smokehouse and a two-story stone building. Lee was the brother of \"Light Horse Harry\" Lee and uncle of Robert E. Lee, and he hosted George Washington and James and Dolley Madison here. In 1957 the land was acquired for what became Dulles International Airport, and plans to burn the house were stopped by a Special Act of Congress. It now operates as a house museum, valued as a late-eighteenth-century farm complex.","period_of_significance":"18th Century (specific date 1794)","architect_builder":"Richard Bland Lee (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, unoccupied and open to the public as a house museum owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.052745-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/10/6805/41680510/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/70000793.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000793/cf9b94cee8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000793/cf9b94cee8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Sonofkenny (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FallHouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonofkenny (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FallHouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680510","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sully_Historic_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7636464"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fairfax/sully-70000793/"}