{"nrhp_refnum":"72001392","name":"Huntley","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6918 Harrison Lane","address_restricted":false,"city":"Alexandria","county":"Fairfax (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":38.76575700600006,"lon":-77.09484671699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-11-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Huntley is a brick mansion house and surrounding farm complex built around 1820 in the Early Federal style, at 6918 Harrison Lane near Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, for Thomson Francis Mason.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Huntley is a notable example of early nineteenth century architecture and of a country house built by a city dweller. It was a Mason family house, and its farm complex of outbuildings is relatively complete and well sited. Its refined design suggests a trained architect, possibly George Hadfield.","narrative":"Huntley is a brick country house and farm complex near Alexandria, Virginia, built around 1820 on a knoll overlooking Hybla Valley and the Potomac River. Thomson Francis Mason, a grandson of George Mason IV of Gunston Hall, built it as a secondary residence. The H-shaped Early Federal house rises three stories on the south and has pedimented wings, mousetooth brick cornices, and an elliptical fanlight over the entrance. Inside, corner-block door and window trim and detailed mantels show the quality of its craftsmanship. A full basement adapts the design to the sloping site. Surviving outbuildings include a tenant house, a combined necessary and storage house, a root cellar, a domed brick ice house and a springhouse. The design suggests a trained architect, and one author has compared it to the work of George Hadfield. Its significance rests on its architecture, its Mason family ties and its largely intact farm setting.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c. 1820)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Federal Period","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, altered, on its original site, and used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.731768-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/6805/41680508/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001392.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001392/cf685d479a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001392/cf685d479a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Antony-22","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huntley_2019b.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony-22</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huntley_2019b.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680508","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntley_(plantation)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5945601"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fairfax/huntley-72001392/"}