Langley Fork Historic District

Langley Fork is a small cluster of historic buildings where Georgetown Pike meets Old Chain Bridge Road in Fairfax County, Virginia. The district covers roughly 37 acres and holds thirteen structures, six of which form its core: Langley Ordinary, the Langley Toll House, Gunnell's Chapel, the Langley Friends Meeting House, the Mackall House and Hickory Hill. Most are frame or masonry buildings from the mid-19th century. The area began as the crossing of two colonial-era roads on land granted to Thomas Lee, who named it Langley. In the 19th century it served as a turnpike junction. During the Civil War, Langley Ordinary became the headquarters of Union General McCall, and it was also used as a hospital. Hickory Hill later became well known as a Kennedy family home. Residents twice acted to protect the area's character, helping redirect a highway widening plan in the early 1960s and winning Virginia Byway designation for Georgetown Pike in 1974. The road layout and building cluster shown on an 1878 atlas remain largely intact.