Ben Lomond Historic Site – The Tour (Manassas, VA)

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Historic site details: Ben Lomond Historic Site | 10321 Sudley Manor Drive., Manassas, VA 20109 | 703-367-7872 | 703-792-4754 (Prince William County’s Historic Preservation Office) | The park and rose garden are open from sunrise to sunset every day. The buildings are only open seasonally. There is a fee to take a tour. Call for tour times. | Free Parking | Actively looking for volunteers. | The site includes the main house, a dairy, a bunkhouse, a smokehouse, slave quarters, and a rose garden. | The site is a member of the Historic House Museum Consortium of Metropolitan Washington D.C. (HHMCWDC) | Historic site on Facebook | Historic Preservation Office on Facebook | Instagram (Hashtag) | Wikipedia

Historic role (from the website): “Ben Lomond and its outbuildings were constructed for Benjamin Tasker Chinn in 1832. Confederate forces used Ben Lomond as a hospital following the 1861 Battle of First Manassas. Signatures of Federal soldiers who occupied the property in 1862 are still visible inside the house. Tour the house, where you can smell, touch, hear and taste history. Then see the restored slave quarter, smokehouse and dairy and enjoy the fragrant Rose Garden.“

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Seven Sites on the Northern Virginia Civil War Graffiti Trail

Here is an interesting twist on Civil War historical sites. Seven buildings across Northern Virginia have graffiti as an element of fame. Northern and southern soldiers occupied the sites during the American Civil War. These young men, looking for something to do, decided to take their frustrations out by writing and drawing all over the walls. Graffiti, you can still see today, thanks to preservationists. Please visit these sites to see what life was like for a soldier during the war—diaries on plaster.

The Northern Virginia Civil War Graffiti Trail has the following sites you can visit:

For more information:

Fairfax County “Connect With America” site

Brandy Sation Foundation brochure

Let me know how the visit goes.

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Ben Lomond Historic Site – The Buildings (Manassas, VA)

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Historic site details: Ben Lomond Historic Site | 10321 Sudley Manor Drive., Manassas, VA 20109 | 703-367-7872 | 703-792-4754 (Prince William County’s Historic Preservation Office) | The park and rose garden are open from sunrise to sunset every day. The buildings are only open seasonally. There is a fee to take a tour. Call for hours. | Free Parking | Actively looking for volunteers. | The site includes the main house, a brick pumphouse, a bunkhouse, a meat house, dairy, slave quarters, rose garden. | The site is a member of the Historic House Museum Consortium of Metropolitan Washington D.C. (HHMCWDC) | Historic site on Facebook | Historic Preservation Office on Facebook | Instagram (Hashtag) | Wikipedia

The Main House and Rose Garden

Slave Quarters, Kitchen Yard, and (very short) trail

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Ben Lomond Historic Site (Manassas, VA)

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I had a quick visit to the Ben Lomond Historic Site in Manassas, VA. The site is closed due to COVID-19, but the parking lot is open during the day. A family was having a picnic while I was there taking photos. Picture a large blanket on the grass and kids playing with a ball. Wonderful!

This site is a member of the Historic House Museum Consortium of Metropolitan Washington D.C.