Sully Historic Site, more commonly known as Sully Plantation is in Chantilly, Virginia. The main house was built 1794-1799 by Richard Bland Lee. He was Northern Virginia's first Representative to Congress in 1789, as well as an uncle of Robert E. Lee.[1] [2] The land including the main house was acquired by the Federal Government in 1958 to make way for construction of Dulles Airport. The current park, at 62 acres is only a small fraction of the original 3000 acre tract. [3] A site impact study for the National Air and Space Museum gives detailed history in a Smithsonian Institution report.[4]
Chain of Ownership
1725-1747 Henry Lee I 1747-1787 Henry Lee II 1787-1811 Richard Bland Lee 1811-1839 Francis Lightfoot Lee II 1837-1839 John Robertson, Was not able to complete purchase of Sully 1839-1842 William Swartout, Speculator 1842-1852 Jacob Haight, Introduced innovative scientific farming techniques 1852-1869 James Barlow 1869-1874 Stephen Shear 1874-1910 Conrad Shear 1910-1919 William Miller, Real Estate Agent 1919-1939 King Poston, Sully converted to a dairy farm 1939-1946 Walter Thurston, United States ambassador to Mexico (1946-1950). 1946-1958 Frederick Nolting, United States ambassador to South Vietnam (1961-1962) 1958-Present Federal Aviation Administration 1959-Present Fairfax County Park Authority
References
- ^ Sully Historic Site - History (2007).
- ^ J. J. Prats (March 31, 2006). Sully Plantation. The Historical Marker Database.
- ^ Sully Historic Site — Master Plan Revision. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (July 25, 2005).
- ^ Dames & Moore, Inc. (October 1997). The Proposed National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Dulles Center — Phase I Archeological Identification and Phase II Archeological Evaluation.
