Green Spring Farm, Fairfax County, Virginia. Ross De Witt Netherton

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664596031

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       ILLUSTRATIONS

       PREFACE

       ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       INTRODUCTION

       HISTORICAL NOTES

       I. GENTLEMAN FREEHOLDERS: THE MOSS FAMILY (1770-1835)

       II. ORCHARD AND DAIRY: FOUNTAIN BEATTIE (1878-1917)

       III. THE END OF THE FARMING ERA: MICHAEL STRAIGHT (1942-1969)

       ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION: THE MANSION HOUSE

       GENERAL SETTING

       HOUSE SITE

       GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND HISTORY

       TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION—EXTERIOR.

       TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION—INTERIOR.

       ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION: THE MANSION HOUSE

       ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS

       I. THE TOBEY HOUSE

       II. THE BARN

       III. THE LOG CABIN

       IV. THE SPRING HOUSE

       ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS

       APPENDIX A

       COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA County of Fairfax HISTORIC LANDMARKS SURVEY

       APPENDIX B

       GREEN SPRING FARM HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP

       APPENDIX C

       WILL OF JOHN MOSS, 1809

       APPENDIX D

       SALES ACCOUNT OF THE PERSONAL ESTATE OF WILLIAM MOSS—1835

       APPENDIX E

       Appendix F

       Fairfax County (Va.) Will Book T-1, page 223

       APPENDIX G

       A Visit from Mr. Polevoy

       Editors’ Note

       LIST OF SOURCE MATERIALS

       BOOKS

       ARTICLES

       OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS AND REPORTS

       NEWSPAPER

       MANUSCRIPTS

       MISCELLANEOUS

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