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Only 15 minutes from the historic Manassas Battlefields, Fauquier County is rich in Civil War history.
Check out these museums and historic sites for yourself, take a guided tour, or research your own
history -
Fauquier has three facilities which specialize in collecting local history including family records.
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4243 Loudoun Avenue, The Plains, Virginia 20198
phone (540) 253-7488
fax (540) 253-5126
e-mail: aaha@infionline.net
website: www.afro-americanofva.org
In addition to the research facility which holds thousands of files for
genealogical
research,
this community museum's exhibits hold valuable
photographs and artifacts,
important
to Fauquier County's local history,
as well as our Nation's history.
Check out the Virtual
Museum online at
the above web address.
Hours of Operation:
Mon - Sat (10am-3pm) and Sundays/Evenings by
appointment |
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173 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia 20186
phone (540) 351-1600
website: www.mosbymuseum.org
The Mosby Museum is currently undergoing major renovations,
and will re-open to the public in Fall 2008.
A Colonel in the Confederate Army, John S. Mosby lived for a time in
what
is now
Old Town Warrenton, in
a classic Italian
Villa-style home
now named
Brentmoor.
Here the John S. Mosby Museum & Education
Center will open
to the public in Fall 2008.
The John S. Mosby Museum Foundation Offices and Gift Shop are open
Located just behind the museum in the Visitor Center at
33 N. Calhoun Street, Warrenton, VA 20186
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26 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia 20186
phone (540) 347-7785
This small museum, located on historic Main Street in Old Town Warrenton, features changing exhibits which focus on life beginning in the mid-1700's through the Civil War and the war's aftermath.
Hours of Operation:
Fri & Sat (12pm - 5pm)
Sundays (1pm - 5pm)
Closed on major holidays. |
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14421 Gold Dust Parkway, off Rte. 17, Goldvein, Virginia 22720
phone (540) 752-5330
e-mail: southparks@fauquiercounty.gov
website: www.goldvein.com
Since the park and museum area are fairly new, the Fauquier
County
Parks and
Recreation Department is only beginning to
acquire
interpretive resources,
including artifacts, photos and
paintings.
Eventually the Gold Mining Camp area
will consist of
outdoor
wayside exhibits, indoor exhibits in the Mess Hall
and
Living
History programs at the park, as well as outreach programs
to
the
community.
Presentations are available to community, civic
and scout groups.
Gold Panning Workshops are also available by appointment -
ideal for groups.
Hours of Operation:
Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat (9am-5pm)
Closed on major holidays. |
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"Although there is no accurate
count of the amount of gold
extracted from Fauquier mines,
it is estimated that it was about
5% to 8% of Virginia's production,
worth about $3.3 million from
1829 to 1934, when production
had waned - equivalent to about
$60 million today." Eugene Sheel,
Northern Virginia historian |
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Located next to the Courthouse in Old Town Warrenton at:
14 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia 20186
phone (540) 347-5525
website: www.fauquierhistory.org
Warrenton's former jail is a singular example of the state's early county
penal
architecture. The complex includes the 1808 brick jail, converted to
the jailer's
residence
and completed in 1823, and the parallel stone jail
with its high-walled
jail-yard.
Located next to the courthouse, the jail
provides a telling picture
of
conditions endured
by inmates of such
county facilities.
Hours of Operation:
Tues - Sun (10am-4pm)
Closed on major holidays. |
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4447 Weston Road, Casanova, Virginia
phone (540) 788-9220
website: www.historicweston.org
Weston, an early-American treasure, is one of Fauquier County’s most
completely preserved
nineteenth-century farmsteads. The property goes
back to Robert “King” Carter’s land grant,
while the present-day 7,500
square foot farmhouse, originally a 2-story log cabin, was built by
the
Fitzhugh family sometime around 1817. A classic example of an early
Virginia working farm,
Weston retains its rare collection of ten original
agricultural and domestic outbuildings: log kitchen, smokehouse,
overseer ’s cabin; dairy, corn crib, blacksmith shop, tool shed/workroom,
two barns
and a stable. Today, Weston stands on 10 of its original 440
acres. The old house and its outbuildings
are surrounded by giant oaks,
sweeping lawns, woodlands and cornfields.
Weston is maintained by the Warrenton Antiquarian Society
Tours by appointment: Call (540) 788-9220
School groups are welcome.
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