– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Lorton Reformatory In the last post we say how the former Occoquan Workhouse at the Lorton Reformatory in Virginia had been converted into the Workhouse Arts Center. The artist studios are great places to visit especially as the artists are quite often in the studios and are open to discuss their work with you....
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Workhouse Arts Center The Workhouse Arts Center is in Lorton, Virginia. It is housed in the buildings of the former Occoquan Workhouse portion of the Lorton Reformatory, part of the District of Columbia’s Department of Corrections. The history of the Workhouse began a little over 100 years ago. At the instigation...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Marshall Virginia Anglican Church The Marshall Virginia Anglican Church of St. John The Baptist is housed in the oldest church still in use in the town. It was built in 1849 by local builder William Sutton. Then known as Trinity Episcopal Church, it was part of the Piedmont Parish of the Episcopal Church. The...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Gillioz Theatre The Gillioz Theatre in Springfield, Missouri opened in October 1926. M.E. Gillioz had secured a 100-year lease on a single 16-foot wide plot bordering U.S. Route 66. His idea was for the theater to become one of the attractions for the travelers on the historic highway. Gillioz’s main business was...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Jefferson County Courthouse The first Jefferson County Courthouse was built in 1803 on a plot of land donated by George Washington in Charles Town in what at the time was the state of Virginia. The original building was replaced in 1836 by a much larger structure which forms the core of the current courthouse. The...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Historic Blenheim Historic Blenheim is a Greek Revival style brick farm house built in 1859 on land originally owned Captain Rezin Samuel Willcoxon. In the early nineteenth century Willcoxon began to accumulate land in what is present day Fairfax City, Virginia. At one point he owned over 1,000 acres of land in...
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