A Virginia VILLAGE Reprinted by the Centennial Committee of the Falls Church Village Preservation and Improvement Society April 1985. [Illustration] "_Celebrating Our Centennial Year_" 1885-1985 _President_ Sue Bachtel _Vice President_ Rowland Bowers _Treasurer_ Delores Cannon _Recording Secretary_ June Douglas _Corresponding Secretary_ Vivian Norfleet _Immediate Past President_ Col. Merl M. Moore _Elected Directors_ Louis & Sue Olom Mary Bowers Charles A. Hobbie Howard & Betty Hughes Melton Robert & Susan Wayland B. J. & Judith Segel Harry Cannon Florence Murphy Dick & Betty Allan Jerry Blystone Kenneth & Melena Huffman Harold & Ida Silverstein Raymond & Marie Stewart Martha Vinograd James M. Boren _Honorary Life Members_ Ruby and Mel Bolster Leath B. Bracken Mrs. Edgar D. Brooke Mrs. Meres G. Brown Major General and Mrs. William Carter Elizabeth Graham (Mrs. John A. ) Miss Helen MacGregor Mrs. Charles G. Manly Mrs. Paul Schlager Louise Shepard (Mrs. Ernest) Mrs. Calvin W. Smith Lorraine Williams (Mrs. Fonda) Pat Wollenberg (Mrs. Roger) Falls Church Village Preservation & Improvement Society Dear Friends, The Falls Church Village Preservation and Improvement Society (VPIS) ispleased to be able to reprint _A Virginia Village_ by Charles A. Stewartas part of its Centennial observance in 1985. We are especially gratefulto the Mary Riley Styles Public Library of Falls Church for permissionto use their copy of _A Virginia Village_ for the reproduction. _A Virginia Village_ provides a snapshot of Falls Church at the turn ofthe century, at a time when the predecessor of VPIS, the VillageImprovement Society (VIS) (pp. 16-18), was in full swing. Thus it is afitting backdrop to our year of special activities. As you will note, many of the buildings and settings in the 1904 editionhave been lost or altered in the past 80 years. To make the book moreuseful and enjoyable to current readers, we have added a Foreword, Comments on the Structures Pictured, a Name and Street Index, and abiographical sketch and photograph of the author. The new information isnot all inclusive and we invite you to cross-reference your reading withthe other sources listed in the Foreword. The Society is indebted to several of its members who worked long andhard to made this edition possible. In particular, we would like tothank the chairman of the project, Colonel Merl M. Moore (a former VPISPresident); Mr. Edmund F. Becker, who wrote the Foreword; Mr. Henry H. Douglas, who as usual is an indispensable resource on the history ofFalls Church; and Mr. Richard T. Allan, whose editing skills wereinvaluable. We hope this 1985 edition will become a cherished reminder of TheSociety's 100th anniversary and a valuable edition to your personallibrary. Sincerely, _President_ Rowland Bowers _Vice President_ Harold Silverstein _Chairman, Centennial Committee_ [Illustration] ABOUT THE FALLS CHURCH VILLAGE PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY In 1985, its Centennial Year, the Falls Church Village Preservation andImprovement Society comprises over 750 citizens and businesses dedicatedto improving the quality of life in Falls Church. The Society recognizes that it is the inheritor of the civic purposesand activities of the Village Improvement Society (VIS) of Falls Churchestablished in 1885 and which group was modeled after the famous LaurelHill Association of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and that VPIS' purposes, objectives and activities represent a continuum of the earlier organizedand volunteer civic organization and effort to improve and preserve thehistoric tradition, residential character, quality of life andappearance of Falls Church, Virginia. The values articulated by the founders in 1885 have not changed to thepresent: to preserve the historic and predominantly single family detached residential and village character of Falls Church; to preserve its historic structures and landmarks; to promote architectural harmony and aesthetic values; to beautify the community by planting trees, flowers, and shrubs; and to work with governmental bodies and community groups to promote and fulfill these goals. Archives of the Society may be found in the Virginia Room of the MaryRiley Styles Library, Falls Church, Virginia. FOREWORD Charles A. Stewart's _A Virginia Village_ is a charming depiction of theearly days of Falls Church. It is the earliest attempt to put on paperthe story of the Falls Church area. In addition to interesting storiesabout people and organizations and life generally in the small town of80 years ago, the book contains photographs of 107 Falls Church houses, stores, and churches then standing. Reading it is a trip into nostalgiafor old-timers--but the book is more than nostalgia. It pictures manyelements which we associate with the community's lovely historiccharacter and interest, and which intrigues newcomers and olderresidents alike. Charles A. Stewart produced the book with the help of friends, includingM. M. Ogden, who wrote the preface, and Pickering Dodge, who took thephotographs. Joseph H. Newell printed it in a small backyard shop ownedby his father, which was located on what is today North WashingtonStreet next to the Columbia Baptist Church. Not all of the structures standing in the town of Falls Church in 1904are pictured in _A Virginia Village_. Some owners perhaps were notasked, or they did not wish to pay the two-dollar fee, or they declinedfor other reasons. A number of these absent structures were well-knownfeatures of the community, including the two W. &O. D. Railway stations(East and West Falls Church, now gone), Mt. Hope, Shadow Lawn (orWhitehall), Tallwood, Jefferson School (no longer standing) and the oldI. O. O. F. Hall (also gone). _Falls Church--By Fence and Fireside_, published in 1964 by the Rev. Melvin Steadman, mentions many others, such as Big Chimneys, which was still standing in 1904. Of the 107 structures pictured, 24 were located near the present City, particularly in what was then known as the "East End" or East FallsChurch. This former part of the town of Falls Church was returned toAlexandria County (now Arlington) in 1936. A large number of homes, stores, and other business establishments which constituted East FallsChurch disappeared with the building of I-66, especially that part ofthe highway that lies between Westmoreland and Sycamore Streets inArlington County. East Falls Church extended from the presentCity/County line down Lee Highway, and thus was located on both thenorth and south sides of I-66. A review of the available records and the recollections of olderresidents indicates that 57 of the buildings shown are no longerstanding; of the some 50 not pictured, 14 are no longer standing. Thus, of at least 157 buildings known to have been standing in town in 1904, 71 are known to have been lost (almost half). The sources consulted (other than the book itself) include extensivenotes made about 1970 by Mrs. John C. (Frances Butterworth) Cline, whodied in 1979; _Falls Church--Places and People_, by Henry H. Douglas, published by the Falls Church Historical Commission in 1981 (stillavailable in paperback); Rev. Melvin Steadman's _Falls Church--By Fenceand Fireside_, published in 1964 (out of print); Henry H. Douglas'_Falls Church Historical News and Notes_, published between May 1970 andOctober 1972; Henry H. Douglas himself, who has made a hobby of FallsChurch history; Mel and Ruby Bolster, charter members of VPIS; and manyothers. While the City has lost much of its rural village character and charm, and has meanwhile acquired some ugly modernity in spots, the City'spreservation ordinance, adopted in 1984, throws a protective cloakagainst further demolition around structures built as residences priorto 1911. Other buildings, such as churches and historic sites, are alsoprotected by the ordinance, subject to certification by the HistoricalCommission to a Register. In addition, the Falls Church VillagePreservation and Improvement Society and others continually seek ways torestore what aesthetic features have been lost. Much additional information about houses, people and events in andaround Falls Church will be found in the publications mentioned aboveand in other publications and documents making up the Falls Church LocalHistorical Collection in the Virginia Room of the Mary Riley StylesPublic Library. The Collection is a veritable treasure-house ofhistorical information waiting to be explored, and anyone looking formore information concerning any of the persons or places mentioned inthis book is urged to consult the Collection in the Virginia Room. Edmund F. Becker, 517 Meridian St. , Falls Church, Va. [Illustration] CHARLES ALEXANDER STEWART Charles Alexander Stewart (1860-1950), who is best remembered in FallsChurch for his estimable little book, _A Virginia Village_, which waspublished in 1904, was born at "Beechwood, " the Stewart family farm atthe intersection of the Dismal Swamp and Northwest Canals. He was thefourth in a family of five. His father, William Charles Stewart(1810-1865), died at "Beechwood. " In 1887 Charles A. Stewart married Mary Isabella Tabb (1866-1939), daughter of Dr. Robert Bruce Tabb (1833-1906) and Elizabeth Anne(Warden) Tabb (1837-1891). Elizabeth Tabb Stewart, born in 1890, was theeldest of ten children and lived in the family home in East Falls Churchfrom 1894 until 1971. Mr. Stewart had a distinguished career in the United States TreasuryDepartment where he became chief clerk in the Office of the Comptrollerof the Currency, and was a bank examiner when he retired in 1930. He wasactive in many community affairs. He was a vestryman of The FallsChurch, was chairman of the Falls Church School Board continuously from1910 to 1927, was active in the creation of Madison School and, while hewas still living, the Charles A. Stewart Elementary School, on UnderwoodStreet, was named for him. He was a trustee of Oakwood Cemetery in 1918, and was assistant secretary of the Arlington/Fairfax Savings and Loanfrom 1933 to 1940. (From _Falls Church Historical News & Notes_, October 1972. ) COMMENTS ON THE STRUCTURES PICTURED These comments provide information on the present status of the 107structures pictured. They are arranged in sequence by item numbers, which correspond to the page numbers in the original book, and repeatthe names exactly as given. The people named were the owners of thestructures pictured. Present street addresses are given when thebuilding is still standing. In the case of the 57 buildings now gone(they are marked by asterisks), the former or present street address isusually not known, and in such instances the approximate location isgiven. When the date of destruction is known, it is given; when adestruction date is not given, it presumably was some time prior to1969, when the City's Architectural Inventory was prepared. Constructiondates and other interesting details are provided when known, in capsuleform. [Sidenote: Front] _The Lawton House. _ 203 Lawton St. Also known asLawton Manor and Home Hill. Built in 1859 but renovated many times. Onceheadquarters of Confederate Gen. James Longstreet and later the home ofGen. Henry Ware Lawton. Formerly housed Mattie Gundry's "Gun-Well"school. Yard formerly used by Louise and Ernest Shepard to hold thefirst VPIS Attic Treasures sales. Threat to house stimulated formationof VPIS in 1965. Owners: Donald Rice and Elizabeth Loker. [Sidenote: Front] _Mr. A. M. Lothrop. _ Still standing at McKinley St. AndWilson Blvd. In Arlington. Beautiful estate known as "Fair Mount. "Owner: Randolph Rouse. [Sidenote: *4] _Mr. E. T. Fenwick. _ Was on Washington Blvd. , East FallsChurch, at the end of 24th Street. [Sidenote: 5] _Presbyterian Church. _ 225 E. Broad St. Built in 1884 withstone from the Tripps/Sisler quarry on S. Washington St. , but the stonetrim was transported from Seneca Maryland via the C. &O. Canal. Additionswere built in 1968 from stone salvaged from the demolished old ColumbiaBaptist Church, thanks to architect and member, Kenton D. Hamaker, whodied in 1982. [Sidenote: *6] _Mr. W. M. Ellison. _ Is the house built in 1852 by Wm. Henry Ellison and later left to his son, Wm. McElfresh Ellison, who inturn left it to his daughter, Fannie May, who married Carroll Shreve. Once housed the Falls Church library. Was torn down in 1955 to make wayfor the present Sunoco Gas Station on W. Broad and West St. (934 W. Broad). Ellison owned at least four structures in the area, and EllisonStreet no doubt is named for him. [Sidenote: 7] _Mr. George G. Crossman. _ Built 1892. Located on part ofthe former large Isaac Crossman farm near Lee Highway and Little FallsSt. At 2501 Underwood St. In Arlington. Plaque on house describes it asthe Crossman-Grey House. Home of Stephen B. Grey. [Sidenote: *8] _Virginia Training School, Miss M. Gundry, Principal. _Was at 309 W. Broad St. , immediately west of the present Post Office. Onthe present site of the Winter Hill subdivision, formerly Tyler Gardens. Formerly the Schuyler Duryee House. Its large metal outside conduits, providing quick fire escapes for the mentally-handicapped inmates, attracted the attention of curious passersby. [Sidenote: *9] _Dr. J. B. Gould. _ 120 E. Broad St. [Sidenote: 10] _Mr. W. H. Nowlan. _ 114 E. Columbia St. Near the CrossmanMethodist Church. Built 1885. Now owned by the City, which converted itfor handicapped adults in 1981. [Sidenote: 11] Mr. G. W. Poole. On N. Washington Blvd. In ArlingtonCounty just behind what is now the First Virginia Bank, 6745 LeeHighway. [Sidenote: *12] _Mr. G. F. McInturff. _ Was on N. Maple Ave. On thepresent site of Garden Court Townhouses, adjacent to the GeorgeStambaugh house, which was located on Great Falls St. (See item 61. ) [Sidenote: *13] _Mr. M. E. Church. _ Had a real estate and insuranceoffice and drug store on W. Broad St. Facing the present Brown'sHardware at 100 W. Broad St. Note windmill. On site of the George MasonSquare complex, now under construction. (See p. 89 for more detailsabout Mr. Church. ) [Sidenote: *14] _Mr. J. W. Brown Store and Residence. _ Old store andresidence gone, torn down in 1959. Was on the N. Corner of N. Washingtonand W. Broad Sts. , next door to the "new" Brown's store. Businessrecently celebrated its 100th anniversary. [Sidenote: 15] _Mr. Geo. L. Erwin. _ 300 W. Great Falls St. , on corner ofLittle Falls and Great Falls Sts. A good example of what Falls Churchwas like at the turn of the century. Owners: Polly and Adrian Richey. Built 1893. [Sidenote: 16] _Mrs. Emma Garner. _ 211 E. Columbia St. Built 1894. Homeof David M. Garner, son of J. W. Garner. (See item 46. ) [Sidenote: *17] _Mr. E. C. Hough. _ Was on E. Jefferson St. Next to 215 E. Jefferson on the left. E. C. Hough built this house in 1900. Parcel ownedby L. F. Jennings. [Sidenote: *18] _Major M. S. Hopkins. Arringdon Hall_, as this impressivehouse was known, was on N. Washington St. Next door to the Village HouseMotel, razed in 1984 to make way for the Kaiser-Permanente MedicalCenter, now under constructions on N. Washington between Park and W. Great Falls St. _Arringdon Hall_ was demolished in the mid-60s. [Sidenote: *19] _Mr. S. H. Thornburg. _ Was next door to the right ofpresent Nowlan/Pendleton House at 114 E. Columbia St. On the presentsite of the Crossman Methodist Church parking lot (See item 10). [Sidenote: *20] _Mr. Nathan Banks. _ Was on the site of a presentcondominium apartment house on the North side of the 6800 block ofWashington Blvd. In East Falls Church, Arlington. [Sidenote: *21] _James A. Dickinson, M. D. _ Was at 351 N. Washington St. Demolished in 1963 to make way for the Columbia Baptist Church parkinglot. The owners were Mr. And Mrs. John H. (Frances Butterworth) Cline. Their daughter, Elizabeth Hughes Cline (Mrs. Howard Melton) and herhusband are currently members of the VPIS Board. [Sidenote: 22] _Dr. Geo. B. Fadeley. _ 260 W. Broad St. , corner of LittleFalls St. Opposite the Post Office. Was his office and residence, laterthe Falls Church Beauty School, and now the Potomac Academy of HairDesign. Built 1890. [Sidenote: *23] _Mankin Pharmacy. _ Demolished and replaced bytool-rental and restaurant businesses. Was on N. Washington St. To theright of the present State Theatre at 220 N. Washington. It was a small, real drug store, handling mostly drugs and pharmaceuticals, but may havehad a "soda fountain. " [Sidenote: 24] _Mr. Charles Crossman. _ House saved from demolition inMay 1983 and moved from 421 N. Washington St. , near the Columbia BaptistChurch, to 345 Little Falls St. Moved by Col. Lawrence Pence and hiswife Carol of Arlington, who are also renovating _Shadow Lawn_, (formerly Whitehall) at 335 Little Falls St. Built 1871. Crossman Housewas once affectionately known as _Aunt Pansy's_. Owners: Mr. And Mrs. Richard Morde. [Sidenote: *25] _Dr. J. B. Hodgkin. _ Was on E. Fairfax St. On the siteof the present Southgate Shopping Center facing The Falls Church(Episcopal). [Sidenote: *26] _Mr. D. O. Munson. _ Dr. Munson's house was probably partof the Munson Nurseries near Munson Hill, just off Leesburg Pike (Route7) toward Baileys Crossroads. He was also a Colonel, and planted thesilver maples that lined and overarched Broad St. House was demolishedto make way for the Lafayette Condominiums, at 6141 Leesburg Pike. [Sidenote: 27] _Mr. Henry Crocker. _ 319 N. Maple, near Thurber Ct. Built1890. Owned by Mr. And Mrs. Ralph Vogel. Thurber Court is named afterJames Thurber, who once lived nearby. [Sidenote: *27] _Mr. E. F. Crocker. _ Was at 321 N. Maple. Demolished whenThurber Court was built. [Sidenote: *28] _Mr. G. W. Mankin. _ Was third building west of theoriginal Brown's Hardware at 100 West Broad Street. Was the home of Mr. George W. Mankin after he moved out of the Clover House (not pictured inthis book; referenced in Falls Church: Places and People, pp. 76, 77). Was approximately on the site of the present D&F Office Furniture at 134West Broad. [Sidenote: *29] _Mr. C. H. Buxton. _ Was home of Charles Buxton, which wasat E. Broad St. And Buxton Rd. , but now replaced by a newer home nextdoor to the Dulin United Methodist Church at 513 E. Broad St. [Sidenote: *30] _Mr. Summerfield Taylor. _ Lived over the Falls ChurchMarket, a grocery formerly at the south-east corner of E. Broad and S. Washington Sts. Later replaced by the Falls Church Garage and KentCleaners. The "Historic Triangle complex, " created by the City, is beingreplaced by the Independence Square Complex, now under construction. [Sidenote: 31] _Mr. A. P. Eastman. _ House still standing in East FallsChurch at 6733 Lee Highway. He was a charter member and treasurer of theVillage Improvement Society. Owner: Mrs. Charles R. Fenwick (EleanorEastman). House known as _Everbloom_. [Sidenote: 32] _Mr. Geo. F. Rollins. _ 109 E. Columbia St. Large housebuilt in 1888. Also known as the Vosbury/Hall house. Owners: Dr. AndMrs. George Hall. [Sidenote: 33] _The Old Colonial Church. _ Interesting name for The FallsChurch (Episcopal) at 115 E. Fairfax St. Has undergone considerableenlargement and renovation. Present brick church built in 1769 and thusthe oldest church in the area. The City took its name from the church. On the National Register of Historic Places. [Sidenote: *34] _Mrs. C. E. Mankin's Store. _ Mr. Mankin's store was onthe corner of N. Washington and E. Broad Sts. And was known as Mankin'sNotion and Dry Goods Store. Mankin's wife Valinda ran the store in 1904after he died the previous September. He served in the Confederate Armyand saw Stonewall Jackson shot by his own troops. Now Robertson's officebuilding. [Sidenote: 35] _Mr. Charles A. Stewart. _ House at 6857 Washington Blvd. In East Falls Church, Arlington. Author of _A Virginia Village_ andother published and unpublished works. His daughter Elizabeth TabbStewart lived there until 1971. Name of new owners is unknown, but it isscheduled for demolition soon. [Sidenote: *36] _Mrs. Charles A. (sic) Mankin. _ Believed to be a pictureof _Home Hill_ which Charles _E. _ Mankin built for his wife Valinda. Itwas located across the street from the then I. O. O. F. Hall on the site ofthe Post Office parking lot at 301 W. Broad St. The grounds were givento Mrs. Mankin by her mother. (There was no Charles _A. _ Mankin. ) [Sidenote: 37] _Mrs. Annie Eells. _ 414 W. Great Falls St. Built 1885. Known as the Eells/Roberts/Pierce Home. Enlarged and renovated. Owners:Mr. And Mrs. Harold L. Pierce. [Sidenote: 38] _"Eastover, " Mr. Pickering Dodge. _ 6763 25th St. , cornerof Washington Blvd. And 25th St. , East Falls Church. Mr. Dodge took thepictures for _A Virginia Village_. Later owned by Mr. And Mrs. HughesButterworth (daughter was Frances) from 1917-1933. Present owners:Michael and Rita Flott. [Sidenote: 39] _Mr. W. A. Ball. _ 117 E. Columbia St. Next to Rollins/Hallhouse at 109 E. Columbia. Probably refers to Rev. Samuel A. Ball, whowas pastor of the Crossman Methodist Church across the street. Known asthe Ball/Jackman house. Built 1890. Owners: Mr. And Mrs. George E. Jackman. [Sidenote: *40] _Mr. T. B. Snoddy. _ Was next to the N. E. Corner of N. Washington and E. Columbia Sts. Now occupied by an office building at400 N. Washington St. [Sidenote: *41] _Dr. T. M. Talbott. _ Was located on a piece of farmlandacross from the A. M. Lothrop place at the corner of McKinley Rd. AndWilson Blvd. In Arlington. Christian Science Church, 809 N. McKinleyRoad, now on the site. [Sidenote: *42] _Mr. C. L. Blanton. _ Mrs. Cline stated that this housewas then (about 1970) on Washington Blvd. In East Falls Church. Locationunclear. (See poultry ad on p. 108). [Sidenote: *43] _Mr. Geo. W. Hawxhurst. _ Was on the N. E. Corner of N. Washington and E. Columbia Sts. , opposite the Charles Crossman House andnext door to Snoddy's. The garage once housed the beginnings of theFalls Church library. [Sidenote: *44] _Mr. W. W. Biggs. _ Was on the corner of W. Great Fallsand Little Falls St. , facing Little Falls St. On the site of the FallsChurch Community Center at 223 Little Falls. Later owned by the Cobb andO'Halloran families. [Sidenote: 45] _Mr. C. C. Walters. _ 900 Park Ave. At Spring St. Built1891. Owned by Philip Brophy. [Sidenote: 46] _Mr. J. W. Garner. _ 219 E. Columbia St. Built 1890. Ownedby Larry Lee Gregg and Cynthia Garner. [Sidenote: *47] _Town Sergeant John N. Gibson. _ East Falls Church. Waslocated on the south side of Washington Blvd. , east of Lee Highway, between Moncure (p. 91) and Thompson (p. 97). Gibson, as town officer, had many duties. House demolished when I-66 was built. [Sidenote: *48] _Mr. J. C. Elliott's Store. _ East Falls Church. Was atLee Highway and N. Fairfax Drive, with the electric trolley running onFairfax Drive. The W. &O. D. R. R. Was on the south side. Was Snyder'sHardware when it burned in 1948. It was replaced by the new Snyder & Co. Store, 6847 Lee Highway, Arlington. [Sidenote: 49] _Miss Ada Rhodes. _ 110 W. Great Falls St. Now known asthe Rhodes/Lennon House. Built in 1889 but has been completely renovatedafter a substantial fire in 1975. Front yard has been terraced andlandscaped. Mr. Michael Lennon, the present owner, teaches renovationand restoration procedures. [Sidenote: *50] _Mr. W. W. Kinsley. _ Was on Lee Highway in East FallsChurch, across from the present Continental Federal Savings and Loan, at6711 Lee Highway, on a site now occupied by townhouses. [Sidenote: 51] _Mr. H. A. Fellows. _ On the S. W. Corner of Roosevelt St. And Washington Blvd. In East Falls Church at 6404 Washington Blvd. HarryAndrew Fellows was for six years mayor of Falls Church. Wife Alice, whodied about 1971, at age 105, was very knowledgeable about Falls Church. Owners: John and Marlys McGrath and three children, Michelle, Michaleand Megan. Current owners are trying to restore the house to what itused to be. Now called Memory Lane. [Sidenote: 52] _Residence of Mr. G. A. L. Merrifield. _ 282 N. WashingtonSt. Large imposing house built in 1895. House at 210 W. Great Falls St. Also attributed to him. Was given an "Excellence in Design" award byVPIS for outstanding interior renovation. Owned by Craver, Matthews, Smith and Co. , mail order and restoration consultants. [Sidenote: 53] _Cottage of Mr. G. A. L. Merrifield. _ 306 N. Washington St. Built 1870. Skinrood Realty once housed here. Renovated and owned byCraver, Matthews, Smith and Co. , who own 282 N. Washington St. , acrossGreat Falls St. [Sidenote: *54] _Mr. Frank M. Thompson. _ Was on south side WashingtonBlvd. , in East Falls Church, Arlington. Torn down for I-66. [Sidenote: 55] _Mr. Thomas Hillier. _ 116 S. Oak St. Built 1890. Nowowned by Mrs. Alvin Tasker. [Sidenote: 56] _Mr. J. S. Riley. _ 312 Park Ave. Cherry Hill farmhouse, built c. 1840 on what was originally the 248-acre Trammell grant by LordFairfax. Was the home of "Judge" Joseph S. Riley, responsible forchartering the town of Falls Church in 1875, and of Miss Elizabeth"Betty" Styles. Owned by the City and administered by the HistoricalCommission. On the National Register of Historic Places. [Sidenote: *57] _Mr. O. H. Billingsley. _ Was on the North side of the 100block of W. Broad St. Near the present Brown's Hardware Store. [Sidenote: *58] _Mr. A. O. Von Herbulis. _ Was near St. James Church, onsite of St. Joseph's School at 203 N. Spring St. He designed St. JamesChurch and Rectory. [Sidenote: 59] _Mr. Andrew M. Smith. _ 316 N. Maple Ave. Built 1904, theyear _A Virginia Village_ was published. Also known as the Sheldon ClineHouse (brother of John H. Cline). Now owned by the Columbia BaptistChurch. [Sidenote: 60] _Major Jos. T. Hiett. _ 115 E. Jefferson St. Built c. 1890. Hiett was an officer in the Confederate Army. Very unusualconstruction. Owners: Donovan and Joan Miers. [Sidenote: *61] _Mr. George Stambaugh. _ Was at the N. W. Corner of N. Maple Ave. And W. Great Falls St. , facing Great Falls St. , now the siteof the Garden Court Townhouses. Note that it had a windmill. [Sidenote: 62] _The Falls Church (Episcopal). _ A photo made during theCivil War. (See also pp. 33 to 61 for another photo and descriptivetext. ) [Sidenote: 63] _Mr. Charles A. Marshall. _ 215 E. Jefferson St. , facingCherry St. , on a 3-lot parcel. Built c. 1900. Owned by L. F. Jennings. [Sidenote: *64] _Mr. John S. Garrison. _ Was on the S. W. Corner ofWashington Blvd. And Lee Highway in East Falls Church. Later the officeof Dr. Howard Berger. Demolished for I-66. [Sidenote: *65] _Mr. F. A. Niles. _ Was near Seven Corners on Route 7. Later the home of the Duffys and Higgins. [Sidenote: *66] _Dr. T. C. Quick. _ Was on the N. W. Corner of N. Washington St. And W. Great Falls, across the street from the presentTrammell's Gate Housing Development. Tunis Cline Quick was a classmateof President Taft, who spoke from the steps of another former Quick homenow occupied by the Ives-Pearson Funeral Home at 472 N. Washington St. [Sidenote: *67] _Miss Ellen W. Green. _ Was on the corner of N. Washington and E. Columbia Sts. , on the present site of the parking lotof the Crossman Methodist Church. [Sidenote: *68] _Mr. Jno. D. Payne. _ Was at Seven Corners near KoonsFord, located at 1051 E. Broad St. Payne's Corners (now Seven Corners)was named for him. He was a former mayor of Falls Church, 1906-07. [Sidenote: *69] _The Rectory. Rev. George S. Somerville. _ Was theRectory of The Falls Church (Episcopal) from 1900 to 1912 on S. Oak St. , next to 116 in the present parking lot of 803 W. Broad St. Both houseswere built by Thomas Hillier. (See item 55. ) [Sidenote: *70] _Dr. L. E. Gott. _ Was on 15th Road, near the end of E. Columbia St. , in what is now Arlington County. Dr. Louis Edward Gott wasa surgeon in the Confederate Army. He apparently did not sign theOrdinance of Secession and helped draw up the town charter in 1875. [Sidenote: *71] _Mr. R. J. Yates. _ Was located in the middle of the 100block of W. Columbia St. On the present site of the Columbia BaptistChurch. It was once the site of the Forbes Institute, a private schoolrun by the Forbes family. [Sidenote: 72] _Mr. S. A. Copper. _ 206 E. Jefferson St. Built 1889. On avery attractive lot. House and barn have been renovated. Owned by Mr. And Mrs. Paul Quinn. [Sidenote: 73] _Mrs. J. L. Auchmoody. _ 400 Great Falls St. Built in the1850s. Julia L. Smith was married to Walter Auchmoody and helped run theStar Tavern, at the S. W. Corner of Broad and Washington Sts. The Tavernonce also served as the post office. House then known as "MotherAuchmoody's. " More recently owned by the Hinman family and then Mr. AndMrs. Malcolm Smith (now both deceased). Lot was subdivided under theterms of an easement, and a large house was built next door by RobertDaube. 400 W. Great Falls now owned by Elizabeth G. Warden. [Sidenote: *74] _Dr. Samuel Luttrell. _ Was at 133 E. Broad St. Next tothe Murphy House that was once the City Hall (See item 86). Was alsoonce the home of the Edmonds family. Now on the site of the Bear's Headrestaurant. [Sidenote: 75] _Mrs. C. Larner. _ 329 N. Maple Ave. At W. Columbia St. Built in 1850-53 but has had many alternations. Hip-roofed house paintedred. Still has a well and pump and said to have a ghost. Has anunderground room in back yard believed to have been a hiding place forslaves during the Civil War. Minie balls have been found on the grounds. Owners: Theodore W. And Mary Louise Jones. [Sidenote: 76] _Mr. W. H. Barksdale. _ 6403 Washington Blvd. Across fromthe Fellows house in East Falls Church, Arlington. (See item 51). Owners: Col. And Mrs. Samuel Greenberg. [Sidenote: *77] _Mr. Wm. B. Wright. _ Was at 424 E. Broad St. , but wasdemolished in 1979 to make way for the Tollgate Townhouse Development. Built 1870. Known as the Wright/Galpin House. Archeologicalinvestigations as the possible site of the Wren's Tavern were negative. [Sidenote: 78] _Mr. J. W. Seay. _ 116 W. Great Falls St. Built c. 1890. Known as the Seay/Porter/Oliphant/Kuhn House. Owners: Mr. And Mrs. Robert W. Beckham. [Sidenote: *79] _Mr. J. W. Wells. _ Was at 103 E. Jefferson St. Acrossfrom Dr. Macon Ware's home at 108 E. Jefferson St. Which is stillstanding with three new houses nearby. [Sidenote: 80] Mr. M. H. Brinkerhoff. 200 E. Broad St. Built 1890 (?)Owner: Mr. Lawrence Proctor. [Sidenote: 81] _Mrs. A. V. Piggott. _ 400 E. Broad St. Better known as theAlbert Brown Piggott House. Built about 1904, it basically is unchanged, but looks different. Owned by Mr. And Mrs. Rene Ossorio. [Sidenote: 82] _Mr. G. B. Ives. _ 209 E. Broad St. , next door to the FallsChurch Presbyterian Church, which now owns it. Known now as theWestminster House. Built in 1855 by Mr. Ives. [Sidenote: 83] _Mr. Nathan Lynch. _ 304 E. Broad St. Built in 1898. William Nathan Lynch had a two-level barn where he kept cows and soldmilk. A gazebo and fishpond were added about 1928 by his son WilliamHenry Lynch. Gazebo was built from the old Birch barn and the horses'teeth-marks are still visible. Rear of the property was subdivided in1983 for four townhouses, part of The Wrens. Extensive renovation, inside and out, has been carried out by the present owners, Mr. And Mrs. John R. Seline. [Sidenote: *84] _Mrs. Mary G. Sims. _ Was located at 210 Little Falls St. Between Park Ave. And W. Great Falls St. Now an office building acrossfrom the City Hall. [Sidenote: 85] _Mr. A. E. Rowell. _ 923 W. Broad St. The Rowell House wasalso known as the "Old Brick House. " Built in 1855 by George B. Ives, the Rowell family lived here for 62 years. Formerly had a barn with aharness room and a glass conservatory for flowers. Was an antique shopseveral years ago and the yard was also used for antique sales. Whilethe house still stands, it has been renovated and surrounded by atownhouse complex known as Rowell Court, and bears no resemblance to theoriginal structure. Owned by Mr. And Mrs. C. A. Rolander. [Sidenote: *86] _Dr. S. S. Luttrell. _ Was at 155 E. Broad St. , and laterknown as the Murphy House. It served as the last temporary City Hall inthe 1950s. [Sidenote: 87] _Oakwood Cemetery. _ Located off N. Roosevelt St. BehindKoon's Ford. Many old time residents of Falls Church are buried here. Acorner of the foundation of Fairfax Chapel, built about 1790, anddemolished during the Civil War by Union soldiers, was recently (1984)revealed by the falling of a tree during a storm. [Sidenote: *88] _Mr. H. N. Ryer. _ Was in East Falls Church, Arlington. [Sidenote: 89] _Dr. M. E. Church. _ Description under his photo iseloquent. For photo of his home, see p. 13. [Sidenote: 90] _Miss B. C. Merrifield. _ 210 W. Great Falls St. Built1876. Known as the Merrifield/Orme House. Once owned by Harry O. Bishopand Mayor Albert Orme. Presently owned by Mr. And Mrs. John A. Payne. [Sidenote: *91] _Mr. R. C. L. Moncure. _ Was on the south side ofWashington Blvd. East of Lee Highway in East Falls Church, Arlington. Demolished when I-66 was built. [Sidenote: *92] _Mr. George M. Newell. _ Built 1896. Was on N. WashingtonSt. On the present site of the parking lot next to the Columbia BaptistChurch, and next to the James A. Dickinson house at 351. The 1904edition of _A Virginia Village_ was originally printed in his small shopat the rear, by Joseph H. Newell, his son. (Newell-Cole Printing is nowlocated in Alexandria, Va. ) [Sidenote: 95] _Mr. H. C. Birge. _ 610 Fulton Ave. Built 1890. Now knownas the Schefer School. Originally part of a 25-acre tract of the CherryHill Farm. Rothsay Street along the rear of the property was dedicatedto provide access to the Rothsay Station on the W. And O. D. Railroad, between Pennsylvania Ave. And N. Lee St. Also known as _Woodland_. Owner: Mrs. Eileen L. C. Schefer. [Sidenote: *96] _The Inn. _ Another name for the Eagle House Hotel, whichburned down about 1920. Was located near the present site of the StateTheatre at 220 N. Washington St. Occupants from about 1915 to 1919 wereMr. And Mrs. Sheldon S. Cline, Sr. He was the Managing Editor of old TheWashington Star. Several of their children have remained in the FallsChurch area. Eli Northrup, an undertaker, was once the proprietor. [Sidenote: *97] _Mr. Henry R. Thompson. _ Was on the S. Side ofWashington Blvd. In East Falls Church, on the E. Side of Lee Highway. Demolished about 1975 to make way for I-66. [Sidenote: *98] _Columbia Baptist Church. _ Was located in the 100 blockof E. Broad St. Demolished in 1909. A new stone church was relocated onthe corner of N. Washington and W. Columbia Sts. The stone building hasbeen replaced by a much larger brick structure. Address: 103 W. ColumbiaSt. [Sidenote: 99] _Dulin Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (South). _ Nowthe Dulin United Methodist Church, 513 E. Broad St. Built on landdonated by William Dulin about 1869, shortly after the Civil War, following the separation into the Northern and Southern branches of theMethodist church. [Sidenote: 100] _Mrs. M. E. DePutron. _ 508 Lincoln Ave. Was also known asthe Sherwood Farm, on 210 acres. Included the hill on which Mt. DanielElementary School (2328 N. Oak) is now located. Built in 1893-94 by Mr. And Mrs. Jacob Coleman DePutron. Owned by Mr. And Mrs. J. RogerWollenberg. Roger is currently a member of the City Council and a formermember of the School Board. Pat Wollenberg was formerly Vice-chairman ofthe Historical Commission and a re-founder of the VPIS in 1965. [Sidenote: 101] _Mr. G. W. Cassilear. _ 502 Walden Court. Known also asthe Cassilear/Lamont/Bell House, or _Bonnie Briar_. Built about 1898 onwhat was part of the Crossman tract. Property originally consisted ofthe house, a summer house (now gone), a fish pond, a sheep house (nowgone), a concrete ice-house, and a barn, on 11. 66 acres. Was owned byMrs. William (Aloise) Bell, who died in February 1985. [Sidenote: 102] _St. James Roman Catholic Church. _ 905 Park Ave. Builtabout 1902 to replace the old church on West St. At the St. JamesCemetery. Has been renovated and enlarged. Designed by A. O. Von Herbulis(See item 58). [Sidenote: *103] _The Methodist Episcopal Church. _ Isaac Crossmandonated the land and funds for the Crossman Methodist Episcopal Church, built in 1875. It was demolished in 1963. The new Crossman UnitedMethodist Church is now on the same site on the corner of N. Washingtonand E. Columbia Sts. This was the Northern Methodist church; Dulin wasthe Southern Methodist church. [Sidenote: *104] _Mr. V. E. Kerr. _ Was one of the group of houses southof the Falls Church Bank (now the site of George Mason Square) on thewest side of South Washington Street about opposite The Falls Church(Episcopal). Other houses in this group were the Updike House, the JamesWalter Antique Shop and the Edith Thompson House (all gone). [Sidenote: *105] _Mr. Herbert G. Hopkins. _ Location unknown. [Sidenote: *106] _Dr. N. F. Graham. _ Was on the present Safeway grocerysite at 7397 Lee Highway, at the end of West St. In Fairfax County. [Sidenote: 107] _Capt. M. S. Roberts, _ 409 S. West St. Known as theRoberts/Burdick house. Capt. Roberts, who was wounded at Antietam, builtthe house in 1867 with wood and hardware shipped by his brother fromMaine. Milton E. Roberts inherited the property from his uncle about1915 and began a poultry business. Subsequently sold part of theproperty to the City for Roberts Park. House now owned by Mr. And Mrs. Edward A. Burdick. [Sidenote: 109] _The Misses Birch. _ The Birch House, 312 E. Broad St. Built about 1835 but added to and renovated several times. Sold by Mr. And Mrs. Milton T. Birch in 1976 to Historic Falls Church, Inc. , whichin turn sold it to Mr. James Reid to build "The Wrens" on the side andrear portion. The old barn had been converted to a garage and has sincebeen renovated into a handsome carriage house, as part of "The Wrens. "VPIS was the first patron, donating $1, 000 toward the preservation ofthe structure. On the National Register of Historic Places. Now owned byMr. And Mrs. Samuel A. Mabry. Kenneth and Patricia Loustalot were thefirst owners after restoration (April 1980). [Sidenote: 110] _Rev. H. A. Beach. _ 212 E. Jefferson at Cherry St. Builtc. 1904. There was once a pump and a pulley for drawing water. Originally part of the Copper property (p. 72). Owners: John and NancyWhitman. [Sidenote: 111] _Congregational Church. _ 222 N. Washington St. , next tothe State Theatre. Formerly used as a police station, town hall, school, recreation center and library, and finally became the WashingtonHouse, the current headquarters of the Woman's Club of Falls Church. Used for meetings and special events. [Sidenote: *112] _Mr. Eli J. Northrup. _ Was located on the E. Side of N. Washington St. In the 100 block. Northrup helped organize the OakwoodCemetery Assn. And the Falls Church Telephone and Telegraph Co. He wasan undertaker and ran the Eagle House (p. 96) at one time. STRUCTURES LISTED BY NAME Auchmoody, Mrs. J. L. 73 Ball, W. A. 39 Banks, Nathan 20 Barksdale, W. H. 76 Beach, Rev. H. A. 110 Biggs, W. W. 44 Billingsley, O. H. 57 The Misses Birch 109 Birge, H. C. 95 Blanton, C. L. 42 Brinkerhoff, M. H. 80 Brown, J. W. 14 Buxton, C. H. 29 Cassilear, G. W. 101 Cherry Hill (Riley, J. S. ) 56 Church, Dr. M. E. (Portrait) 89 Church, M. E. 13 Columbia Baptist Church 98 Congregational Church 111 Copper, S. A. 72 Crocker, Henry 27 Crocker, E. F. 27 Crossman, Charles 24 Crossman, George G. 7 Crossman Methodist Episcopal Church 103 DePutron, Mrs. M. E. 100 Dickinson, Dr. James A. 21 Dodge, Mr. Pickering 38 Dulin Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (South) 99 Eagle House 96 Eastman, A. P. 31 Eastover (Dodge, Pickering) 38 Eells, Mrs. Annie 37 Elliott, J. C. 48 Ellison, W. M. 6 Erwin, George L. 15 Fadeley, Dr. George B. 22 Fellows, H. A. 51 Fenwick, E. T. 4 Garner, Mrs. Emma 16 Garrison, John S. 64 Gibson, John N. 47 Gott, Dr. L. E. 70 Gould, J. B. 9 Graham, Dr. N. F. 106 Green, Miss Ellen W. 67 Gundry, Miss M. 8 Hawxhurst, George W. 43 Hiett, Major Joseph T. 60 Hillier, Thomas 55 Hodgkin, Dr. J. B. 25 Hopkins, Herbert G. 105 Hopkins, Major M. S. 18 Hough, E. C. 17 Inn, The 96 Ives, G. B. 82 Kerr, V. E. 104 Kinsley, W. W. 50 Larner, Mrs. C. 75 Lawton House front Lothrop, A. M. Front Luttrell, Samuel 74 Luttrell, Dr. S. S. 86 Lynch, Nathan 83 McInturff, G. F. 12 Mankin, Mrs. Charles A. 36 Mankin, George W. 28 Mankin Pharmacy 23 Mankin, Mrs. C. E. 34 Marshall, Charles A. 63 Merrifield, Miss B. C. 90 Merrifield, G. A. L. 52, 53 Moncure, R. C. L. 91 Munson, D. O. 26 Newell, George M. 92 Niles, F. A. 65 Northrup, E. J. 112 Nowlan, W. H. 10 Oakwood Cemetery 87 Payne, J. D. 68 Piggott, A. V. 81 Poole, G. W. 11 Presbyterian Church 5 Quick, Dr. T. C. 66 The Rectory (Somerville, Rev. G. S. ) 69 Rhodes, Miss Ada 49 Riley, J. S. 56 Roberts, Captain M. S. 107 Rollins, George F. 32 Rowell, A. E. 85 Ryer, H. N. 88 St. James Roman Catholic Church 102 Seay, J. W. 7 Sims, Mrs. Mary G. 84 Smith, Andrew M. 59 Snoddy, T. B. 40 Somerville, Rev. George S. 69 Stambaugh, George 61 Stewart, Charles A. 35 Talbott, Dr. T. M. 41 Taylor Store 30 The Falls Church 33, 62 Thompson, Frank M. 54 Thompson, Henry R. 97 Thornburg, S. H. 19 Virginia Training School 8 Von Herbulis, A. O. 58 Walters, C. C. 45 Wells, J. H. 79 Wright, William B. 77 Yates, R. J. 71 STRUCTURES LISTED BY ADDRESS Broad Street, East 100 block (Mankin's Store) 34 100 block (Columbia Baptist Church) 98 120 (J. B. Gould) 9 133 (S. Luttrell) 74 155 (S. S. Luttrell) 86 200 (M. H. Brinkerhoff) 80 209 (G. B. Ives) 82 225 (Presbyterian Church) 5 304 (N. Lynch) 83 312 (The Misses Birch) 109 400 (A. V. Piggott) 81 424 (W. B. Wright) 77 513 (Dulin Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (South)) 99 500 block (C. H. Buxton) 29 1000 block (J. D. Payne) 68 Broad Street, West 100 block (M. E. Church) 13 100 block (J. W. Brown) 14 100 block (O. H. Billingsley) 57 100 block (G. W. Mankin) 28 200 block (C. A. Mankin) 36 260 (G. B. Fadeley) 22 300 block (Virginia Training School, Miss M. Gundry, Principal) 8 923 (A. E. Rowell) 85 934 (Ellison, W. M. ) 6 Columbia Street, East on 15th Road (L. E. Gott) 70 109 (G. F. Rollins) 32 114 (W. H. Nowlan) 10 117 (W. A. Ball) 39 211 (E. Garner) 16 219 (J. W. Garner) 46 Columbia Street, West 100 block (R. J. Yates) 71 Fairfax Street, East 115 (The Falls Church) 33, 62 100 block (J. B. Hodgkin) 25 Fulton Street 610 (H. C. Birge) 95 Great Falls Street and Maple Avenue (G. Stambaugh) 61 Great Falls Street 110 (A. Rhodes) 49 116 (J. W. Seay) 78 210 (B. C. Merrifield) 90 300 (G. L. Erwin) 15 400 (J. L. Auchmoody) 73 414 (A. Eells) 37 Jefferson Street, East 103 (J. H. Wells) 79 115 (J. T. Hiett) 60 206 (S. A. Cooper) 72 211 (E. C. Hough) 17 212 (H. A. Beach) 110 215 (C. A. Marshall) 63 Lawton Street 203 (The Lawton House) front Lee Highway 6700 block (W. W. Kingsley) 50 6733 (A. P. Eastman) 31 and West Street (N. F. Graham) 106 Lincoln Avenue 508 (M. E. DePutron) 100 Little Falls Street 200 block (M. G. Sims) 84 200 block (W. W. Biggs) 44 Maple Street, North 316 (A. M. Smith) 59 319 (E. F. Crocker) 27 321 (H. Crocker) 27 and Great Falls (G. F. McInturff) 12 329 (C. Larner) 75 McKinley Street (T. M. Talbott) 41 Oak Street, South 114 (The Rectory--Rev. G. S. Somerville) 69 116 (T. Hillier) 55 Park Avenue 312 (J. S. Riley) 56 900 (C. C. Walters) 45 905 (St. James Roman Catholic Church) 102 Roosevelt Street Oakwood Cemetery 87 Spring Street (A. O. Von Herbulis) 58 Underwood Street (G. G. Crossman) 7 Walden Court 502 (G. W. Cassilear) 101 Washington Blvd. , Arlington near Lee Hwy. (R. C. L. Moncure) 91 east of Lee Hwy. (F. M. Thompson) 97 (H. R. Thompson) 97 at Roosevelt (W. H. Barksdale) 76 at Roosevelt (H. A. Fellows) 51 6831 (G. W. Poole) 11 6839 (E. T. Fenwick) 4 6857 (C. A. Stewart) 325 at 25th Street (P. Dodge) 38 Washington Street, North 100 block (Mankin Pharmacy) 23 100 block (E. J. Northrup) 112 200 block (The Inn) 96 222 (Congregational Church) 111 223 (M. S. Hopkins) 18 282 (G. A. L. Merrifield) 52 305 (T. C. Quick) 66 306 (G. A. L. Merrifield) 53 351 (J. A. Dickinson) 21 353 (G. M. Newell) 92 384 (The Methodist Episcopal Church) 103 at s. E. Corner of Columbia St. (E. W. Green) 67 at n. E. Corner of Columbia St. (G. W. Hawxhurst) 43 400 block (T. B. Snoddy) 40 421 (C. Crossman) 24 Washington Street, South (V. E. Kerr) 104 West Street, South 409 (M. S. Roberts) 107 Wilson Blvd. And McKinley Street, Arlington (A. M. Lothrop) Front A Virginia Village Historical Sketch of Falls Church and the Old Colonial Church PRESS OF J. H. NEWELL FALLS CHURCH, VA. 1904 [Illustration: School House] TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY 1 THE TOWN OF FALLS CHURCH 3 THE OLD COLONIAL CHURCH 33 FALLS CHURCH IN THE CIVIL WAR 62 CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES, ETC. 77 [Illustration: Mr. A. M. Lothrop] PREFACE. In preparing this little book it has been the aim of the Editor toobtain facts of the early history, as well as to set forth what changestime has wrought in the erstwhile veritable hamlet of years gone by. Tothis end he has exerted every effort in the examination of records, thatauthentic data only, in describing the old church and village, mayappear in these pages. Aside from the descendants of the old settlers, the heads of many households in the village of Falls Church have leftkindred and friends in other sections of the country, and identifiedthemselves heartily in the work of developing and beautifying thenatural advantages of the spot they have selected for the building ofnew homes. It is but natural that interest should be taken in theevidence of their thrift and enterprise, by those whose lives werelinked with theirs in times past, as in the town they have helped tobuild up. The attempt has been to join the past with the present, inreciting incidents of the early days, to show no less the improvementsthat have come as the years roll on. The joint work has been done by Messrs. Chas. A. Stewart, PickeringDodge and George M. Newell, Mr. Stewart having collected, edited andcompiled the text, Mr. Dodge the photographic work, and Mr. Newell theprinting. The Editor is indebted for courtesies and assistance to Mr. H. H. Dodge, Superintendent of Mount Vernon, a vestryman of Pohick Church, Mr. H. S. Ryer, stenographer, Mr. F. M. Richardson, Clerk of the Court, FairfaxCo. , and Rev. George S. Somerville, Rector of the Falls Church. Valuableinformation was obtained from Howe's History of Virginia, Snowden's OldLandmarks in Virginia and Maryland, as from the Official Records of theUnion and Confederate Armies. M. M. O. [Illustration: The Lawton House] A Virginia Village. Introductory. Falls Church, while a Virginia village, is thoroughly cosmopolitan. According to a recent census only about fifty per cent. Of itsinhabitants are natives of Virginia, the rest coming from the variousStates of the Union or from foreign countries. Falls Church might properly be called a national village, since itscitizens are chiefly employees of the government, and the interests ofits eleven hundred people naturally center at the National Capitol. Every geographical section of the United States has here arepresentative type of citizen who has chosen this quiet village for ahome. For this and other reasons Falls Church is probably the mostthoroughly American community in the country. This distinction, ifadmitted, must come as a natural sequence from its situation as a suburbof the Nation's capital, from the cosmopolitan character of its society, and from the fact that so many of its residents are connected with theExecutive Departments as a part of the machinery of representativegovernment. The village is situated in a county of the Old Dominion rich in eventsof historic interest. In Colonial days, in the times of the Revolution, as in the days of the civil strife, Fairfax County furnished her quotaof illustrious sons. At Gunston Hall on the Potomac dwelt George Mason, author of the Virginia Bill of Rights, pronounced the most remarkablepaper of the epoch, and the foundation of the great American assertionof independence as afterward draughted by Jefferson. In Fairfax Countylived and died the immortal Washington, and his ashes repose in itssoil at his beloved Mount Vernon. During the late civil war every partof its territory was a battle ground and breast-works thrown up bycontending armies over a generation ago may still be seen here and therewithin its borders. At the beginning of our war with Spain twenty-fivethousand volunteer soldiers from a dozen States pitched their tents on afavored spot in this ancient county, where they were schooled toproficiency in the art of modern warfare. The old Episcopal church, from which Falls Church takes its name, stillstands as a monument linking colonial days with the present. Around itcluster memories of great events in American history, for past itssubstantial walls have marched soldiers of all our leading wars sincethe day Washington guided the lordly Braddock over the road hard by downto the time of our recent war with Spain. The old church has passedthrough many vicissitudes since Washington worshipped there. It servedas a recruiting station for patriots of the Revolution, then abandonedas a house of worship for a long period of years; subsequently it wasreopened and throughout the civil war used alternately as a hospital anda stable by the Union Army. To complete the chain of events in thisconnection soldiers enlisted for the Spanish-American war were encampednear by and pickets of the camp stood guard under the shadow of itswalls. Falls Church thirty years ago was a mere hamlet of, perhaps, a dozenhouses. It is to-day the largest town in the county of Fairfax and itspopulation is steadily increasing. Forces are now at work which mayeventually make it the largest town in Northern Virginia, with thepossible exception of Alexandria. Upon the completion of the new bridgesnow in course of construction across the Potomac and the improvedfacilities for reaching Washington by means of steam roads and trolleylines, the tide of suburban home-seekers from the capital city must turnthis way, whereby this Virginia village is destined to become a Virginiacity which may bind the old mother commonwealth closer than ever beforeto the Federal City and the National government. The Town of Falls Church. Falls Church is an incorporated town of about eleven hundredinhabitants. Endowed by State law with the name of town when a merehamlet, it is still "the village" to its citizens. It is situated on theBluemont branch of the Southern Railway 9 miles from Alexandria, and 45miles from Bluemont at the foot of the Blue Ridge. An electric railwayconnects it with Georgetown, D. C. , 6 miles distant, and it is 13 milesover the Southern Railway to the business center of Washington. Locatedoriginally in Fairfax County its growing area has overlapped into theadjoining county of Alexandria, taking within its corporate limits theextreme southwestern part of what was at one time the District ofColumbia. It is essentially a village of homes, nearly all of which are set inample grounds adorned with rare trees, well-kept lawns, and tastefulshrubbery and hedges. Its fourteen miles of streets are bordered withbeautiful maples, and in summer the principal avenues are bowers ofliving green. Like the National Capital in its inception, Falls Church is a town ofmagnificent distances. Within its corporate limits is room for tenthousand people without overcrowding. At an altitude of 300 feet above Washington, summer days here arepleasant and summer nights cool and sleep-inducing. The social atmosphere is most refined, and the moral tone of itscitizens cannot be surpassed. No saloons have been allowed in FallsChurch since its incorporation as a town thirty years ago. The town has an excellent graded public school with a high class ofinstructors, besides a number of private schools. Eleven churches, including three for colored people just outside the town limits, affordample accommodation for all church-goers within a radius of many miles. All the leading religious denominations are represented. The churchedifices are most creditable for a town of its size, and two are fineexamples of church architecture. [Illustration: Mr. E. T. Fenwick. ] The history of Falls Church begins with the building of the oldEpiscopal Church from which the place takes its name, but the townitself is of modern growth. By a strange series of coincidences the oldchurch, as well as the town at a later period, has been in touch invarious ways with the National Government since Colonial days. Washington was a vestryman and at times attended service here. It servedas a recruiting office for patriots of the Revolution. Dolly Madisontook the road for Leesburg leading past this church when fleeing fromthe White House during the panic of the British invasion. Capt. HenryFairfax went forth with his company of Fairfax volunteers from the FallsChurch to the Mexican war and his body, borne home from far Saltillo, found a resting place within its churchyard. Skirmishes between Unionand Confederate troops occurred all around its walls, and during the warof '61 it served the purposes of a hospital for Union soldiers. To makethe chain of incidents complete, a farm near by was chosen at theoutbreak of the Spanish-American war as a training camp for UnitedStates volunteer soldiers. [Illustration: Presbyterian Church] Few events of moment in government affairs can occur without directlyaffecting some resident of Falls Church, since this little town has itsquota among the officers of the army and navy, in the rank and file ofthe army, and on the forecastle of the man-of-war, to say nothing of afull representation on the rolls of the several executive departments. When the battle ship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor two jackiesfrom Falls Church were on board, fortunately escaping with their lives. After Aguinaldo's capture by General Funston, it was a Falls Church manwho commanded the gunboat which conveyed the captive around the Islandof Luzon to Manila. The brave General Lawton, killed on the firing linein the Philippine war, had so recently been a citizen of the town thathis death was deplored as a personal loss by his former neighbors. [Illustration: Mr. W. M. Ellison] About the middle of the last century there was a large influx ofsettlers to Fairfax County from Northern New York and the New EnglandStates, attracted by the milder climate and the cheaper lands thenoffered for sale. Among the families who came about that period andsettled nearest the old Falls Church were the Baileys, Birches, Barretts, Coes, Ellisons, Iveses, Lounsberrys, Munsons, Osbornes, Ryersand Sherwoods--all familiar names, and many of them or their immediatedescendants now prominent residents of this village. [Illustration: Mr. George G. Crossman] Early in the seventies two government clerks drove over the rough andhilly road from Washington and looked around the little hamlet of adozen houses scattered along the Leesburg turnpike from the old brickchurch to the railroad station at West End. They were impressed with itsinviting hills as the ideal situation for country residences. Theexcellent water from unlimited springs, the cool breezes and pleasingprospect from the hilltops overlooking hot and dusty Washington in thedistance, persuaded them to make their homes in this ideal place. Atthat time the railroad facilities to Washington were most unpromising. The coaches were little better than the present freight car caboose, theschedule was unreliable, the trains slow, and a change of cars had to bemade at the Alexandria junction. Such drawbacks did not deter these menfrom carrying out their purpose of locating here. They decided to rideor drive back and forth to their work in the department at Washington. Others soon followed these pioneers, and a settlement of governmentemployees was the result. Many of those who followed the first twopioneers were from New England. They were families for the most partendowed with all those sturdy qualities of integrity, frugality andpiety, characteristic of their section, and soon the church of theirfathers stood within a stone's throw of the church of the earlyVirginians. Since the day our townsmen, Mr. Charles H. Buxton and Prof. W. W. Kinsley, the pioneers of modern Falls Church, first settled here, theincrease of population has been slow, but it has been of steady andsterling growth. The conservatism of the land-owners has given lessrapid growth than were its tone purely speculative. The population asreported by the United States census for 1890 was 792; the census of1900 gives the population at 1007, an increase of over 27 per cent. During the ten years. The tax roll for 1903 shows property of taxablevalue of $420, 125, an increase of $149, 040 over 1890. [Illustration: Virginia Training School. Miss M. Gundry, Principal. ] Of all those who followed Messrs. Buxton and Kinsley to Falls Church, who built homes and made the little straggling settlement at thecross-roads the beautiful village it is to-day, space will not permiteven a brief mention. But there are a number of well-known citizensstill residing here who formed the nucleus of that "department colony"of thirty years ago, and through whose influence in great measure thisvillage has become a settlement of government employees. Most prominentamong these settlers of the 70's who are connected with the executivedepartments in Washington are Messrs. G. A. L. Merrifield and M. S. Roberts of the Pension Bureau, Albert P. Eastman of the War Departmentand George F. Rollins of the Treasury Department. [Illustration: Dr. J. B. Gould] The rate of taxation levied by the town government is 60 cents on thehundred dollars, 30 cents of which is for school purposes and 30 centsfor all expenses of the corporation. To this must be added the taxescollected by the county of Fairfax, 75 cents on the hundred dollars, making a total tax on property holders in the town of $1. 35 on each onehundred dollars of the assessed valuation. Property within thecorporation is exempt from county road tax and district school tax. Property in that part of the village lying within Alexandria County isassessed in like manner by the town and the authorities of the lattercounty. The tax rate for Alexandria County for the year 1903 on the onehundred dollars of assessed valuation of personal and real property was:State tax, 35 cents; county levy, 40 cents, and for court-housepurposes, 10 cents--a total of 85 cents chargeable to the propertyowners of East Falls Church, the section of the village in this county. An additional tax of 50 cents for road purposes and 40 cents for thedistrict school is levied against taxable property in this countyoutside of East Falls Church. [Illustration: Mr. W. H. Nowlan] When scarcely entitled to be designated by the name of village, thelittle settlement on the Leesburg turnpike known as Falls Church was, byan act of the General Assembly of Virginia, incorporated as a town. Theact in question was approved March 30, 1875, and on April 13 followingthe new town began its career with the following officials dulyinstalled: Mayor, Dr. J. J. Moran; Clerk, H. J. England; Town Sergeant, E. F. Crocker; Councilmen, Dr. J. J. Moran, George B. Ives, J. E. Birch, T. T. Fowler, Isaac Crossman, J. J. Carter, Dr. L. E. Gott. The act of incorporation was successively amended by the StateLegislature in 1879, 1890 and 1894. Sections 1 and 2 of the act ofincorporation as amended, approved March 2, 1894, read as follows: SECTION 1. So much of the territories in the counties of Fairfax andAlexandria, together with all the improvements and appurtenancesthereunto belonging, as is contained in the following boundaries, to-wit: Beginning at the corner of Alexandria and Fairfax counties, onJ. C. DePutron's farm; thence to the corner of J. C. Nicholson and W. S. Patton, in Mistress Ellen Gordon's line; thence to the corner of Sewelland L. S. Abbott on the new cut road; thence to the corner of A. A. Freeman and Mrs. Henry J. England on the Falls Church and Fairfax CourtHouse road; thence along centre of said road to centre of bridge overHolmes Run; thence easterly in a straight line to the northwest cornerof the colored Methodist church on the road leading to Annandale;thence easterly to the crossing of the Alexandria and Georgetown roadsat Taylor's corner; thence along the north line of said Georgetown roadto the corner of T. M. Talbott and Emma Taylor's estate; thence to a pinoak tree near Dr. L. E. Gott's spring; thence to a stone on the propertyof J. A. And Mrs. J. H. C. Brown, formerly the northeast corner of JohnBrown's barn; thence to the crossing of Isaac Grossman's and Bowen'sline on the chain bridge road; thence to the place of beginning, is andshall continue forever to be a body politic and corporate under the nameand style of the town of Falls Church, and shall possess and exercisethe rights and powers conferred on towns by the general laws of thisState and shall be subject to the restrictions and limitations imposedby said law in so far as the provisions thereof are not in conflict withthe provisions of this act. [Illustration: Mr. G. W. Poole] SEC. 2. Be it further enacted. That the government of said town shall bevested in a council of nine qualified voters, who shall be elected byballot on the fourth Thursday in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-four;three of whom shall hold that office for one year, three for two yearsand three for three years respectively, the same to be determined bylot. The successors of the three whose terms expire each year shall beelected annually on the fourth Thursday in May and shall hold theiroffices for three years, or until their successors are duly elected andqualified. The terms of office of all councilmen shall begin on thefirst day of July of each year succeeding their election. Any personentitled to vote in the magisterial districts of Falls Church orProvidence, in Fairfax County, or Washington magisterial district inAlexandria County, and residing in said corporation and duly registeredby the town clerk, shall be entitled to vote at all elections forcouncilmen. The town clerk and two members of the council whose terms ofoffice do not expire with that year, and who shall be designated by themayor, shall conduct such election between the hours of one and seven, post meridian, and shall make return of the same to the mayor who shallissue certificates, countersigned by the clerk, to those elected. Tievotes shall be decided by lot, and contests shall be decided by thecouncil under the law governing contests for the county offices. [Illustration: Mr. G. F. McInturff] [Illustration: Mr. M. E. Church] Section five provides that the council shall annually levy and collectnecessary taxes for roads, streets, school and corporation purposes, which tax for all purposes shall not exceed sixty cents on one hundreddollars without the consent of two-thirds of the resident freeholders ofthe corporation. An amendment gives the council the privilege of levyingan additional tax of ten cents on the hundred dollars for the purpose ofestablishing and maintaining a high school course in JeffersonInstitute, the public school, whenever requested by the town schoolboard. Section eight provides that the "town sergeant shall be the executiveofficer of the council, and shall have the authority, jurisdiction andfees of a constable of Fairfax and Alexandria counties within and onemile beyond the corporate limits. He shall, unless otherwise provided, be the town treasurer and as such shall collect all taxes, fines andlicenses, and disburse the same upon the warrant of the council, signedby the mayor and clerk. " [Illustration: Mr. J. W. Brown, Store and Residence] The same section makes the sergeant overseer of roads and streets, giving him the same powers as overseers of roads under the special roadlaws of Fairfax and Alexandria counties, his compensation to be fixed bythe council. Section nine provides that no district school tax and no district roadtax shall be assessed and collected, except by the council, on anyproperty within the corporation limits. The last important section of the act of incorporation, which assuresthe peace and quiet of this village, is the restriction placed upon theliquor traffic. It reads as follows: SEC. 10. That any person applying to the county of Fairfax or the countyof Alexandria for a license to sell liquors of any kind, either as akeeper of an ordinary or eating house, or as a merchant, within thecorporate limits of the town of Falls Church in the said counties, orwithin one mile beyond the limits of the said corporation shall producebefore the courts or boards having control of the issuance of licensesfor the sale of liquor of said counties a certificate of said council ofsaid town to the effect that the applicant is a suitable person and thatno good reason is known to said council why said license should not begranted. And the courts of said counties or boards having authorityshall not grant the said license to sell liquors within the limits aboveprescribed until and unless such a certificate be given. And under nocircumstances and in no event whatever shall the sale of liquors belicensed in any part of the corporation where license for the salethereof has been prohibited under the provisions of chapter twenty-fiveof the Code of Virginia, known as the local option law. [Illustration: Mr. Geo. L. Erwin] The town is divided into three wards and each ward is represented bythree councilmen. THE BOARD OF HEALTH, appointed annually by the council, looks after thehealth of the town, with authority to carry out such sanitaryregulations as may be deemed wise and expedient. The Board of Health forthe present year consists of Dr. T. C. Quick, Chairman, and CouncilmenJohn H. Wells and Elmer I. Crump. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT of the village was organized in 1898. The officersare a chief engineer and three fire wardens, one from each ward, and acaptain of the fire company. The equipment for fighting fires consistsof one fifty-five and two twenty-five gallon chemical engines of themost approved pattern and one fully equipped hook and ladder truck. Thelarger engine is kept in the central part of the village while the twosmaller ones are stationed at East Falls Church and West Endrespectively. The officers are Chief Engineer, Dr. J. B. Gould; FireWardens--1st ward, Geo. T. Mankin; 2d ward, Edgar A. Kimball; 3d ward, D. B. Patterson. [Illustration: Mrs. Emma Garner. ] THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY, an important factor in the growth anddevelopment of the village, was organized about twenty years ago. Thechief object of the society has been the improvement and adornment ofthe streets and the fine shade trees which emborder the villagethoroughfares everywhere attest the fidelity of its members to theobject in view. In addition to the work of this character the societyhas aided in various other ways in the work of improving the villagebesides furnishing social entertainments for its members and friends. About fifteen hundred dollars have been raised by the society anddisbursed to excellent advantage in securing substantial benefits to thepublic weal. [Illustration: Mr. E. C. Hough] The Village Improvement Society was organized in the fall of 1885, thefirst officers being Mr. W. H. Doolittle, President; Rev. D. H. Riddle, Vice-President; Mr. S. V. Proudfit, Secretary and Mr. A. P. Eastman, Treasurer. This society was modeled after the famous Laurel Hill Society ofStockbridge, Mass. , and from a pamphlet published some years ago settingforth its object we learn that its funds have been expended on roads, sidewalks and street lamps, for a survey of the corporation, a piano forthe public school and other improvements at the school, for taking thecensus and for Arbor Day expenses--a total expenditure up to that timeof about eight hundred dollars. The greater part of the money raised bythe society is from voluntary dues or the proceeds of lectures or otherentertainments. The funds raised in this manner are generally expendedthrough the town council or in conjunction with appropriations made bythat body. The first observance of Arbor Day in the State was by the Falls ChurchVillage Improvement Society, when in 1892 this society instituted theobservance of the day by the public school. Since that date the societyhas defrayed all Arbor Day expenses. [Illustration: Major M. S. Hopkins] By an ordinance of the town adopted February 8, 1904, the third Fridayin April of each year is designated as Arbor Day, to be observed underthe auspices of the Village Improvement Society for the planting of suchtrees, plants or shrubs as it may desire. The officers of the Village Improvement Society for the present year areas follows: President, M. E. Church; Vice-President, Franklin Noble, D. D. ;Secretary, Miss Belle Merrifield; Treasurer, George W. Hawxhurst;Assistant Secretary, Dr. George B. Fadeley. The meetings are held on the first Monday of each month, except July andAugust, at the homes of the different members. On these occasions after the adjournment of the business meeting, aliterary and musical programme is provided by the hostess of theevening. Aside from the matter of business, the social part of thesegatherings is a distinct feature of the society, which serves to keepalive the interest of its members, bringing together congenial friendsand giving "new-comers" an opportunity to become acquainted with theirneighbors. [Illustration: Mr. S. H. Thornburg] PIONEER BUSINESS MEN. Among the most prominent business men of FallsChurch who located here about the time the place was incorporated as atown, or soon thereafter, may be mentioned Mr. M. E. Church. Mr. Churchis a native of Vermont, and upon settling here engaged in the drugbusiness; he now conducts a successful real estate, loan and insurancebusiness. He is also connected with other important commercialinterests, and has been an indefatigable worker in promoting the welfareof the village. Mr. George W. Mankin, a native of this State, was one of the earlysettlers in the village. He conducted a general merchandise business fora long period of years, but at present is engaged in the drug businesswith his son Mr. Geo. T. Mankin, under the firm name of George T. Mankin& Co. Mr. Mankin has established as high reputation as a business manand citizen as had his brother Mr. Charles Mankin, the well known drygoods merchant, but recently deceased. [Illustration: Mr. Nathan Banks] Mr. Wm. M. Ellison, whose father was one of the early northern settlersin this community, is a successful lawyer and real estate broker. Mr. Ellison stands high as a business man and citizen, having served histown as a councilman for many years past and as mayor of the town forseveral terms. He was recently re-elected councilman from the West Endward. Among other prominent merchants who early settled here are Mr. J. W. Brown, dealer in hardware and general merchandise, and Mr. GeorgeGaither, dealer in groceries. Mr. Isaac Crossman, who came here from Pennsylvania soon after the civilwar, purchased for farming purposes a large block of land which is nowsituated almost in the center of the village. The price paid was aboutforty dollars per acre. A large part of this land has been divided intotown lots and sold. To indicate the increase in real estate values sincethe war, the land of this Crossman property lying nearest the northernboundary of the village sells for one thousand dollars and upward peracre. [Illustration: James A. Dickinson, M. D. ] FEW OLD HOUSES. Practically all the houses of the village are modern, but there are a few old buildings of historic interest. Among these isthe Lawton house, at one time the residence of General Lawton. Thishouse was the headquarters of General Longstreet when the place was inpossession of the Confederates soon after the first battle of Manassas. What was once known as the Star Tavern, now a grocery store, is a relicof by-gone days. It flourished in the days before the railroad came, andwas a favorite stopping place for travelers over the road from themountains leading past its doors to the then important mart, Alexandria. The place was kept during the civil war by W. H. Erwin, father of ourtownsmen Messrs. Walter, George and Munson Erwin. The old big chimney house situated in the field opposite the OddFellows' Hall was built in Revolutionary times and is probably theoldest dwelling in this vicinity. It is owned by the venerable JohnLynch, who was the sexton of the Episcopal Church for so many yearsbefore and after the civil war. Mr. Lynch is now a resident of Maryland. [Illustration: Dr. Geo. B. Fadeley] THE COLORED SETTLEMENT. The colored people have a settlement a shortdistance south of the town limits, consisting of probably a hundredcottages with a population of between four and five hundred. They havea school building and three churches and many of the little cottages andsurroundings indicate industry and thrift in the occupants. HOTELS. The Falls Church Inn, where an old Virginia welcome awaits theway-farer, accommodates transient and regular boarders. Besides there isthe "Evergreens, " a large summer boarding place which has a highreputation. There are numerous other homes, in or near the village, where boarders are taken for the summer months. NEWSPAPER. Falls Church has one newspaper published weekly, called "TheFalls Church Monitor. " This paper was first established by Mr. E. F. Rorebeck, under the name of "The Falls Church News. " Mr. M. E. Church isEditor and Mr. R. C. L. Moncure, General Manager. [Illustration: Mankin Pharmacy] EXCELLENT NATURAL DRAINAGE. Four Mile Run, traversing the northeasternsection of the corporation, separates the main part of the village fromall that portion lying in Alexandria County and known as East FallsChurch. This little stream empties into the Potomac four miles belowWashington, whence its name. Where it breaks through the hills atBarcroft its water-power is used for milling purposes, as in the dayswhen General Washington's flour mills were situated at or near the samepoint. The southern section of the village is drained by Holmes' Run, which empties into the Potomac just south of Alexandria. The two rapidlittle streams named take their rise a short distance to the west of thevillage and afford ample drainage for all the territory embraced withinthe corporation boundaries. RAILWAY DEPOTS AND POST-OFFICES. Indicating the wide extent of territorycovered by Falls Church, it possesses two railway depots and threeindependent post-offices. The Southern Railway's East Falls Church andWest End stations are one mile apart. The electric railway also hasstations and ticket offices near those of the steam road. The FallsChurch post office is on Broad street in the center of the village. EastFalls Church post office is located at the electric railway station andWest End post office at the West End steam railway station, the formerbeing one-half mile and the latter about one mile distant from the mainoffice. [Illustration: Mr. Charles Crossman] STREET LIGHTS. The village streets are now lighted by kerosene lamps, but a movement is already on foot looking toward a better system ofstreet lighting and it is probable that an electric light plant will beinstalled for that purpose within the near future. A BANK IS NEEDED. The organization of a bank is being considered by anumber of enterprising citizens. There is already a sufficient amount ofbanking business transacted by the residents of the village, which isnow divided among the banks located at Leesburg, Fairfax, Alexandria andWashington, to make such an institution a paying investment from thestart. THE PARK. Crossman Park, the densely wooded hill over which the electricroad runs from East End to West End, is an attractive spot to naturelovers. Hundreds of old chestnut trees make it a favorite resort forpicnic parties in summer and nut-hunters in the fall. It is altogether acharming piece of woodland without undergrowth, and needs no gravelledwalks or other evidences of the hand of man to add to its presentcharm. [Illustration: Dr. J. B. Hodgkin] Near the park may be seen the stone which marks what was at one time thewestern corner of the District of Columbia. It is situated on the landof Mr. S. B. Shaw and is only a few yards from his residence. On thewest corner is chiseled "Virginia 1791, " while on the opposite cornerthe words "Jurisdiction of the United States" are still quite legible. FALLS CHURCH TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. The Falls Church Telephone andTelegraph Company, of which Mr. M. E. Church is President and GeneralManager, is connected with the lines of the Chesapeake and PotomacTelephone Company of Washington and with the lines of the Southern BellTelephone and Telegraph Company. The stations on this line include Alexandria, Arlington, Ash Grove, Bailey's Cross Roads, Ballston, Barcroft, Belaire, Bluemont, Chesterbrook, Clarendon, Chain Bridge, Colvin Run, Dunn Loring, Dranesville, East Falls Church, Fairfax, Fort Myer Heights, Glencarlyn, Hall's Hill, Herndon, Hamilton, Kenmore, Lewinsville, Langley, Leesburg, Merrifield, Oakton, Paeonian Springs, Purcellville, Round Hill, Rosslyn, Vienna, Wiehle, and West Falls Church. All stations areequipped with Long-Distance Metallic Circuit Telephones. [Illustration: Mr. D. O. Munson] In addition to the telephone line Falls Church has two Western UnionTelegraph offices besides two express offices. CAMP ALGER. Falls Church has gained a national reputation within recentyears by reason of the establishment near the village of the camp forvolunteer soldiers at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. Thiscamp was one of several of the kind established in the Southern Statesfor the purpose of organizing an army for the invasion of Spanishterritory. The farm of Mr. C. L. Campbell, about one and a half miles southwest ofthe village was selected by the War Department for the army corps to beassembled nearest Washington, and as soon as the contract was signed forthe lease of the property, troops from fourteen States were hurried hereas fast as recruited. [Illustration: Mr. Henry Crocker Mr. E. F. Crocker] The first troops on the ground were the District of Columbia Volunteers. They were followed by those from Pennsylvania, and later came troopsfrom Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee andVirginia, all forming the Second Army Corps of the Spanish-American War. The Second Army Corps was made up of the troops assembled at FallsChurch, to which Major General William M. Graham, U. S. V. , was assignedby orders of May 16, 1898. General Graham assumed command May 23, 1898, announcing the official designation of the camp as "Camp Russell A. Alger. " [Illustration: Mr. G. W. Mankin] The strength of this army corps before the last of May consisted of 922officers and 17, 467 men. In June the number in camp was 1, 103 officersand 26, 002 men; in July the strength of the corps was 1, 183 officers and29, 747 men. In August the corps consisted of 1, 347 officers and 33, 755men, the highest number in this corps before disbandment at the end ofthe war. By orders of May 24, the troops then on duty at this point wereorganized into a First Division composed of three brigades of threeregiments each, and by orders of June 9, 1898, the Ninth MassachusettsVolunteer Infantry and 33rd and 34th Michigan Volunteer Infantry wereconstituted a separate brigade. On June 9th the separate brigade mentioned was assigned as the FirstBrigade, 3rd Division. On August 2, 1898, a second brigade was organizedcomposed of the First Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and the ThirdVirginia Volunteer Infantry. The First Brigade, consisting of the Massachusetts and Michigan troops, left Camp Alger for Santiago de Cuba on June 22 and 24, 1898. Troops ofthe Second Brigade were returned to their States for muster out onSeptember 7 and 8, 1898. The tents of the provost guard pitched at the electric railway terminusat East End with pickets posted at various street corners made FallsChurch appear like a town under martial law. Under all the circumstancesthe conduct of the troops was admirable. The homes of the citizens werethrown open to the soldiers doing picket duty in the village, and theladies of the place vied with each other in contributing to the comfortof sick soldiers at the camp. [Illustration: Mr. C. H. Buxton] The summer of 1898 was a most eventful one in Falls Church. No suchstirring scenes had been witnessed here since the days of the civil war. Troop trains arriving or departing, drills at camp and practice marchesthrough the town, martial music from many bands, reveille and taps, allcontributed to impress the town folk with the fact that the country wasat war. FINANCES OF THE TOWN. The expenses of the town government for the yearending August 31, 1904, was $2, 188. 47. The assessed valuation of thetown is $420, 125, which is about 50 per cent of the real value. The taxlevy for all purposes is six mills. The levy is divided as follows: Forcorporation purposes three mills; for school purposes three mills. Thetotal receipts for fiscal year 1904 were $2, 289. 20. There is no bonded indebtedness. A number of times propositions to bondthe town for school or street purposes have been voted upon but eachtime the citizens have decided against incurring any bonded debt. [Illustration: Mr. Summerfield Taylor] The following are the officers of the town government: OFFICERS OF THE TOWN. George N. Lester, Mayor; Henry Crocker, Clerk;John N. Gibson, Sergeant; R. C. L. Moncure, Corporation Attorney. Members of Council: 1st ward, Elmer I. Crump, S. E. Thompson, G. A. Brunner; 2nd ward, E. A. Kimball, Geo. N. Lester, Geo. W. Hawxhurst; 3rdward, Thomas Hillier; Wm. M. Ellison, H. C. Birge. Committees, StreetLamp Lighting: E. A. Kimball, Thos. Hillier, S. E. Thompson. Finance:Wm. M. Ellison, Chairman, H. C. Birge, Geo. W. Hawxhurst. Board ofSchool Trustees: J. W. Brown, Chairman, R. J. Yates, Clerk, J. S. Riley. HEALTH. In the matter of health Falls Church leads. Statistics obtainedby the U. S. Census Bureau relating to the mortality rate show that outof 341 towns and cities from which returns were received the lowestdeath rate for the year ending May 31, 1900, was in St. Joseph, Mo. , with 9. 1 for each 1, 000 inhabitants, followed by Portland, Oregon, 9. 5, St. Paul, Minn. , 9. 7, and Minneapolis, Minn. , 10. 08. For the same periodthere were only 5 deaths in Falls Church, its population then being1, 007. The average annual death rate in Falls Church is about 9. 5 per1, 000, only 57 deaths having occurred here between August 17, 1898 andSeptember 2, 1904, a period of a little over six years. [Illustration: Mr. A. P. Eastman] The death rate in the United States for 1900, according to censusreturns was 17. 8 per 1, 000, the rate in cities where such statisticswere gathered being 18. 6, and in rural districts 15. 4. For the purpose of comparison the death rate per 1, 000 in the followingcities as reported by the U. S. Census Bureau for 1900 will be ofinterest. Baltimore, Md. , 21. 0; New York, N. Y. , 21. 3; Washington, D. C. , 22. 8; Alexandria, Va. , 24. 2; Norfolk, Va. , 25. 2; Lynchburg, Va. , 27. 7; Richmond, Va. , 29. 7; Petersburg, Va. , 31. 1. IDEAL COUNTRY HOMES. To the generosity of a nearby nurseryman the townis indebted for its wealth of trees. When the first streets were laidout Mr. D. O. Munson donated liberally from his nursery stock and to himis chiefly due the credit for the present attractive appearance of thetree-lined streets. The conventional arrangement of the average suburban town has not beenfollowed in laying out the streets of this village, and even the sinuousmain avenue, lined on either side by a row of full grown maples, adds toits charm. Beyond the town to the westward the view of rolling plainand delightful wooded expanse greets the eye, and in the distance thesmoky Sugar Loaf looms up to beckon one to mountain scenes. In anafternoon drive from the village to the south or west the lover ofnature may find pleasure at every turn. The healthfulness of Falls Church is proverbial, while its charmingsituation, accessibility to the city of Washington and the homelike tonepervading every part of its area have surprised and attracted all whoseprivilege it has been to visit here for the first time. The place to thetired city man can afford all the enjoyment of retirement andtranquillity. With an abundance of green lawns, well shaded walks anddrives, pure water, churches, good schools and the necessary stores;what more could the seeker desire to complete his ideal of a countryhome. [Illustration: Mr. Geo. F. Rollins] Possessing advantages imperfectly pictured herein, Falls Church welcomesthe jaded fathers and mothers from the city to the place where childrenmay enjoy life with nature, where the climate, conducive to refreshingsleep, soothes tired nerves and makes life to such again buoyant withyouthful hopes and joys. [Illustration: The Old Colonial Church. ] The original church at the Falls is said to have been built in 1709. This is only tradition, as no satisfactory evidence has been obtainedrelating to its exact location or the date when first erected. Court records establish the fact that there was a church on the presentsite of the Falls Church in 1746. On March 20th of that year JohnTrammell, in consideration of the sum of fifty shillings sterling, transferred, by deed of bargain and sale, to the Vestry of Truro Parishin Fairfax County a certain parcel of land containing two acres "wherethe Upper Church now is. " John Trammell owned at that time the greaterpart of the land upon which the town of Falls Church is now situated. InJune, 1745, he leased to Walter English his plantation of 244 acres"near the head of the north of Holmes' Run extending to Four Mile Run, excepting two acres for the use of the church. " [Illustration: Mrs. C. E. Mankin's Store] The vestry book of Truro Parish commences about 1732. This book is inthe possession of Mr. H. H. Dodge, of Mt. Vernon, a vestryman of oldPohick Church. Through the courtesy of Mr. Dodge, the Editor waspermitted to make a careful examination of its pages, and to copy fromthe minutes of the vestry meetings therein such entries as appeared tothrow any light upon the early history of the Falls Church. Some apparently trivial entries have been copied, such as the payment ofa sexton's salary for a number of successive years, but the name of thesexton in such cases has an important bearing upon the subject, when itis not improbable that the churches indicated as the "Upper Church, " the"New Church, " etc. , may be the church later designated as "The FallsChurch. " [Illustration: Mr. Charles A. Stewart] In addition to religious matters, the duties of the church vestry inthese early times embraced many secular affairs. Under the direction ofthe Parish Vestry tithes were collected from the land owners, and"processioners" were appointed by them to survey and establish all landboundaries within the parish. Such matters as related to the relief ofthe poor, the medical care of the sick, charges for burial of the dead, the maintenance of the blind, the lame, and the maimed, also offoundlings and vagrants, now looked after by the county government, werethen a part of the duty of the vestry of each parish. By a general law passed in the Colony in 1667, Act IV, 19th Charles II, the right was vested in the county courts, when expedient, to set asideand appropriate not more than two acres of land for church and burialpurposes; ministers' salaries had been fixed the year before at 16, 000pounds of tobacco, or about $650. As early as October, 1734, John Trammell was paid by the Vestry of TruroParish 320 pounds of tobacco for grubbing a place for a new church, forwhich Robert Blackburn had drawn plans. [Illustration: Mrs. Charles A. Mankin] In November of the following year, Thomas or James Bennitt was paid 150pounds of tobacco as sexton of the New Church. Record of the payment of400 pounds of tobacco to James Bennitt, Sexton of the New Church, appears under date of October 6, 1740, and again May 21, 1745. On thelatter date the Vestry decided to build a church "at or near the springnigh Mr. Hutchinson's on the mountain road . . . With doors, windows &seats after the manner of the Upper Church. " The deed from AndrewHutchinson to the Vestry of Truro Parish for two acres of land uponwhich this new church was to be erected, recorded in Liber A. No. 1, page 464, Fairfax County Land Records, does not show this land to havebeen in the vicinity of Falls Church. On October 12, 1747, the vestry records indicate that Mary Bennitt wassexton of the Upper Church, supposed to be the same which was called theNew Church before this date, and that Wm. Grove was sexton of the morerecently built church on the mountain road near Mr. Hutchinson's. MaryBennitt's salary as sexton of the Upper Church was 400 pounds of tobaccountil 1749, when it was increased to 460 pounds. Her salary was againraised to 560 pounds in 1752, and so continued until 1755, when JamesPalmer became sexton at "Falls Church, " so designated in the records. James Palmer appears to have been succeeded by Gerard Trammell, theVestry at a meeting held November 12, 1759, having allowed the latter560 pounds of tobacco as sexton of Falls Church. [Illustration: Mrs. Annie Eells] In February, 1749, the Vestry decided to build an addition to the "UpperChurch, " and the contract for the improvement was given to CharlesBroadwater, Gent. , who undertakes to complete the work by the laying ofthe next parish levy for the sum of 12, 000 pounds of tobacco. Mr. Charles Broadwater was at that time one of the vestrymen, and amongthose present at the meeting were George Mason and the Rev. CharlesGreen. The vestry meeting held October 25, 1762, elected GeorgeWashington a Vestryman in place of Wm. Peake, Gent. , deceased, and atthe same meeting it was ordered that the sexton at Falls Church beallowed 560 pounds of tobacco for his services. The Vestry of Truro Parish met on March 28, 1763, at the Falls Church. Those present were: Henry Gunnell, Wm. Payne, Jr. , Church Wardens; JohnWest, Wm. Payne, Charles Broadwater, Thomas Wren, Abraham Barnes, DanielMcCarty, Robert Boggers and George Washington. [Illustration: "Eastover" Mr. Pickering Dodge] It appears that this meeting was called for the purpose of decidingwhether to repair the old church, then greatly in decay, or to erect anew building. It would seem that the matter of abandonment of the siteof the old church was also to be acted upon, and the erection of a newone in a more convenient place. The Vestry decided that the old church was too dilapidated to repair, and resolved that a new church be built at the same place. It wasordered that the Clerk of the Vestry advertise in the Virginia andMaryland Gazettes for workmen to meet at the church on the 29th ofAugust next following, to undertake the building of a brick church, tocontain 1, 600 feet on the floor, with a suitable gallery. The record ofthe vestry meeting of October 3, 1763, shows that 30, 000 pounds oftobacco had been levied toward building Falls Church, and was to be soldby the Church Wardens for the best cash price obtainable. GeorgeWashington was not present at this meeting; but as an evidence of hisinterest in the contemplated improvements he copied in his diary underdate of 1764 the advertisement published in the Maryland Gazette for"undertakers to build Falls Church. " [Illustration: Mr. W. A. Ball] The accounts of the Clerk of the Vestry at this date show Truro Parishcredited with 1, 807 tithables at 37 pounds of tobacco each, or a totalof 66, 859 pounds. The expenditures debited against this amount include17, 280 pounds of tobacco for salary of minister, 560 pounds each to thesexton at Pohick Church and Falls Church, 500 pounds to the sexton atAlexandria, 3, 000 pounds to Clerk of Vestry, besides sundry paymentstoward the support of the indigent of the parish. The record of the vestry meeting for Truro Parish April 26, 1765, statesthat Truro Parish has been divided from Colonel Washington's mill toJohn Monroe's and thence to Difficult Run, the upper parish being calledFairfax. The Parish of Fairfax in which was situated Falls Church or the"Upper Church" and Alexandria or the "Lower Church" was created February1, 1765, by virtue of an Act passed the previous year, being the 4thGeorge III. Falls Church was evidently the Parish Church, and Alexandria"The Chapel of Ease" as indicated by the comparative emoluments of theoffice of sexton. [Illustration: Mr. T. B. Snoddy] Earnest efforts have been made to locate the Vestry Book of FairfaxParish containing information relating to Falls Church after thedivision of Truro Parish in 1765. This book was in charge of the rectorof Christ Church, Alexandria, at the outbreak of the civil war and issupposed to have been lost or destroyed. A few facts relating to Falls Church have been gathered from an addressdelivered by the rector of Christ Church in 1873 upon the occasion ofthe 100th anniversary of the consecration of the latter church. The Vestry elected for Fairfax Parish March 28, 1765, consisted of thefollowing: John West, Charles Alexander, William Payne, John Dalton, George Washington, Charles Broadwater, George Johnston, Townsend Dade, Richard Sanford, William Adams, John Posey, Daniel French. Rev. Townsend Dade, ordained by the Bishop of London in 1765, was thefirst minister of Christ Church, and it is presumed that as minister ofthe Parish he also officiated at the Falls Church. His salary was 17, 280pounds of tobacco, and 2, 500 pounds were added to this for thedeficiency of a glebe. He served as minister until 1778. [Illustration: Dr. T. M. Talbott] In November, 1766, the Vestry ordered a levy to be made upon theinhabitants of the parish of 31, 185 pounds of tobacco, for the purposeof building two new churches of brick; one at the Falls, the other atAlexandria. The new brick church which the Vestry decided to erect in place of theold wooden structure was built, according to reliable information, byMr. James Wren, for about 600 pounds sterling. Bishop Meade states inhis book on old churches of Virginia, that a most particular contractwas made for him as also for James Parsons, the contractor for theAlexandria church. The mortar was to be two-thirds lime and one-third sand; the shingleswere to be of the best cypress or juniper and three-quarters of an inchthick. The contract for building Falls Church called for a gallery, butthis was never put in. The Alexandria church was begun in 1767 by James Parsons, 600 poundssterling being the contract price. Parsons failed to complete hiscontract and the building was finished for an additional sum of 220pounds sterling by Col. John Carlyle, and formally delivered February27, 1773. [Illustration: Mr. C. L. Blanton] In 1770 a tract of about 500 acres was purchased from Daniel Jennings at15 shillings per acre, and upon this in 1773 the Fairfax Vestry causedto be erected a glebe house, or rectory, with a dairy, meat house, barn, stable and corn house for 653 pounds sterling. During the Revolutionary War, Falls Church is said to have been therecruiting headquarters of Col. Charles Broadwater, one of Fairfax'sfirst patriots. In 1775 there were in Virginia 95 parishes, 164 churches and chapels, and 91 clergymen. At the conclusion of the war for Independence only 72parishes remained, and 34 of these had been deprived of ministerialhelp. Churches and chapels had gone to ruin; soldiers having turned theminto barracks or stables. In 1778 the Rev. Mr. Dade was succeeded as Parish minister by the Rev. Mr. West, who served for a few months, and he in turn was succeeded byRev. David Griffith who it is recorded exercised his ministry withfidelity in his Parish, preaching both at Alexandria and at Falls Churchfrom 1780 to 1789. He had been chaplain in the 3rd Virginia Regimentduring the revolution and was to the time of his death, in 1789, a closepersonal friend of Washington. [Illustration: Mr. Geo. W. Hawxhurst] From 1790 to 1792 Rev. Bryan Fairfax directed the affairs of FairfaxParish, selecting for his assistant Rev. Bernard Page. Before therevolution, being an ardent royalist, he endeavored to dissuade from thewar with the mother country his friend George Washington whoseconfidence and esteem he continued to enjoy to the last. Bryan Fairfaxwas the son of William Fairfax of Belvoir. He was ordained to theministry in 1786 by Bishop Seabury. His title as Eighth Lord Fairfax wasconfirmed to him by the English House of Lords in 1800. The civil functions of the Vestry ceased in 1784. Thereafter, in thestruggle following the disestablishment, having to depend upon voluntarycontributions, many churches succumbed. It was about this period, or not long after the death of Dr. Griffith in1789, that Falls Church was abandoned as a place of worship, fell into astate of dilapidation, and was not used for many years. Chiefly at theexpense of Henry Fairfax, grandson of Rev. Bryan Fairfax, formerly itsrector, the building was repaired and young Mr. Minor, as a lay reader, organized a congregation of worshippers. [Illustration: Mr. W. W. Biggs] In 1827 Bishop Meade visited this church and the description of it inhis book "Old Families and Churches of Virginia" will be of interest. "The exercises of the Seminary being over, I next directed my steps tothe Falls Church, so called from its vicinity to one of the falls on thePotomac River. It is about eight miles from Alexandria, and the samefrom Georgetown. It is a large oblong building, and like that near MountVernon, has two rows of windows, being doubtless designed for galleriesall around, though none were ever put there. It was deserted as a houseof worship by Episcopalians about forty years ago. About that period, for the first, and it is believed for the last time, it was visited byBishop Madison. Since then it has been used by any who were disposed tooccupy it as a place of worship, and the doors and windows being open, itself standing on the common highway, it has been entered at pleasureby travellers on the road and animals of every kind. Some years since, the attention of the professors of our Seminary, and of some of thestudents was drawn towards it, and occasional services performed there. This led to its partial repair. " [Illustration: Mr. C. C. Walters] Bishop Meade in this account of his visit to the old church states thathe visited the same day an interesting school for young ladies at Capt. Henry Fairfax's where he delivered an address to the students. Thisschool was located near Fairfax Court House. Mrs. Chichester, widow ofthe late Major John H. Chichester and a communicant at the present timeof Falls Church, was a pupil of this seminary before the death of Capt. Fairfax, and recalls the incidents connected with his death in theMexican War and his burial near the old church door 57 years ago. From the time Bishop Meade preached in the old church in 1827 to thebeginning of the war of 1861 much that might be of interest is lost withthe records of the Parish. The damage to the church by soldiers during the civil war was laterrepaired at the expense of the United States Government at a cost ofabout $1, 300. None of its ancient furniture has been preserved, the graystone urn-shaped baptismal font alone remaining. [Illustration: Mr. J. W. Garner] The rectors of Falls Church since the civil war have been Bishop HoratioSouthgate, Rev. John McGill, Rev. Frank Page, Rev. J. Cleveland Hall, Rev. R. A. Castleman, Rev. Dr. John McGill again, and the present rectorRev. George S. Somerville. The present vestry book begins November 27, 1873. The vestrymen for theyear 1904 are S. D. Tripp, S. W. ; J. T. Unverzagt, J. W. ; C. A. Marshall, Wm. E. Parker, A. H. Barbor, E. A. Ballard. In connection with the name, it may be of interest to state that, previous to the Revolution, there being no bishop in Virginia, churchbuildings were not consecrated, generally being called after the parishin which situated, or from some other geographical name; hence the NewChurch, the Upper Church, the Falls Church. The simple name suggestingonly its location as first bestowed upon the church near the Falls hasnow, after the lapse of years, become irrevocably fixed. Around itcluster so many memories of the early days that the name "Falls Church"must continue unchanged to the last. [Illustration: Town Sergeant John N. Gibson] Extracts from Records of Vestry Meetings. June 10, 1733: Capt. Francis Aubrey, towards building the chapel above Goose Creek, 2, 500 pounds of tobacco. October 13, 1734: To Mr. Robt. Blackburn, for his plans for building church, 16, 750 pounds of tobacco. To John Trammell, for grubbing a place for the church, 320 pounds of tobacco. To Jos. Johnson, to read at the chapels, 1, 300 pounds of tobacco. November 18, 1735: Jos. Johnson, Clk. Of the New Church, 1, 000 pounds of tobacco. Thos. (?) Bennitt, sexton at the New Church, 150 pounds of tobacco. Oliver Roe, sexton Pohick Church, 300 pounds of tobacco. August 19, 1736: At a Vestry held for Truro Parish this 19th day of August, 1736; present Jeremiah Bronaugh, Ch. Warden; Denis McCarty, Augustine Washington, Robt. Osborn, John Thurman, Wm. Godfrey, Jas. Baxter, and Thos. Lewis, Vestrymen. [Illustration: Mr J. C. Elliott's Store] Mr. Cha. Green being recommended to this vestry by Capt. Augustine Washington as a person qualified to officiate as a minister in this parish, as soon as he shall receive orders from His Grace, the Bishop of London, to qualify himself for the same, it is, therefore, Ordered by this Vestry that as soon as the said Green has qualified himself as aforesaid he be received and entertained as Minister of the said parish, and the said Vestry do humbly recommend said Cha. Green to the Right Honorable Thos. Lord Fairfax, for his letters of recommendation and presentation to his Grace, the said Lord Bishop of London, to qualify himself as aforesaid. August 8, ----: At a vestry held for Truro Parish the 8th of August, for appointing processioners. Ordered, That John Trammell and John Harle procession all the patented lands between Difficult Run and Broad Run, and that they perform the same sometime in the month of October or November, next, and report their proceedings according to law. Ordered, That Anthony Hampton and Wm. Moore procession all the patented lands between Broad Run and the South Side of Goose Creek, as far as the fork of Little River, and that they perform the same sometime in the month of October or November, next, and report their proceedings according to law. [Illustration: Miss Ada Rhodes] October 6, 1740: Nicholas Carroll, sexton Pohick Church, 400 pounds of tobacco. Jas. Bennitt, sexton at the New Church, 400 pounds of tobacco. John Aubrey, sexton at Goose Creek, 400 pounds of tobacco. May 21, 1745: At a vestry held for Truro Parish, May 21, 1745, present Rev. Mr. Cha. Green, minister, and church wardens and vestrymen. Ordered, that a church be built at or near the spring nigh Mr. Hutchinson's on the mountain road, of the following dimensions: 40 feet long, 32 feet wide and 13 feet pitch. To be weather boarded with 3/4-inch feather-edge plank, quartered and beaded; shingled with 18-inch pine shingles; sawed frame, and frame work ceiled with quartered plank, beaded, and floored with 1-1/4-inch plank, with proper cornice under the eaves, with pulpit, desk, communion table, etc. With doors, windows & seats, after the manner of the Upper Church, and all the proper facings and mouldings; and window shutters, to be shingled with single tiers, weather boarded with eights, and filled with tens or brads; locks and hinges that are necessary for the same. Ordered, That the Clerk of the Vestry prepare deeds for Mr. Andrew Hutchinson conveying two acres of land to this Parish for house of the Church to be built thereon, and church yard. Hugh Thomas undertakes to complete the aforesaid church and to enclose it by the last day of October, next, and to finish and complete it by the last day of October, then next following, for 24, 500 pounds of tobacco, to be paid him at two payments, and the clerk of the vestry is ordered to prepare articles of agreement and bond for the performance of the same. CHA. GREEN, } JOHN WEST, } Ch. Wardens. Teste: { Wm. Henry Terrett, { Clk. Vestry. October 12, 1747: Philip Howell, sexton, Pohick, 400 pounds of tobacco. Mary Bennitt, sexton, Upper Church, 400 pounds of tobacco. Mary McDowell, sexton, Goose Creek, 400 pounds of tobacco. Wm. Grove, sexton, New Church, 172 pounds of tobacco. [Illustration: Mr. W. W. Kinsley] October 10, 1748: Bennitt, clk. , 1, 200 pounds of tobacco. Wm. Chautneys, clk. At the New Church, 1, 200 pounds of tobacco. Mary Bennitt, sexton at Upper Church, 400 pounds of tobacco. Alexander, sexton at Goose Creek, 400 pounds of tobacco. Wm. Grove, sexton at New Church, 400 pounds of tobacco. October 10, 1749: Truro Parish divided. --Upper Parish called Cameron. John Wiber Danty, clk. Upper Church, 1, 000 pounds of tobacco. Mary Bennitt, sexton, Upper Church, 460 pounds of tobacco. [Illustration: Mr. H. A. Fellows] February 19, 1749-50: Present: Rev. Mr. Cha. Green, Minister, Mr. Hugh West, Mr. Geo. Mason, Mr. Jas. Hamilton, Mr. Cha. Broadwater, Mr. Danl. McCarty, Wm. Payne, Abra. Barnes, Thos. Wren, Robt. Boggers, and John Turley; Ordered: That an addition be built to the Upper Church according to the plan produced to the Vestry; and Cha. Broadwater, gent. , undertakes to do the same and finish and complete it by the laying of the next parish levy, for the sum of 12, 000 pounds of tobacco, which is then to be levied for him. October 9, 1749: John Wiber Danty, clk. At Upper Church, 1, 000 pounds of tobacco. Mary Bennitt, sexton, ditto, 460 pounds of tobacco. Jacob Remy, for paling in the New Church, making horse blocks and tarring church, etc. , our proportionable part, 1, 950 pounds of tobacco. Ordered: That the Vestry do meet the third Monday in February next, at the Glebe house, in order to see what repairs are wanted to it and the New Church, and the Church Wardens are ordered to give notice to workmen to appear there to undertake the work and also to repair the Pohick Church and the Vestry House. October 8, 1750: John Wiber Danty, clk. Upper Church, 1, 000 pounds of tobacco. Mary Bennitt, sexton Upper Church, 460 pounds of tobacco. [Illustration: Residence of Mr. G. A. L. Merrifield] October 14, 1751: John Wiber Danty, clk. Upper Church for 7 months attendance, 581 pounds of tobacco. Mary Bennitt, sexton, Upper Church, 560 pounds of tobacco. October 2, 1752: John Wiber Danty, clk. Upper Church, 1, 000 pounds of tobacco. Mary Bennitt, sexton, Upper Church, 560 pounds of tobacco. Ordered: That the clerk of the Upper Church read prayers every intervening Sunday, and that he be allowed 1, 200 pounds of tobacco per annum for his salary. Mr. Cha. Broadwater and Mr. Abraham Barnes are appointed Church Wardens for this parish for the ensuing year. October 22, 1753: Mary Bennitt, sexton at the Upper Church, 560 pounds of tobacco. John Wiber Danty, clerk at the Upper Church, 1, 100 pounds of tobacco. November 22, 1754: Wm. Donaldson, Clk. Upper Church, 1, 000 pounds of tobacco. Mary Bennitt, sexton at the Upper Church, 560 pounds of tobacco. September 17, 1755: Ordered: That the several tracts of land that have their beginnings between Hunting Creek and the Potomac, the road that leads from Aubrey's Ferry to the Upper Church, and the road that leads from Cameron to the Upper Church, be processioned sometime in the month of December, next, and that John Dalton, Thos. Harrison, John Hunter and Nathan'l Smith attend to see the same performed, and that they take an account of their proceedings therein and return the same to the next Vestry after the same shall be performed. [Illustration: Cottage of Mr. G. A. L. Merrifield] November 27, 1755: Wm. Donaldson, Clk. At Upper Church, 1, 000 pounds of tobacco. James Palmer, sexton at Falls Church, 560 pounds of tobacco. November 29, 1756: Mr. Lumley, Clk. At Upper Church, 1, 000 pounds of tobacco. James Palmer, sexton, Upper Church, 560 pounds of tobacco. November 28, 1757: Jas. Palmer, sexton at Falls Church, 560 pounds of tobacco. November 27, 1758: Jas. Palmer, sexton at Falls Church, 560 pounds of tobacco. November 12, 1759: Thos. Lewis, Clk. At Falls Church, 1, 050 pounds of tobacco. Gerard Trammell, sexton, at Falls Church, 560 pounds of tobacco. [Illustration: Mr. Frank M. Thompson] October 25, 1762: Ordered that Geo. Washington, Esq. , be chosen and appointed one of the Vestrymen of this parish in the room of Wm. Peake, gent. , deceased. Ordered that the sexton at Falls Church be allowed 560 pounds of tobacco. October 3, 1763: At a Vestry held for Truro Parish, October 3, 1763, present: Rev. Mr. Green, minister; Wm. Payne, jun'r. , and Henry Gunnell, Ch. Wardens; Geo. Wm. Fairfax, Thos. Wren, Wm. Payne, Abra. Barnes, Cha. Broadwater, John West, and Geo. Mason, Vestrymen. [Illustration: Mr. Thomas Hillier] TRURO PARISH. DR. , Lbs. Tobacco. To Revd. Mr. Green, minister 17, 280 Sexton at Pohick Church (Eliz Parce) 560 Sexton at Falls Church (Gerard Trammell) 560 Sexton at Alexandria (John Rhoads) 500 John Barry, Clk. 3, 000 John West, Junr. Clk. Vestry 500 John West, Junr. Amt. For providing-Elem'ts etc. 1, 200 Matthew Bradley, for support of his son 1, 000 Jos. Wilson, towards support of himself and wife 500 Robt. Mills, towards his support 630 Elizabeth Palmer, for support of her idiot son, (to be laid up for her use by Church Wrdns. ) 1, 000 John Posey, for 11 parish levies overchd. Last year 242 Edwd. Bates, for his levies the two last years, (Tho' a Patroller) 48 Gerard Trammell, constable, one levy overchd. Last year 22 Philip Trammell, patroller, one levy overchd. Last year 22 Saml. Russell, towards his support until October, 1764 1, 000 Eliza. Young, for boarding Charlotte Lindsay 2 mo. 1 £. 10 s. Saml. Conner, for assistance to Saml. Russell 500 Hugh West, Deputy Atty. On acct. 913 Grafton Kirk, on acct. 600 Peter Waggner, Clk. Cur. On acct. 837 Tobacco levied towards building Falls Church, to be sold for cash by the Church Wardens for the best price they can get 30, 000 £ s d. Dr. Jas. Lawrie for Mason and Jane Evans 4 7 6 " " " " Eleanor Swallow 700 5 7 6 " " " " Sparrow 0 7 5 John Muir, on acct 3 17 4-1/2 _____________________ 61, 614 15 9 10-1/2 To Acct. Of Collection of 61, 614 lbs. Tobc. 3, 696 ______ Total 65, 310 To the fraction in collectors' hands 1, 549 ______ 66, 859 ______ Truro Parish Cr. By 1807 tithables at 37 lbs. Tobc. On acct. Poll 66, 859 ______ [Illustration: Mr. J. S. Riley] Ordered: That the Clerk of the Vestry proportion the parish levy when he shall receive the list of tithables. Ordered: That Geo. Wm. Fairfax, & Geo. Washington, Esqs. , be appointed Church Wardens for the ensuing year. Ordered: That the Vestry meet at Alexandria on the third Tuesday in March, next, in order to agree with workmen to undertake the building a church at or near the old Falls Church, and that the Church Wardens advertise the same in the Virginia and Maryland Gazettes, to be continued six weeks, and that it will be then expected of each workman to produce a plan and estimate of the expense. CHA. GREEN, } G. W. FAIRFAX. }C. W. Truly Recorded: Teste--John West, junr. , Cl. Vestry. [Illustration: Mr. O. H. Billingsley] March 28, 1763: At a Vestry of Truro Parish held at the Falls Church March 28, 1763; present: Henry Gunnell, Wm. Payne, jr. , Ch. Wardens; John West, Wm. Payne, Chas. Broadwater, Thos. Wren, Abra. Barnes, Dan'l McCarty, Robt. Boggers, and Geo. Washington; who being there met to examine into the state of the said church, greatly in decay and want of repair, and likewise whether the same shall be repaired or a new one built, and whether at the same place or removed to a more convenient one, and likewise to view the addition built by Mr. Chas. Broadwater, and what he hath been deficient in the work. Resolved: It is the opinion of this Vestry that the Old Church is rotten and unfit for repair, but that a new church be built at the same place. [Illustration: Mr. A. O. Von Herbulis] Resolved: That Jas. Wren and Owen Williams do view the work to be done by Mr. Broadwater on the new addition, that is, the price of glazing three windows, plaistering the said house, together with the materials necessary for the same, and make report to the next Vestry. Ordered: That the Clerk of the Vestry advertise in the Virginia and Maryland Gazettes for workmen to meet at the church on the 29th day of August, next, if fair, if not the next fair day, to undertake the building of a brick church to contain 1, 600 feet on the floor, with a suitable gallery & bring plan of the church and price, according to the same. Ordered: That the Church Wardens employ workmen to repair the windows of the north side & the east end of the old church & repair the shutters of the new addition. HENRY GUNNELL, WM. PAYNE. (N. B. ) This Vestry was held when I was sick and could not attend--above orders were sent as above, signed by Messrs. Gunnell and Payne, and I thought fit to record the same, tho in point of time it should have been before the last one. JOHN WEST, junr. [Illustration: Mr. Andrew M. Smith] April 26, 1765: Vestry records of this date state that Truro Parish had been divided from Col. Washington's mill to John Monroe's and thence to Difficult Run, the upper parish called Fairfax. February 3, 1766: In the record of a Vestry meeting held for Truro Parish at Wm. Gardner's the 3rd and 4th of February, 1766, is the following: It appearing from an order of the Vestry bearing date the 25th day of March, 1763, that there was a deficiency in the work which ought to have been done on the Falls Church, by Mr. Chas. Broadwater, and that persons were appointed to view the same and report and no report appearing upon the records of this parish, it is ordered that the Church Wardens do inquire into the same and report accordingly. [Geo. Washington was present at this meeting. Ed. ] [Illustration: Major Jos. T. Hiett] July 10, 1766: At a Vestry held for Truro Parish July 10, 1766, Mr. Edward Payne, one of the Church Wardens, having reported to this Vestry that he had applied to the persons formally appointed to view the work which ought to have been done on the Falls Church by Mr. Chas. Broadwater, and that they denied having any order to view the same and refused to concern themselves; Ordered: That Thos. Price do view the work done to the Falls Church and report what deficiency appears in the same, and that Mr. Edward Payne do apply to the Vestry of Fairfax Parish to appoint a workman to view the same and that the said do report as aforesaid, and that Mr. Edward Payne attend the viewing on behalf of this parish and to apply to the said Vestry to appoint one of their members to attend the same on behalf of their parish. February 23, 1767: At a Vestry held for Truro Parish at the Glebe the 23rd day of February, 1767, at which Geo. Washington was present, it was ordered: A report being made to this Vestry by Jas. Wren and Thos. Price, two workmen empowered by a formal order of this Vestry to view the work done to the Falls Church and to report what deficiency appeared in the same, etc. , by which report there appears to be a deficiency of 9 £ 14 s. 6 p. Ordered: That the Church Wardens of this parish apply to Maj. Chas. Broadwater, the undertaker of said work, for the said sum, and account with the Vestry of Fairfax Parish for their proportion of the same when it is received. Ordered: That a Vestry House be built at the New Church of the dimensions and in manner following * * (Capt. Ed. Payne agreeing with the Vestry to build said house). [Illustration: Mr. George Stambaugh] September 9, 1768: At a Vestry held for Truro Parish September 9, 1768, at which Geo. Washington was present, the following entries appear: That the Vestry being convened at the New Church in order to view and examine the work, and having done so do find the same completed and finished according to the articles of agreement between Capt. Ed. Payne, the undertaker * * * Ordered: That Col. Geo. Mason pay him the sum of 193 pounds out of the money in his hands belonging to the parish the same being the last payment due to the said Payne, for the said church. (This was probably known as Payne's Church; the church near the Fairfax C. H. ) November 28, 1768: At a Vestry held for Truro Parish November 28, 1768, at which Geo. Washington was present, it was ordered: That Geo. Washington, Esq. , pay to Alex. Henderson the sum of £. 8, being the balance of £ 9 14 s. , 6 p. , received from Maj. Chas. Broadwater for a deficiency on the Falls Church. February 24, 1784: At a Vestry held for Truro Parish at Colchester, the 22nd day of February, 1784, John Gibson, gent. , is elected for a member of this Parish in the room of his Excellency General Washington, who has signified his resignation in a letter to Dan'l McCarty, esq. [Illustration: The Old Church from a war-time Photograph] Falls Church in the Civil War. In May, 1861, the Union troops moved into Virginia and occupiedArlington Heights and Alexandria. On June 1 an engagement at FairfaxCourt House between a company of Union cavalry and Confederate troopsresulted in the loss of six Union and twenty Confederate soldiers. TheUnion forces under General McDowell occupied the town of Fairfax aboutthe middle of July, inaugurating the first Bull Run Campaign. The battleof Bull Run was fought July 21, 1861. After the first battle of Bull Run, a systematic plan for the defense ofthe National Capital began to take shape. At that time the commandingheights four miles west of Alexandria and six miles from Washington wereoccupied by the Confederates, Falls Church being the headquarters ofGeneral Longstreet. In October, 1861, the hills were again taken possession of by the Uniontroops. The system of works for the defense of Washington on the southbegan with Fort Willard below Alexandria, and terminated with Fort Smithopposite Georgetown, comprising in all twenty-nine forts and elevensupporting batteries, besides Forts Ethan Allen and Marcy at theVirginia end of Chain Bridge, with their five batteries of field guns. [Illustration: Mr. Charles A. Marshall] Falls Church was the most advanced post of General McDowell's corps, when on August 3, 1861, a correspondent of Harper's Weekly writing fromhere to that paper described the old Church as it appeared at thebeginning of the Civil war as follows: "On this page we illustrate Fall's Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, from a sketch by our special artist with General McDowell's 'corpsd'armee. ' This is the most advanced post of our army in Fairfax County, and has been the scene of several picket skirmishes. Falls Church wasbuilt in 1709, and rebuilt, as an inscription on the wall informs us, bythe late "Lord" Fairfax, whose son, the present "Lord" Fairfax, issupposed to be serving in the rebel army. The title of "Lord, " we mayobserve, is still given to the representative of the family. Theinscription on the old church reads as follows: [Illustration: Mr. John S. Garrison] 'Henry Fairfax, an accomplished gentlemen, an upright magistrate, asincere Christian, died in command of the Fairfax Volunteers atSaltillo, Mexico, 1847. But for his munificence this church might stillhave been a ruin. ' Service was held in the old church two Sundays since, Rev. Dr. Mines, Chaplain of Second Maine Regiment, officiating, and most of the troopsin the neighborhood being present. " Captain Henry Fairfax, to whose memory the tablet alluded to was placedin the old church, was a graduate of West Point. At the outbreak of theMexican War, he organized a company called the Fairfax Volunteerssailing to Mexico with the regiment of Virginia volunteers under commandof Colonel John F. Hamtramck. Upon arriving in Mexico, Captain Fairfaxfell a victim to the climate and died at Saltillo, August 16, 1847. Hisbody was brought home and buried near the church he loved so well, andit is thought that the grave which may be seen in the foreground of thewar-time picture of the church on page 62 may be his. The tablet to hismemory has long since been destroyed, and every vestige of histombstone has disappeared, but nature, not forgetting his generous giftsto the old church, has sent up a spire-shaped cedar to mark his grave. Colonel Hamtramck died April 21, 1858, at Shepardstown, Va. [Illustration: Mr. F. A. Niles] The damage to the old church, according to one of the oldest citizens ofthe town, Mr. George B. Ives, was done by a company of Union cavalry onpicket duty under command of a captain of the regular army. He permittedhis men to tear out the floor of the church and use it for a stable. Thebuilding might have been damaged beyond repair had it not been for Mr. Ives and the late Mr. John Bartlett, who reported the matter to GeneralAugur, the Military Governor of this district, by whose orders thecaptain was arrested and further desecration prevented. About three miles from Falls Church, on the Alexandria turnpike, isBailey's Cross Roads, where in November, 1861, President Lincolnreviewed the Union forces preparatory to the Peninsular Campaign. The story of the most important events occurring during those stormytimes around the old Colonial church is best told by the "OfficialRecords of the Union and Confederate Armies, " extracts from reportstherein following: [Illustration: Dr. T. C. Quick] SKIRMISH AT MUNSON'S HILL AUGUST 31, 1861. Report of Colonel Geo. W. Taylor, 3rd N. J. Infantry, dated September 2, 1861. GENERAL: The pickets of the enemy having for some time been extremelyannoying to outposts on Little River Turnpike and on the road leadingfrom thence to Chestnut Hill, I decided on making a reconnaissance inperson with a small force with the view of cutting them off. AccordinglyI marched with 40 men, volunteers from 2 companies of my regiment, onthe morning of Aug. 31, at 3 a. M. , and keeping to the woods arrivedsoon after daylight at or near the point, a little beyond, at which Idesired to strike the road and cut them off. [Illustration: Miss Ellen W. Green] Here we were obliged to cross a fence and a narrow corn field where theenemy, who had doubtless dogged our approach through the woods, lay inconsiderable force. While in the corn we were suddenly opened upon by a rapid and sharp firewhich our men, whenever they got sight of the enemy, returned with muchspirit. Scarce two minutes elapsed when I found 3 men close to me hadbeen shot down. The enemy being mostly hid, I deemed it prudent to ordermy men to fall back to the woods, distant about 30 yards, which I did. At the same time I ordered enough to remain with me to carry off thewounded, but they did not hear or heed my order except two. With thesewe got all off, as I supposed, the corn being thick, but Corporal Hand, Co. 1, who, when I turned him over, appeared to be dying. I took hismusket, also the musket of one of the wounded and returned to the woodsto rally the men. I regret to say that none of them could be found, nordid I meet them until I reached the blacksmith shop, three-quarters of amile distant. Here I found Capt. Regur, Company I, with his command. Re-enforcing himwith 25 men of the picket, then in charge of Capt. Vickers, 3rd regimentN. J. Volunteers, with the latter he immediately marched back to bringin Corporal Hand, and any others still missing. He reports that onreaching the ground, he found the enemy in increased force, and did notre-enter the corn field, in which I think he was justified. I shouldhave stated that quite a number of the enemy were in full view in theroad when we jumped the fence and charged them, and that each man in thecharge, Capt. Regur leading by my side, seemed eager to be foremost; nordid one to my knowledge flinch from the contest until my order to fallback to the woods, which fortunately they misconstrued into a continuousretreat to our pickets. The enemy seemed to have retreated very soonafter, as the firing had ceased before I left. [Illustration: Mr. Jno. D. Payne] The 3 wounded men are doing well except one. As near as I can ascertainthere were 3 of the enemy shot down. The whole affair did not last 10 minutes. The officers with me were Capt. Regur, Co. I, 1st Lieut. Taylor and 2dLieut. Spencer, both of the same company. All of which I have the honor, respectfully to report. GEO. W. TAYLOR, Colonel, 3rd Regiment N. J. Volunteers BRIG. GEN. P. KEARNY, Commanding Brigade. [Illustration: The Rectory--Rev. George S. Somerville] Sept. 12, 1861: Longstreet states that Colonel Stuart has been at MunsonHill since its occupation by the Confederate troops; that he had driventhe enemy from Mason's, Munson's and Upton's Hills. Sept. 25, 1861: Reconnaissance at Lewinsville and skirmish near thatplace with Stuart's cavalry. Union force 5, 100 infantry, 16 pieces ofartillery and 150 cavalry, under Brig. Gen. Wm. F. Smith, commanding atChain Bridge. Sept. 25, 1861: Report of General J. E. Johnston, Headquarters Army ofPotomac to Secretary of War, Richmond, states that an advance guard of11 regiments of infantry and Colonel Stuart's calvary is stationed atFalls Church, Munson's and Mason's Hills, at Padgett's and atSpringfield Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in a strongdefensive position. [Illustration: Dr. L. E. Gott] Sept. 28, 1861: Affair at Munson's Hill, near Vanderburg's House. Unionforce attacked at night on march to Poolesville. Lieut. Col. Isaac J. Wistar, Commanding California Regiment, reported 4 killed and 14wounded. Nov. 16, 1861: In General Orders No. 45, Headquarters Army of Potomac, Major General McClellan gave Fort on Upton's Hill name of Fort Ramsay. Nov. 18, 1861: Skirmish on road from Falls Church to Fairfax CourtHouse, about a mile south of Falls Church, between a detachment of 1stVa. Cavalry under Lieut. Col. Fitz Lee, and 14th N. Y. S. M. , under Lt. Col. E. B. Fowler. Union loss 2 killed, 1 wounded, 10 missing. Confederate loss, Private Tucker killed and John C. Chichester, Lee'sguide, mortally wounded; 2 slightly wounded. Col. Lee's horse killedunder him during action. Sept. 2, 1862: Skirmish near Falls Church. F. J. Porter, Major GeneralCommanding, Headquarters Army Corps, Hall's Hill, in his report toGeneral Marcy states that a battery supported by cavalry suddenlyappeared on Barnett's Hill and opened fire upon Pleasanton at FallsChurch, while dismounted cavalry fired upon and killed 3 of his mountedpickets, who, armed only with sabers and pistols, could not contend withthe enemy protected by timber. Pleasanton replied with his battery butthe shots fell very short. The enemy supposed to have come fromdirection of Hunter's Mill returned toward Vienna. He states that thecountry beyond his picket lines affords every facility for such attacks, and that the commanding general must expect them to be frequent so longas the enemy continues in large force in his front and wishes to divertattention from other movements, that from the opposite hills his campand movements are open to view of the enemy. [Illustration: Mr. R. J. Yates] Sept. 4, 1862: Brig. Gen'l A. Pleasanton from his camp near Fort Albany, Va. , in his report to Brig. Gen. R. B. Marcy, chief of staff, written at5 a. M. , states that he is about to be off with the sixth cavalry andtwo other companies for Falls Church where he expects to make hisheadquarters and from whence he will scout as directed. He suggeststhat the telegraph be extended to Falls Church and asks that suppliesfor his command be forwarded by railroad to a point opposite FallsChurch. [Illustration: Mr. S. A. Copper] At 8:30 a. M. , his message states that from reports received by him, theimpression is that the enemy is going to cross the Potomac at Walker'sLanding. At 12: 45 p. M. , he reports from Falls Church that the enemy's advancedpickets, on the Leesburg and Georgetown turnpike are three-fourths of amile this side of Difficult Creek, and that a regiment of Mississippicavalry, the Jeff Davis Legion, is at the bridge over the creek. At 1:30 p. M. , from Falls Church his dispatch to the chief of staffstates that the squadron on the Vienna road reports the enemy to beapproaching from that direction in some force; that one of his men hadbeen badly wounded in a skirmish. Gives it as his opinion that the enemyis only making a show of force to conceal his movements on the upperPotomac. Sept. 4, 1862: Major General F. J. Porter from Headquarters Fifth ArmyCorps at Hall's Hill, sends a message at 4:30 p. M. , to Major Gen'lMcClellan stating that Gen'l Morell from Minor's Hill reports that theenemy has begun an attack on the Union pickets, with artillery, infantryand cavalry. [Illustration: Mrs. J. L. Auchmoody] Sept. 4, 1862: At 6:45 p. M. , from Upton's Hill, Brig. Gen'l J. D. Cox, commanding division, makes the following report to A. V. Colburn, Ass'tAdjutant General: "The firing upon General Pleasanton's command was from, possibly, threepieces of light artillery. The small-arm fighting was confined to thehead of the enemy's column, deployed as skirmishers, with somedismounted men or infantry, it is not certain which. The pickets ofPleasanton's command, Eight Illinois and Eight Pennsylvania Cavalry, skirmished with them. We lost 2 men shot. The force of the enemy did notcome beyond the edge of the woods, one and a half or 2 miles above FallsChurch, and no large numbers were actually seen. The reports sent byGeneral Pleasanton were necessarily those brought in by his men. Aregiment of cavalry, with two light pieces, rapidly handled, wouldaccount for all the demonstration I could see with my glass, but theremay have been more. General Pleasanton's cavalry being ordered away, weshall not have cavalry to scout the country till General Buford arrives. Scouts report all quiet toward Fairfax and Little River pike. " [Illustration: Mr. Samuel Luttrell] Aug. 16, 1863: Skirmish at Falls Church; no circumstantial reports onfile. June 23-24, 1864: Skirmishes near Falls Church and Centreville, Va. Extract from report of Col. Charles R. Lowell, Jr. , 2nd Mass. Cavalry, commanding cavalry brigade. Headquarters cavalry brigade near FallsChurch, Va. , June 24, 1864. A patrol from the camp of 16th N. Y. Cavalry consisting of 4 men wasfired upon last evening between the pike and the railroad by a party ofabout 10 men and 2 of the patrol captured; the other two brought word toAnnandale, and Col. Lazelle sent out a party of 40 men under Lieut. Tuck, 16th N. Y. Cavalry in search of attacking party. Party halted oneand a half miles beyond Centreville to feed. Party of about 60 of thethe enemy dashed in upon them. Men demoralized and panic strickenscattered in all directions. Lieut. Tuck only one as yet, 6 p. M. , whohas reached camp; remainder either wounded, prisoners, or straggling. After Tuck had been sent out a citizen reported to Col. Lazelle that hehad been stopped by Mosby last evening near Centreville and detainedunder guard till morning, and that he had seen small parties numberingabout 100 men. Col. Lazelle, upon receiving this information, sent out150 men to support Tuck under Major Nicholson. This party started at 8a. M. At 2 p. M. , Tuck returned, reporting attack as above at 11 a. M. He was started by Col. Lazelle with a party of 15 men to overtake partyof 150 and put them on trail. Major Forbes with 100 men and ambulanceshas been sent out this evening to place of surprise to pick upstragglers and any wounded, and support Major Nicholson if Mosby's forceis reported more than 60 men. [Illustration: Mrs. C. Larner] June 25, 1864, 11 a. M. : Major Forbes just returned from Centreville anda clearer account of affairs can be given. Mosby with 200 men came downThursday evening to near Union Mills and an iron gun drawn by 6 horses. Squad of Kincheloe's men took 2 of Col. Lazelle's patrol. Mosby returnedto Union Mills Friday morning and marched his column back throughCentreville about 10:30 a. M. Tuck's men feeding horses on newly cuthay, men in cherry trees, some asleep, one picket sitting on fence. Mosby learned of Tuck and sent part of his men rapidly on. Shot man onpost, causing panic among the rest. [Illustration: Mr. W. H. Barksdale] July 18-21, 1864: Scout from Falls Church, Va. Col. Henry M. Lazelle, 16th N. Y. Cavalry commanding brigade, writing under date of July 21, 1864, from headquarters cavalry brigade near Falls Church, Va. , toLieut. Col. J. H. Taylor, Assistant Adjutant General and chief of staff, reports return to camp of a portion of a party of 10 men sent undercharge of 2d Lieut. Gray, 13th N. Y. Cavalry on Monday evening last. About 4 o'clock a. M. To-day, while between Sangsters and FairfaxStation was ambuscaded by a party of from 50 to 60; loss 5 men takenprisoners and 7 horses. [Illustration: Mr. Wm. B. Wright] Churches and Societies. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. One of the most attractive church edifices inthe village of Falls Church is the Presbyterian Church, a picture ofwhich is shown on page 5. It was built in 1884, being formally dedicated in October of that year. The building now used by the Sunday School of the church, which wasbuilt before the civil war by Dr. Simon J. Groot, as a hall forreligious and secular public meetings, was purchased and formallydedicated as a church November 20, 1866. Since that date the pastors have been Rev. H. P. Dechert, who resignedin 1870, Rev. David H. Riddle, Rev. D. L. Rathbun and Rev. R. A. Davison, D. D. The Rev. Mr. Riddle's pastorate extended over a period of seventeenyears, and it was during his term that the present handsome stone churchwas built. The Rev. Mr. Rathbun was pastor from 1890 to 1900. [Illustration: Mr. J. W. Seay] The church has a large membership and the congregation continues toincrease. The Sunday School connected with the church, of which Mr. E. C. Hough isSuperintendent, is one of the largest in the village. DULIN CHAPEL M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. After the close of the war of 1861-65the Methodists of Falls Church found themselves without a house ofworship, the church in which they had formerly worshipped having beendestroyed by soldiers of the Union Army while encamped close by. For atime they held services in the "Old Falls Church, " the present EpiscopalChurch of the town until some of the leading members, desirous of havinga house of worship of their own, took steps towards the erection of thepresent building near the site of their old church, among them being thelate H. W. Febrey, John E. Febrey, B. F. Shreve, Jos. E. Birch and Wm. Dulin. Mr. Wm. Dulin gave the site and soon there was erected thereon a churchwhich was dedicated in the spring of 1869. The parsonage was built a fewyears later. The church as first built was remodeled in 1893. Thechurch officers are as follows: W. H. Torreyson, W. H. Shreve, R. W. Birch, W. S. Tucker, W. M. Ellison, Trustees; W. H. Shreve, F. L. Birch, J. H. Brunner, E. J. Febrey, W. M. Ellison, Stewards. [Illustration: Mr. J. H. Wells] COLUMBIA BAPTIST CHURCH. Columbia Baptist Church was organized in 1857by Rev. Hiram Reed, and up to the beginning of the civil war had about300 enrolled on the church books as active members. Services were discontinued during the war and the church used as ahospital by the Union troops. Later it was used as a public school for anumber of years prior to 1870. In that year the State Mission Board sentthe Rev. W. S. O. Thomas to reopen the church as a place of worship. Rev. Mr. Thomas was succeeded by Rev. Hugh McCormick, now in Porto Rico. The Mission Board assisted the church liberally in a financial way up tothe time Rev. Mr. McCormick assumed charge, since which time thecongregation has been self-supporting. The following pastors have occupied the pulpit for various terms sincethe church was first organized: Rev. Hiram Reed, Rev. Hugh McCormick, Rev. George E. Truitt, Rev. G. W. T. Noland, Rev. J. B. Clayton, Rev. J. T. Barbor, Rev. J. W. Kincheloe and Rev. A. W. Graves. [Illustration: Mr. M. H. Brinkerhoff] The church at this time has a membership of 103 and is in a moreprosperous condition than at any time since the war. The officers of the church are: Deacons: E. J. Galpin, Thomas Hillier, Frank Williams. Clerk, Thomas Hillier; Treasurer, Mrs. Geo. W. Hawxhurst; Trustees, E. J. Galpin, Geo. F. McInturff, Elijah Berry. The Sunday School has about forty scholars on the rolls, the officers ofwhich are: Mr. R. S. Ilsley, Superintendent, Mr. Van Quick, AssistantSuperintendent, Miss Emma Seaman, Organist. THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. The First Congregational Church ofFalls Church, Va. , was organized and duly recognized by Council May 30, 1876, the Congregational Society having first been organized in October, 1875. Services were held in the Baptist Church up to 1879 when the presentattractive church building was erected. It is of Gothic design, withmain audience room seating 300, and a Sunday School room in the rear. Afine toned bell was purchased in 1881. [Illustration: Mrs. A. V. Piggott] At its organization 25 members united in forming the church. At thattime it was thought by some that another church in such a small townwould result in dissension among the Christian people. Such was not theintention of this church. At its first annual meeting a resolution wasunanimously adopted expressing "good wishes toward every church ofChrist in this place, and its readiness and desire to co-operate withthem in every good work. " The other churches responded in a Christianspirit, and the pastors and churches of this town have always cordiallyworked together in the cause of the Master. The first minister engaged by the Society was Rev. J. W. Chickering, Jr. The first regular pastor of the church was Rev. L. B. Platt, whosupplied the pulpit from November, 1877 to July, 1880, followed by Rev. A. L. Park, November, 1881 to December, 1882. Rev. Wm. W. Jordan, May, 1883 to October, 1885. Rev. F. W. Tuckerman, September, 1886 to May, 1890. Rev. R. E. Eels, acting pastor, February, 1891 to December, 1891. Rev. J. H. Jenkins, January, 1893 to July, 1897. Rev. ArseneSchmavonian, May, 1899 to May, 1901. Rev. Franklin Noble, the presentminister was called to the church December, 1901. [Illustration: Mr. G. B. Ives] The following are the officers of the church: Trustees, Geo. F. Rollins, M. H. Brinkerhoff, Geo. W. Poole; Treasurer, Dr. J. B. Gould; Clerk, Frank H. Eastman; Superintendent Sunday School, Miss Gertrude Nourse. Deacons: Geo. F. Rollins, G. A. L. Merrifield and Albert P. Eastman. Deaconesses: Mrs. Albert P. Eastman and Mrs. Helen C. Raymond. ST. JAMES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. St. James Roman Catholic Church, FallsChurch, of which Rev. Father Tierney is Pastor, was built in 1902 and isone of the finest specimens of Gothic architecture in Northern Virginia. It is built of Virginia sand stone taken from a quarry near the village. The old church, a wooden structure built about 26 years ago, had becometoo small for the growing congregation, and through the munificence ofMrs. Thomas Ryan of New York City, the present handsome and imposingedifice was erected at a more convenient point. [Illustration: Mr. Nathan Lynch] Father Tierney has been in charge of this parish for about ten years andunder his ministration the church has grown in numbers and influence, the membership at present being about 325. The church and parsonage was designed and built under the supervision ofMr. A. O. Von Herbulis, an architect of wide reputation and a residentof this village. THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Methodist Episcopal Church, situatedon Washington Street, was built in 1875 chiefly through the aid of thelate Isaac Crossman. He donated the site for the building and latercontributed liberally to its support. Rev. D. C. Hedrick is the present pastor, to whom the congregation hasbecome much attached during the brief time he has been stationed here. The following are the officers of the church: Trustees, J. M. Thorne, M. E. Church, W. Y. Swiggett, S. S. Luttrell, W. W. Biggs, V. E. Kerr, Henry Crocker, and Geo. G. Crossman; Stewards, M. E. Church, J. M. Thorne and W. Y. Swiggett. [Illustration: Mrs. Mary G. Sims] CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETY. Meets every Sunday at 6:15 p. M. , at thePresbyterian Chapel. Officers: A. M. Smith, President; Miss Raydelle B. Shaw, Vice President; Jesse Varcoe, Secretary; Miss Emma Seaman, Corresponding Secretary; Milton Thorne, Treasurer. EPWORTH LEAGUE OF THE M. E. CHURCH. President, W. W. Biggs; VicePresidents, Miss Ida N. Ball, Mrs. V. E. Kerr; Mrs. M. H. Luttrell, Dr. S. S. Luttrell, Miss Pearl Luttrell; Secretary, Walter S. Kerr;Treasurer, Mrs. J. M. Thorne; Organist, Miss Pearl Luttrell. JEFFERSON INSTITUTE. Enrollment session 1904-5 147. Principal, Prof. E. C. Sine; Teachers, Miss Fannie Weadon, Miss Ruth Dyer, Miss Ida N. Ball. OAKWOOD CEMETERY. Oakwood Cemetery is beautifully situated in theEastern part of the town on the site of the old Methodist Church. Itcontains about 5 acres enclosed with a neatly trimmed evergreen hedge. The officers of the cemetery association are Wm. N. Febrey, President;E. J. Northrup, Secretary; G. A. L. Merrifield, Treasurer; M. E. Church, Superintendent. [Illustration: Mr. A. E. Rowell] KEMPER LODGE NO. 64, A. F. & A. M. Chartered December 3, 1896. Meetssecond and fourth Fridays in each month. Membership about 60. Officers:W. A. Ball, W. M. ; A. H. Barbor, S. W. ; J. R. Hagan, J. W. Past Masters:John H. Fisher, M. E. Church, G. T. Mankin, Dr. Geo. B. Fadeley, Dr. T. C. Quick, Geo. M. Newell. THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS. Pioneer Lodge No. 1 of GoodTemplars was organized on April 27, 1887. This lodge meets every Tuesdaynight at Odd Fellows Hall. The lodge has a membership of eighty-five ingood standing. The object of the order is prohibition of the liquortraffic by the will of the people, and no saloons have been allowed herefor over thirty years, largely attributable to Pioneer Lodge which keepspublic sentiment alive on the subject. The present officers of the lodgeare: Henry Hawxhurst, Chief Templar; Jesse Varcoe, Past Chief Templar;Miss Laura Summers, Secretary; George W. Hawxhurst, Financial Secretary;Mrs. J. H. Garretson, Treasurer; J. H. Marr, Marshal; Miss Raydelle B. Shaw, Chaplain; Miss Catharine Foley, Vice Templar; G. C. Kesterson, Guard; Walter Kerr, Sentinel; Mrs. M. M. Erwin, Organist; J. H. Garretson, Lodge Deputy; Geo. W. Hawxhurst, Superintendent of Juveniles. Falls Church is also headquarters of the Grand Lodge of the State. Since1887 the office of Grand Secretary has been located here, Mr. George W. Hawxhurst, who has filled the office for the past thirty-two years, being a resident of the town. [Illustration: Dr. S. S. Luttrell] VIRGINIA STATE AUDUBON SOCIETY. The Virginia State Audubon Society wasorganized at Falls Church, September 29, 1903. The objects of thesociety are to protect our native birds, to discourage the buying andwearing for ornamental purposes of the feathers of all birds other thanthe ostrich and domesticated fowls, and to promote a popular interest inbird study. The present officers are: President, John B. Henderson; 1stVice President, Wm. C. Pennywitt; 2nd Vice President, Nathan Banks, andSecretary-Treasurer, E. C. Hough. Regular members pay $1. 00 a year asdues. Children under 16 pay no dues but sign pledge cards agreeing notto harm birds or their eggs. The society has had printed for freedistribution a digest of the recent game law. [Illustration: Oakwood Cemetery] INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. Falls Church Lodge No. 11, I. O. O. F. , was organized October 24, 1890, and has a membership ofseventy-four. The lodge owns its hall, a large brick structure, locatednear the corner of Broad and Little Falls streets, in the center of thetown. The building which was erected in 1891 contains a handsome lodgeroom on the second floor and a spacious public room on the first floor. The order makes a specialty of giving attention to its members duringsickness and pays funeral expenses on death. The lodge numbers among itsmembers some of the most influential citizens of the town. Its presentofficers are as follows: John D. Payne, N. G. ; T. O. Marr, V. G. ; J. H. Garretson, Sec'y; J. H. Brunner, F. S. ; George W. Hawxhurst, Treasurer;Rev. W. H. Wolffe, Chaplain; Dr. Geo. B. Fadeley, R. S. To N. G. ; ThomasHillier, L. S. To N. G. ; Geo. A. Brunner, S. P. G. ; W. H. Nowlan, R. S. To V. G. ; C. F. Newman, L. S. To V. G. ; Ray Marcey, O. G. ; WalterMarcey, I. G. ; W. Maben, Warden; Webster Donaldson, R. S. S. ; ChaunceySeay, L. S. S. ; T. S. Luckett, Conductor. R. E. LEE CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY. This chapter wasorganized in June, 1898. Its object is to assist needy widows andorphans of Confederate soldiers. The chapter has 43 members, theofficers for the present term being as follows: President, Mrs. G. J. Head; Vice President, Mrs. George G. Bolling; Secretary, Mrs. A. H. Barbor; Treasurer, Miss Nellie Green; Historian, Mrs. Jonas Unverzagt;Registrar, Miss Georgia Head. [Illustration: Mr. H. N. Ryer] FALLS CHURCH LIBRARY. The Falls Church Library, organized 1899, isconducted by the Library Association under the supervision of a Board ofControl. The library building is located on Columbia street nearWashington street. Officers: Pickering Dodge, President; Wm. A. Ball, Secretary; Librarian, Geo. W. Hawxhurst. PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS OF AMERICA. Washington Camp No. 1, organized in1902. Officers: C. C. Walters, Past President; H. H. Moreland, President; Lester Brunner, Vice President; G. W. Moreland, M. Of F. ; M. M. Erwin, R. S. ; E. L. Payne, F. S. ; B. F. Elliott, Conductor; UptonGalisher, Inspector; W. H. Erwin, Guard; J. H. Brunner, Chaplain;Trustees, A. H. Barbor, C. C. Walters and J. H. Brunner. [Illustration: Dr. M. E. Church. ] Mr. M. E. Church is a native of the State of Vermont, but has been aresident of Virginia for nearly twenty-five years, and of Falls Churchfor the past eighteen years, during which period he has been closelyidentified with every public movement. He it was who first establishedtelephonic communication between Falls Church and Washington City oversixteen years ago, and from a small beginning has built up an extensivetelephone system extending over Fairfax and Alexandria Counties andreaching to Bluemont in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The company operatingthis system is incorporated under the name of the Falls Church Telephoneand Telegraph Company, and Mr. Church is the chief stock-holder, President and General Manager. Exchanges are operated at Falls Churchand Rosslyn. Mr. Church has brought to his adopted home a large share of the energyand sterling business qualities for which his native state is noted. This has been manifest from the moment he set foot on the soil of hisadopted state. He first engaged in the drug business in Falls Churchwhich he successfully conducted for over twelve years, during whichperiod he trained several young men who have since been conducting asuccessful business of their own. The esteem in which he was held by hisfellow-pharmacists in the state was evidenced by his unanimous electionto the office of President of the State Pharmaceutical Association, aposition which he filled with great credit, as well as many otherpositions of trust and responsibility. He still remains an active andesteemed member of that Association. [Illustration: Miss B. C. Merrifield] About fifteen years ago he entered into the real estate, loan andinsurance business, and notwithstanding his lack of previous training orexperience, has been eminently successful along that line, and to himmore than any other one man, is due the growth and development of ourbeautiful little village, as he has been untiring in his efforts tolocate here in homes of their own a desirable class of moral andintellectual citizens. One of his first ventures along this line wasthe organization of the Falls Church Improvement Company, of which hewas general manager and a large stock-holder. His associates in thiscompany were: Hon. Schyler Duryee, then Chief Clerk of the U. S. PatentOffice; Judge A. A. Freeman, now of New Mexico, and others. This companysuccessfully developed the "Sherwood Sub-Division, " one of the firstsub-divisions put on the market in Fairfax County. [Illustration: Mr. R. C. L. Moncure] In the loan business Mr. Church has been particularly successful, by hisconservative investments and faithful fidelity to the interests of hisclients, both investors and borrowers have learned to place implicitconfidence in his judgment and integrity and as a result, he has beenable to bring together those who wish to borrow money with which to buyor build a home, and those who wish to invest funds, thereby enablingthe worthy home-seeker to own his own home, making of him not only aprominent but more interested and desirable citizen. While not an Attorney at Law Mr. Church's experience and familiaritywith the real estate law, titles and values of land in Fairfax andAlexandria Counties have made his services and opinions much soughtafter as an expert in such matters, both by the courts and privateparties. Persons seeking homes or investments in the suburbs ofWashington will do well to consult him, as his judgment can be reliedupon in real estate matters, and his integrity is unquestioned. [Illustration: Mr. Geo. M. Newell] In the development of Falls Church Mr. Church has been indefatigable, and has been personally identified with every progressive movement. Inaddition to his drug-store, real estate and telephone business, he hasbeen largely interested in procuring better transportation facilities inthe way of electric railroads; he has built many houses in the town andorganized several companies for the purpose of developing the trade andindustries of this section. He is at present engaged in organizing anelectric light company for the purpose of furnishing light and power toFalls Church and the country intervening between that and Washington; hehas great faith in the future of the town and is not afraid to investhis money in home enterprises. * * * * * "EVERYTHING IN THE MUSIC LINE" [Illustration: The LEADING Piano, Organ & Music House In the National Capital is Sanders & Stayman Co. 1327 F Street N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. ] Baltimore Store, Academy of Music Building PERCY S. FOSTER, Manager Washington Warerooms * * * * * "Wonder What Mertz Will Say To-Day?" Store closes at 6 p. M. Daily: 9 p. M. Saturdays Satisfaction! [Illustration] That's the foundation of the success of Mertz-tailorings. Every suitmade in the "Mertz-way" is guaranteed to satisfy. This special offersyou a chance to prove that. 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Is composed of about forty people working together for mutual interest and doing a general Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Business Our general business is buying and selling all kinds of real property on commission, but we make a specialty of trading country and suburban property for city property and exchanging improved property for unimproved property. { _Bargains for Buyers_, We Find { _Trades for Traders_, { _Investments for Investors_. Homes in the City, Farms in the Country, Investments Everywhere. Don't Buy or Sell without Seeing us First. R. T. CHATTERTON, Manager. * * * * * [Illustration: Mr. Henry R. Thompson] Established 1873. M. Goldsmith & Son, . . JEWELERS . . Our Xmas Stock is Complete and we invite inspection. Thousands of Suggestions are Here and Gift Buying is Made Easy. Goods laid aside for future delivery. Select now while Stock is Complete. 911 Pennsylvania Ave. :: Washington, D. C. Country Real Estate Houses--Lots--Farms E. W. PIERCE, Vienna, Fairfax County, Va. Fifteen miles from Washington Steam and Electric Roads * * * * * [Illustration: Columbia Baptist Church] * * * * * John N. Gibson DEALER IN Oak, Chestnut and Pine Lumber Plastering, Laths, Pine and Chestnut Shingles, and Framing Lumber a Specialty . . . . . . . . East Falls Church, Va. * * * * * [Illustration: Dulin Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (South)] * * * * * LOAN NEGOTIATED AND ABSTRACTS OF TITLE FURNISHED FARMS, TOWN LOTS AND HOMES FOR SALE Wm. M. Ellison ATTORNEY AT LAW AND REAL ESTATE AGENT PRACTICING IN ALL THE COURTS IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE U. S. COURT OF CLAIMS OFFICES WEST FALLS CHURCH, VA. AND 402 6TH ST. N. W. , WASHINGTON, D. C. * * * * * [Illustration: Mrs. M. E. DePutron] * * * * * Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway (U. S. MAIL ROUTE) Only Line to Fort Myer, Va. , and Short Route to Ballston, Falls Church, Dunnloring, Vienna, Oakton and Fairfax Court House, Va. , and Arlington National Cemetery The Bivouac of the Nation's Dead, on the banks of the beautiful Potomac Take Pennsylvania Avenue or F Street cars to Aqueduct Bridge For detailed information in regard to movement of trains or freight and passenger rates apply to the officers of the company. F. B. HUBBELL, Vice-President and Manager T. GARRETT, Passenger Agent * * * * * [Illustration: Mr. G. W. Cassilear] * * * * * Manager Falls Church Improvement Company Notary Public for Fairfax and Alexandria Counties M. E. CHURCH REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE Washington Telephone Connections FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA * * * * * [Illustration: St. James Roman Catholic Church] * * * * * THOMAS HILLIER CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER FAITHFUL CONSTRUCTION HONEST MATERIAL ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED West Falls Church, Va. P. O. West End Va. Houses shown on pages 20, 35, 55, 58, 69 and 93 were built by Mr. Hillier, besides many others in Falls Church and vicinity, including St. James Catholic Church and parsonage at Falls Church and the Catholic Church and parsonage at Fortress Monroe, Va. * * * * * [Illustration: The Methodist Episcopal Church] * * * * * JOHN D. PAYNE LICENSED AUCTIONEER Will Conduct Sales of Both Real and Personal Property on Short Notice Terms: REASONABLE Telephone in Residence FALLS CHURCH, VA. * * * * * [Illustration: Mr. V. E. Kerr] * * * * * Falls Church Telephone & Telegraph Co. OPERATING UNDER LICENSE OF THE Southern Bell Telephone Company EXCHANGES AT FALLS CHURCH AND ROSSLYN, VA. ALL LONG DISTANCE CONNECTIONS M. E. CHURCH, PRESIDENT F. E. PARKER, SUPERINTENDENT * * * * * [Illustration: Mr. Herbert G. Hopkins] * * * * * CAPITAL $25, 000 SURPLUS AND PROFITS OVER $6, 000 THE National Bank of Fairfax FAIRFAX, VA. BEGAN BUSINESS AUGUST 25, 1902 R. WALTON MOORE, PRESIDENT DR. M. BROOKS, VICE-PRESIDENT JAMES W. BALLARD, CASHIER DIRECTORS R. WALTON MOORE JOS. E. WILLARD F. M. BROOKS M. E. CHURCH E. R. SWETNAM M. D. HALL S. R. DONOHOE C. VERNON FORD T. B. PUTNAM Deposits solicited. Negotiable paper discounted. We have unsurpassed facilities for making collections. Collections made free of charge to depositors. Every accommodation consistent with prudent business methods will be extended to our patrons. Small deposits receive the same attention as large ones. Prompt attention given to all business. Loans negotiated. * * * * * [Illustration: Dr. N. F. Graham] * * * * * A BRANCH HERE French Steam Laundry We doubt if there is a better laundry in the country than the French Steam Laundry. By best, we mean the quality of work done and the care exercised to guard the interest of patrons. We have become one of their authorized agents, and before accepting the agency, satisfied ourselves as to the superior excellence of this laundry's service. F. P. WELLER, Druggist 3534 M Street Northwest "Right by the Aqueduct" * * * * * [Illustration: Capt. M. S. Roberts] * * * * * CHAS. L. BLANTON'S BLACK MINORCAS BARRED ROCKS . . . _FALLS CHURCH, VA. _ There is nothing that costs so little and gives such returns as poultry. For the past ten years I have been breeding Barred Plymouth Rocks and Black Minorcas and have produced many high scoring exhibition birds that have carried off honors in some of the largest shows in the United States in very strong competition. LIST OF WINNINGS At Upper Marlboro, Md. , September, 1898, 1st pen, 1st cockerel, and 1st pullet, Black Minorcas; 2d pen, 2d cockerel, and 1st pullet, Barred Plymouth Rocks. At Hamilton, Va. , November, 1898, 1st, 2d, and 3d pullets, 1st cockerel, and 1st and 2d pens, Black Minorcas. At Washington, D. C. , January, 1899, 1st and 2d hens, 2d and 4th pullets, and 3d and 4th pens, Black Minorcas; 5th pen, Barred Plymouth Rocks. Also special for Black Minorca hen. At Rockville, Md. , September, 1899, 1st pen, 1st cock, and 1st and 2d hens, Black Minorcas; 2d pen, Barred Plymouth Rocks. At Hagerstown, Md. , October, 1899, on three entries, 1st hen, 1st pullet, and 4th cockerel, Black Minorcas. At Hamilton, Va. , November, 1899, 2d pen, 1st cock, 1st, 2d, and 3d cockerels (13 in class), 2d, 3d, and 4th hens, and 2d, 3d, and 4th pullets, Black Minorcas. Also special on Black Minorca cock, and silver trophy cup for the best display of Black Minorcas. At Laurel, Md. , January, 1900, on Black Minorcas, 1st pen, 2d cock, 1st hen, 1st and 3d cockerels, 1st and 2d pullets. Special on display. 1st on Barred Rock cockerel, (19 in class). At Hamilton, Va. , October, 1900, on Black Minorcas, won 1st and 3d cocks, 3d and 4th hens, 1st and 4th cockerels, 1st and 4th pullets, 2d and 4th pens. Three out of four specials; tied for best display, and received a silver cup for highest-scoring display. At the great Philadelphia Poultry Show, held at Philadelphia, Pa. , December, 1900, won, on Black Minorcas, 1st pen, 2d cock, 5th hen, 2d and 4th cockerels, 2d and 4th pullets. Special on pen. Special on best display. At Philadelphia, Pa. , January, 1901, in the largest and best class of Minorcas ever brought together in America up to that time, I won seven regular prizes and thirteen specials. At this show I had three of the largest cockerels ever shown at one time by a single exhibitor, their combined weight being 29 pounds. In a class of sixty-four females I won first on the best shaped bird. Also, won nearest to ideal comb on a cockbird in a class of nineteen. Eggs in season at $3 per sitting, two sittings, $5. Birds a matter ofcorrespondence. Address all communications to CHARLES L. BLANTON, East Falls Church, Va. * * * * * [Illustration: The Misses Birch] * * * * * . . . FALLS CHURCH BAKERY . . . HOME-MADE BREAD, PIES AND CAKES Geo. L. Erwin PHONE NO. 1 Falls Church, Va. SALESROOM IN POST OFFICE BUILDING Bread and orders delivered daily without extra cost, at all residences in Falls Church, Vienna, Dunnloring, Lewinsville, Langley, Ballston, Bailey's X Roads, Halls Hill and Merrifield. * * * * * [Illustration: Rev. H. A. Beach] * * * * * [Illustration: Congregational Church] * * * * * [Illustration: Mr. E. J. Northrup] * * * * * Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway Company Electric Railway Line--Passenger, Mail, Freight and Parcel Express, between Fairfax C. H. , Dunnloring, Vienna, Oakton, Falls Church, Glen Carlyn, Balston, Clarendon, Alexandria C. H. And Washington City, also Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Columbia and Nauck. : : : FREQUENT SERVICE LOW RATES Waiting Room and Ticket Office 3528 M St. N. W. , Washington, D. C. For further information apply to any agent of Company F. B. Hubbell, V-Prest. And Manager T. Garrett, Pass. Agent