Cornwell Farm

Cornwell Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Cornwell Farm, November 2012
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Location	Southeast of Great Falls, 9414 Georgetown Pike, near Great Falls, Virginia
Coordinates	38°59′29″N77°16′18″W / 38.99139°N 77.27167°W / 38.99139; -77.27167
Area	8.6 acres (3.5 ha)
Built	1831 (1831)
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	77001488 [1]
VLR No.	029-0009
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1977
Designated VLR	September 21, 1976 [2]

Cornwell Farm is a historic home located in Great Falls, Fairfax County, Virginia. It was built in 1831, and is a two-story, five-bay brick dwelling with a hipped roof in the Georgian style. It has a 1+1⁄2-story addition connected by a gambrel roofed hyphen built in 1936–1937. ^[3]

The house was constructed by John Jackson for his daughter, Julia Jackson Davis, when the farm was called Mine Ridge. After a period when it was named Fairview, it was eventually known as Cornwell Farm after owner B.F. Cornwell. Following a period of abandonment, it was restored by Robert Thompson Pell from 1936, who expanded the house. Additions were designed by architect Theodore W. Dominick. ^[4]

The house was later owned by Louisiana congressman Jerry Huckaby and his wife Suzanna. The property is the subject of an effort to purchase and preserve it, to avoid possible demolition and construction of a six-house subdivision. ^[4] Cornwell Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cornwell Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying three photos
4. Orton, Kathy (January 14, 2022). "Great Falls, Va., estate is at risk of demolition if a buyer can't be found". Washington Post. Retrieved January 15, 2022.