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Fairfax Court House
The Fairfax Courthouse is listed in the National Register of Historic
Places. George Mason petitioned the General Assembly in 1790 to move the
courthouse to "such a place as should be found most convenient near the
center of the County." Designed by James Wren and centrally located at the
crossroads of Little River Turnpike and Ox Road, Fairfax County Courthouse
was completed in 1800. During the Civil War it was occupied by Union
troops and used as a lookout station. It was also used as a headquarters
by Gen. G. B. McClellan and Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard. The Fairfax
Courthouse survives as a symbol of an era when the courthouse was the
center of community activity for county residents |
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Fairfax Court House |
