Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

None

Use Restrictions

Consult repository for information

Preferred Citation

Dunn Loring, Virginia, MSS 03-05, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library

Acquisition Information

The Virginia Room staff artificially created this collection over a period of time.

Processing Information

Jessica Koenig, January 2018
EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024

Historical and Biographical Information

The land that would become Dunn Loring consisted of 600 acres purchased by retired Army General William McKee Dunn and his wife Elizabeth Lanier Dunn from L.B. Clarke in June 1886. The land was transferred to the Loring Land and Improvement Company in September 1886 to develop the earliest platted subdivision in Virginia. The company built a railroad station and community house, and land sales for the Town of Dunn Loring were advertised in 1887. The area was home to Camp Russell A. Alger from May to September 1898 as a training center for soldiers during the Spanish-American War.

Scope and Content

The Dunn Loring, Virginia Collection consists of 0.25 linear feet and spans the years 1960-1967 and consists of a Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Department license plate, a Fairfax County personal property tax license plate, a plat map of property owned by George A. Merry, and a document written by Ethelwyn H. Meyer on the local history of Dunn Loring from the Revolutionary War through the Spanish American War. Subjects include the history of Dunn Loring, Virginia.

Related Material

Lee and Ruth Saegesser Manuscript Collection on History of Dunn Loring, Virginia, MSS 08-26

Separated Material

None

Index Terms

• Dunn Loring (Va.) - History

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