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Rippon Lodge is one of the oldest houses remaining in Prince William County, Virginia, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971. [3] Built around 1747 by Richard Blackburn (1705-1757 [4]) as the main residence and headquarters of his plantation, it lies on high ground overlooking Neabsco Creek at the south end of what is now the unincorporated town of Woodbridge at ...
Rippon Lodge, c. 1747, Prince William County — home of the Blackburn family; Rockledge Mansion, built in 1758 by William Buckland at Occoquan, Prince William County — home of John Ballendine, the founder of Occuquan; Russell House and Store, early 19th-century house and store at Dale City; Sara Myers House, 1790, Old Town District of ...
February 26, 1970 (General Washington Dr. Dale City: Historic plantation manor house built c. 1740 by Charles Ewell. It was the home of Mason Locke Weems (1759 – 1825), the first biographer of George Washington and the creator of the George Washington cherry tree story ("I cannot tell a lie, I did it with my little hatchet").
Rippon Lodge; Rising Hill Camp; Robinson House (Manassas, Virginia) Rockledge (Occoquan, Virginia) S. St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Haymarket, Virginia)
The youngest son born to the former Mary Watts (d. 1775; widow of Col. Henry Ashton of Westmoreland County) and her master builder husband Richard Blackburn (d. 1757) was born at Rippon Lodge, the plantation house which his English-born father had built around 1745, [2] and which he inherited because his elder brothers died before their father. [3]
The Historic Preservation Division of Prince William County also operates five museums: Rippon Lodge Historic Site, Brentsville Historic Centre, Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park, Lucasville Historic Site, and Ben Lomond Historic Site.