Gunston Hall
Built 1759 by George Mason. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 10709 Gunston Rd., Mason Neck, VA |
| County | Fairfax County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Listed for | Politics and government, Architecture, Landscape architecture, Historical archaeology |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Gunston Hall Manor |
| Reference number | 66000832 |
| Built | 1759 · more from the 1750s |
| Architect | George Mason |
| Style | Georgian architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 10709 Gunston Rd., Mason Neck, VA |
| Coordinates | 38.6639° N, 77.1603° W · Directions ↗ |
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Map
Nearby in Fairfax County
Public land around it
| Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 1 mile away2,274 acres |
| Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 4 miles away630 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
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Guidebooks to historic places in Virginia
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Gunston Hall listed on the National Register?
Oct 15, 1966. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was Gunston Hall built?
1759, designed by George Mason, in the Georgian architecture style.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Gunston Hall?
10709 Gunston Rd., Mason Neck, Fairfax County, Virginia.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Gunston Hall?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000832. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.