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Greenway Court, Virginia

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Greenway Court is a historic estate near White Post in Clarke County, Virginia, established in 1748 as the seat of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, the only hereditary British peer to live in colonial North America and proprietor of more than five million acres held under the Northern Neck grant. A young George Washington worked as a surveyor across Fairfax's holdings from the estate. The original timber main house collapsed in 1834, but surviving structures include an 1828 brick farmhouse and a stone land office built around 1762. Greenway Court was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.

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Building Type
Country estate 1
Location
White Post, Clarke County, Virginia 1
Completed Year
1748 1
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Standing 1
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Source Greenway Court, Virginia - Wikipedia
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1. Greenway Court, Virginia - Wikipedia
  • Lead section, first sentence, opening clause
    Greenway Court is a historic country estate
  • Lead section, first sentence, closing clause
    near White Post in rural Clarke County, Virginia, United States.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Greenway Court is a historic estate near White Post in Clarke County, Virginia, established in 1748 as the seat of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, the only hereditary British peer to live in colonial North America and proprietor of more than five million acres held under the Northern Neck grant. A young George Washington worked as a surveyor across Fairfax's holdings from the estate. The original timber main house collapsed in 1834, but surviving structures include an 1828 brick farmhouse and a stone land office built around 1762. Greenway Court was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field
    completion_date/completed = 1748
  • Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia lead
    The surviving remnants of his complex, a later replacement brick house and Fairfax's stone land office, were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
  • Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia lead
    The surviving remnants of his complex, a later replacement brick house and Fairfax's stone land office, were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
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