Vaucluse was a villa and plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia, near the Virginia Theological Seminary, about three miles from Alexandria and ten miles from Washington, D.C. Revolutionary War surgeon Dr. James Craik was its first owner, and the estate later passed to Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, whose granddaughter Constance Cary lived there during the Civil War before becoming a writer under the pen name Refugitta. The mansion was destroyed in 1861 to clear ground for Fort Worth, part of the Civil War defenses of Washington. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountFairfax County, United States 2 Completed Year Building Type
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1. Vaucluse (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Plantation)Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Plantation)
Wikidata item Q7917241, instance of (P31): plantation
2. Vaucluse (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Fairfax County, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Fairfax County, United States
Wikidata item Q7917241, property P131/P17 (location): Fairfax County, United States
3. Wikidata: Vaucluse
- Wikidata Q16902562, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)
- Wikidata Q16902562, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
View the SourceVaucluse (plantation) (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaucluse_(plantation), lead definitionQuote, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaucluse_(plantation), lead definition
Vaucluse was a villa in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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