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Salona (McLean, Virginia)

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Salona is a former plantation house in McLean, Virginia, a brick manor built in the Federal style between 1790 and 1810 and completed by about 1812. During the War of 1812 the estate sheltered President James Madison and First Lady Dolley Madison after the British burning of Washington in 1814, and during the Civil War it served as headquarters for Union General George B. McClellan and as the site of Camp Griffin. The house and its surrounding 7.8 acres sit within a larger 52.4 acre site protected by a 1971 conservation easement held by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and a later easement managed by the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust, making it one of the last substantial open spaces in McLean. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
Plantation House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Virginia, United States 2
Completed Year
1812 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
Building Type (category)
Plantation 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Connections

Has Building Type

House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Plantation House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Federal Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Salona, McLean, Virginia (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Brick, Architectural Materials
Source Salona, McLean, Virginia (Wikipedia)
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Sources
1. Salona, McLean, Virginia (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salona_(McLean,_Virginia), lead definition
    Salona, in McLean, Virginia, is a former plantation house on the National Register of Historic Places surrounded by land protected by two conservation easements.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Salona is a former plantation house in McLean, Virginia, a brick manor built in the Federal style between 1790 and 1810 and completed by about 1812. During the War of 1812 the estate sheltered President James Madison and First Lady Dolley Madison after the British burning of Washington in 1814, and during the Civil War it served as headquarters for Union General George B. McClellan and as the site of Camp Griffin. The house and its surrounding 7.8 acres sit within a larger 52.4 acre site protected by a 1971 conservation easement held by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and a later easement managed by the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust, making it one of the last substantial open spaces in McLean.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1812)
    completion_date/completed = 1812
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation house)
    Salona, in McLean, Virginia, is a former plantation house on the National Register of Historic Places surrounded by land protected by two conservation easements. The Salona homestead and grounds comprise 7.8 acres (3.2 ha) within the 52.4-acre (21.2 ha) site, and are protected by a 1971 easement held by the Fairfax Board of Supervisors. A much newer conservation easement held by the Northern Virgi
  • In Style: Federal Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Federal
  • Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
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2. Salona (McLean, Virginia) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q7405695, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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