A Mason Family Country House
Reading edition
By Tony P. Wrenn
Published by the Fairfax County Division of Planning under the direction of the County Board of Supervisors in cooperation with the County History Commission Fairfax, Virginia November 1971
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 76-183058 Typography by ARVA Printers, Inc. Printing by ARVA Printers, Inc. Additional copies available for $1.50 from Administrative Services, Massey Building
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
List of Illustrations v
Preface vi
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
Chapter I.The Mason Family3
Thomson Francis Mason3
Chapter II.Huntley and Its Owners9
Location and Site9
Origin of Name9
Owners and Occupants10
Mason ownership10
King ownership13
Harrison-Pierson ownership15
Harrison ownership17
Later owners23
Chapter III.An Architectural Description27
The Dwelling or Mansion House27
Room arrangement27
Windows and doors29
Interior features29
Exterior features31
The Tenant House31
The Storage House and Necessary33
The Icehouse35
The Root Cellar35
Dairy and Springs37
Early Structures No Longer Standing37
Chapter IV.The Architect of Huntley41
The Architectural Plan41
Area Architects, circa 182042
George Hadfield42
Similarities to the Work of Hadfield43
Summary 47
Appendix ASome Mason Houses in Northern Virginia50
Appendix BChain of Title53
List of Sources 55
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure Page
1.Huntley, viewed from southwest, including root cellar and necessary, 1969viii
2.Huntley house and barn complex, viewed from south, 19478
3.Detail, Map of Eastern Virginia and Vicinity of Washington, 186212
4.Plat of Huntley division, 186814
5.Detail, Hopkins, Atlas of Fifteen Miles around Washington, 187918
6.Rear facade, c. 189019
7.Rear facade, c. 190020
8.Hindenburg disaster, Lakehurst, New Jersey22
9.Front view, 196926
10.Rear view, 196926
11.Mantel, central first floor room, 196928
12.Mantel, north room first floor, 196928
13.Detail, exterior door, north facade, 196930
14.Detail, interior of entrance door, south facade, 196930
15.Detail, window and door, central first floor room, 196930
16.Necessary and tenant house from the icehouse, 196932
17.Necessary, rear or west facade, 196932
18.Necessary, door detail, 196934
19.Necessary, interior detail, 196934
20.Icehouse, detail, dome and opening, 196936
21.Icehouse door to root cellar, 196936
22.Root cellar entrance to icehouse, 196936
23.Dairy and spring house, viewed from southeast, 196938
24.Architect George Hadfield's ground plan exhibit at Royal Academy, 1780-8240
25.Hadfield's design, bed chamber story plan40
26.Arlington House (Custis-Lee Mansion) showing portico designed by Hadfield44
27.Analostan, now demolished, possibly Hadfield designed44
28.Front elevation, Huntley, 194647
29.Rear elevation, Huntley, 194648
30.Basement floor plan, 194648
31.First floor plan, 194649
32.Second floor plan, 194649