12328 HENDERSON ROAD, CLIFTON, VA 20124
DOROTHY COBB ESTATE
PRICE $1,875,000
DETAILS
- Tax Map Numbers:
95-1-1- -2 12328 Henderson Road, With house and outbuildings, 1.7790 ac.
95-1-1- -3 (known as Wolf Run) 9.0415 Acres
95-1-1- -4 12324 Henderson Road, vacant land, 10.7206 acres
- Zoning RC (1 dwelling unit per 5 acres)
- Total acreage 21.56
- Lot -2: Septic recently approved for 3-bedroom home. County approved new construction permit for Lot -2, April 22, 2008. Well in back of house. Heating is fuel oil.
- LOCATION: Located in Clifton, Virginia, 20124, just under 25 miles outside of Washington, DC. The town has been around since the 1700's and was initially a plantation and Indian hunting grounds before that. The railroad brought Clifton more recognition and interest. The Civil War played an important role in bringing a population to Clifton. During the war, Clifton was known as Devereux Station. In 1868 Devereux Station became known as Clifton Station. In 1869 a Post Office was established and the town began thriving with schools, stores and a community atmosphere.
- PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Clifton or Kings Glen Elementary School, Robinson Middle School, Robinson High School
- Land and improvements being sold AS IS
SOME HISTORY AS KNOWN BY THE OWNER
- Farm House on Lot 2, 1.7790 acres, thought to be built circa 1820 (maybe as early as 1810) by Hanny Fairfax. The Fairfax's were descendants of Lord Fairfax.
- This home was a general store and Post Office before Town of Clifton was formally established.
- The owner's great-great grandfather moved from Pennsylvania to Fairfax County circa 1860.
- Great grandfather, Otis Landis Detwiler, married Fanny Fairfax, around 1900.
- "Smoke House" used to be a distillery (third smaller white structure)...
- "Boat House" used as a work shop, has electricity, and got its name when a past relative built a boat on the upper level and after completion, was too large to remove from the house.
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