Built in 1900, according to the Fairfax County online property tax database, with the round number raising the possibility that construction was circa 1900, given what is sometimes the case with the database’s records for some other houses from this era.(The county’s database is the source of the construction dates throughout this article, unless otherwise noted). A construction date of 1900 would indicate that the house was built during the ownership of Charles Delano Hine, who from 1899 to 1902 owned a 60-acre parcel that included this site (D6:102). Otherwise, it would have been built by E.L.S. and Lillian Boulton, who from 1902 to 1909 owned 10 acres that included the site, and whose deed of sale to Edward F. Clarke refers to improvements, or by Clarke himself, who owned the five acres that included the site until the late 1920s (J6:588, C7:4, K10:118).
400 Block of Creek Crossing Road (at intersection with Beulah)
This is the view from Beulah Road.The house, named “Maple Shade,” was built by John Asa Dyer in 1890 and 1891, according to a Sun Gazette item featured in “The Dyer Family of Fairfax County, Virginia,” by Barbara Perine Hymas. Considering that timing, the house was presumably built for John H. Lynn, who owned the site from 1873 until his death in 1895 (B5:476; D6:102; findagrave.com). When this house was built in 1930, it faced on Beulah Road. It still faces that direction, but another house has since been built between it and the road.
500 Block of Beulah Road
Built in 1917. In 1912, Simmie Pearson Denison acquired some 24 acres that included this site, but she died in 1915, suggesting that the house was probably built under the direction of her widower husband, Charles A. Denison (L7:637, P8:260). Charles Denison took sole ownership of the property in a 1920 transaction that involved all of Simmie’s heirs. Built 1947.Elford W. and Essie May Mull were probably responsible for construction, given that they owned the parcel from 1945 until late 1947, when they sold to Wallace R. and Emma C. Berger (474:485, 581:243).Built 1951.
600 Block of Beulah Road
Built 1922. This was when Alton Money and his wife, Clara Adams Monday, owned the parcel. My article on the history of the Beechwood subdivision, of which this parcel is now a part, includes short biographies of Alton and Clara Money as well as a number of subsequent owners of the house.
1900 Block of Beulah Road
The Fairfax County property-tax database puts the date of construction for this house at 1910. However, Fairfax Herald articles indicate that the house was under construction by 1903 and had been completed by 1907 (see below).The house was one of three on Beulah Road that Frank Pearson built for his family during the period and the only one of the three that survives. One of the two others, built near the current intersection of Beulah Road and Talisman Drive, was demolished circa the late 1960s in anticipation of the construction of the Talisman Court subdivision. The third and northernmost of the three houses sat until circa 2012 between today’s Delancey Street and Abbotsford Drive. The parcel is now part of the Beechwood subdivision; my article on Beechwood includes biographic sketches of various owners of the house into the 1970s.
From the Fairfax Herald, 18 September 1903.
Fairfax Herald, 15 November 1907.
1800 Block of Beulah Road
The original portion of the house was built in 1940 by the Hummer family, according to the county’s property database and an interview in 2021 with Ed Hummer, grandson of the original owners. The large addition to the left is from 1991, according to the county’s records. Built 1954.
1700 Block of Beulah Road
The Fairfax County online property tax database puts the date of construction for this house as 1925. It is possible that the house was built a number of years earlier. In 1907, Fannie Smith Skinner and her husband, Samuel Graham Skinner, acquired a 20-acre parcel on Beulah Road that included the land upon which this house now sits. A topographical map from 1915 features a structure at the site, either this house or a predecessor. In 1923, the Skinners borrowed $1000 against the parcel, according to Fairfax County property records (F9:93). As part of the deed of trust, the Skinners pledged all improvements on the parcel and were required “to keep the buildings on the property…insured for the full amount of $2,000,” indicating that the house may have already been on the parcel. If not, and the house instead was indeed completed in 1925, then it was completed during a period of what must have been great turmoil in the Skinner family. Samuel died in February 1925, according to his death certificate, leaving Fannie a widow with a teenage son who was disabled, probably severely so, judging from census and death records. Built 1941.This indicates that the house was built by the direction of either Garland Benton, who owned the site from September 1940 to June 1941, or the subsequent owners, Louis V. and Annie M. Rodier (Y4:170; 1897:346). Built 1957.Built 1956.
1600 Block of Beulah Road
The original house at this site–the wing circled in blue– was built circa 1900, according to a real estate ad from circa 2010. This suggests the house was built by the Wiley family, who owned the land from 1902 (J6:630). When Robert E. Wiley purchased it from family members in 1907, he acquired “buildings and other improvements” as part of the transaction (Y6:172). A topographical map from the early 20th century indicates that a structure was at the location as of 1915, and the original house is apparent on an aerial photo from 1937 (see below). Fairfax County’s online property tax database only provides the 2000 date of construction of the much larger addition, to the left of the blue circle. This topographical map from 1915 shows the location of the Wiley house (circled in blue), which still stands today on the 1600 block of Beulah Road.The original house in this 1937 aerial photo is now a wing of a larger house added in 2000.
1600 Block of Trap Road
This house is on Trap Road, but a corner of the lot touches on the intersection with Beulah Road. With that excuse, I include this wonderful old house on my Beulah Road list! The house was built in 1920, according to the county’s database. However, there were improvements on the parcel dating to 1902, if not earlier, so the house may be a number of years older if the information in the database is not accurate. The 1915 topographical map indicates that a structure was at the site (see below); perhaps it was this house rather than a predecessor. Frank Pearson and his wife, Caron, owned a 30-acre farm at this location before they moved down Beulah Road in the early 1900s, and in 1897, they conveyed three of the 30 acres to their daughter, Ada Hummer, and her husband, Ira David Hummer (Z5:393). The three acres encompassed the site of today’s house. The deed for the 1897 sale does not refer to any improvements on the three acres. However, by 1902, when the Hummers sold the three acres, the parcel included unspecified improvements, according to the relevant deed (J6:628).
Howdy! I’m posting here because the comment form isn’t available on the Clark’s Crossing post. I’m very interested in the Upper Difficult Run basin during the Civil War. Most of my focus is on Vale Road west of Hunter’s Mill. I would love to pick your brain about the Vienna side, and especially the Clarke, Saunders, Gunnell complex.
Howdy! I’m posting here because the comment form isn’t available on the Clark’s Crossing post. I’m very interested in the Upper Difficult Run basin during the Civil War. Most of my focus is on Vale Road west of Hunter’s Mill. I would love to pick your brain about the Vienna side, and especially the Clarke, Saunders, Gunnell complex.
Thank you again for this. It is heart warming to know that there still exists some of Vienna’s early homes. Thank you for your interest and sharing.
Very interesting; thank you for putting this together! The attention to detail is so impressive.