Sideling Court and the Beechwood Subdivision

Introduction This article is a history of Beechwood, a small subdivision organized largely around Sideling Court along Beulah Road at the Vienna Town line. The article tracks property transactions from the Colonial Era to the the establishment of the subdivision and Sideling Court in the 1970s. As part of the… Continue reading

Benjamin Thornton, Joseph Thornton, & Samuel Stead: English Rascals, Vienna-Area Landowners

The Thornton Brothers This post begins the biography of the Thornton brothers and one of their cronies, Samuel Stead. Benjamin Thornton in 1852 acquired land in the Vienna area from Reginald Fairfax. Between them, the Thorntons and Stead owned property in the Vienna area from 1852 to 1883. (See Figure… Continue reading