William Gunnell House (Great Falls, Virginia)

William Gunnell House
William Gunnell House, November 2012
Location 600 Insbruck Ave., near Great Falls, Virginia
Coordinates 39°0′14″N 77°17′06″W / 39.00389°N 77.28500°W / 39.00389; -77.28500Coordinates: 39°0′14″N 77°17′06″W / 39.00389°N 77.28500°W / 39.00389; -77.28500
Area 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built c. 1750 (1750)
Architectural style Colonial, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference # 03000447[1]
VLR # 029-0109
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 22, 2003
Designated VLR December 4, 2002[2]

William Gunnell House, also known as Gunnell's Run, is a historic home located in Great Falls, Fairfax County, Virginia. It consists of a frame dwelling built in two stages and dated to about 1750, together with its compatible and unobtrusive 20th-century additions. The earliest section is a 1 1/2-story frame Colonial-era dwelling with irregular bays and three entrances. It was carefully restored and rehabilitated in the preservation manner of the Colonial Revival style after 1933. Also on the property are a contributing log house (c. 1770) outbuilding and two early wells.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Tanya Edwards Beauchamp & Karen Washburn (July 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: William Gunnell House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.


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