Salona: The House and Outbuildings
[129] National Park Service and Fairfax County Park Authority.
[130] Stated in Works Projects Administration, Writers' Program,
_Virginia, a Guide to the Old Dominion_ (Oxford University Press, New
York, 1941), p. 525.
[131] Interviews between the author, Jane Wilson Smoot and William
Smoot; _Alexandria Gazette_, November 11, 1811.
[132] Interview with Clive and Susan DuVal. January 5, 1979.
[133] Virginia Mutual Assurance Society records, Virginia State
Library, Richmond, Virginia.
[134] Fairfax County, Virginia, Will Book Q-1, p. 241. Also see
appendix.
[135] Interviews with the DuVals and the Smoots.
VII
PRESERVATION BY EASEMENT
Because it was a "wonderfully sound, nice and comfortable, gracious
old house" with many pleasant and historical associations and
memories, the DuVals felt that Salona should be permanently
preserved.[136] In 1971, a permanent historic and scenic easement and
a temporary easement were drawn up by the DuVals, and signed on
behalf of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors by County Executive
George Kelley.[137] (See appendix for full text of the document.)
Both easements were designed to assist the county's efforts to
protect and maintain "the scenic, historic, and recreational values
of land within the County." It also fitted in with the county
government's stated purpose to shape the character, direction and
timing of community development through the preservation of open
space land. The permanent easement was also given "to protect in
perpetuity the mansion known as 'Salona.'" It provides that "The
mansion house known as 'Salona' as such structure exists at the date
of the execution of this instrument, shall not be razed, demolished,
moved or relocated until such action is approved by the Board of
County Supervisors acting upon the advice of the Architectural Review
Board ... or until such structure becomes uninhabitable or demolished
through fire, storm or similar natural calamity."
Provision is also made for the protection of trees and shrubbery and
various uses permitted under the permanent easement.
The permanent easement includes the eight acres surrounding the
mansion; the temporary easement covers the remaining 44.3 acres.
On November 20, 1974, the deed of easement was amended, providing for
the termination of the temporary easement only after January 1, 1990.
The amendment was signed by the DuVals and Jean Packard, Chairman
acting for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.[138]
Salona was placed on the Virginia Landmarks Register on June 19,
1973,[139] and on the National Register of Historic Places on July
24, 1973.[140]
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