measured 11 x 25-1/2 feet and was located across the midsection of the
building. At the north end of the basement a stairway led to an
outside entrance, and at the south end another stairway provided
interior access. The basement was lined with 8-inch thick brick walls,
and was divided into two rooms of approximately equal size connected
by a doorway 2-1/2 feet wide.
[172] Prior to the reconstruction of the courthouse in 1967, the
shutters at the windows on the first floor of the front of the
building were louvred in the top half and solid panel in the lower
half. In the reconstruction, these shutters were replaced using
shutters with solid panels.
APPENDIX A
FAIRFAX COUNTY CLERKS OF THE COURT
1742-1976
Sources: Frederick Johnston, _Memorials of Old Virginia Clerks_;
Fairfax County Court Order Books.
Catesby Cocke 1742-46
John Graham 1746-52
Peter Wagener 1752-72
Peter Wagener, Jr. 1772-98
George Deneale 1798-1801
William Moss 1801-33
F. D. Richardson, _pro tem_ 1833-35
Thomas Moss 1835-39
Alfred Moss, _pro tem_ Oct.-Nov., 1839
S. M. Ball 1839-52
Alfred Moss 1852-61
Henry T. Brooks (military) 1861-65
W. B. Gooding (military) 1865-66
William M. Fitzhugh (military) 1866-67
F. D. Richardson, _pro tem_ 1866-69
D. F. Dulany (military) 1869-70
F. D. Richardson 1870-80
F. W. Richardson, _pro tem_ 1880-81
F. W. Richardson 1881-87
W. E. Graham 1887-1903
F. W. Richardson 1904-35
John M. Whalen 1936-45
Thomas P. Chapman, Jr. 1945-67
W. Franklin Gooding 1967-75
James E. Hoofnagle 1976-
APPENDIX B
JUSTICES AND JUDGES OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY, CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS
1742-1976
Lists Compiled By E. Sprouse, P. Howe, V. Peters, A. Lewis, and N.
Netherton.
(Because of missing books and records, this listing is incomplete.)
First Commission for Fairfax County, _1742_
William Fairfax
John Colvill
Richard Osborne
Jeremiah Bronaugh
Lewis Elzey
William Payne
Thomas Pearson
John Minor
William Henry Terrett
John Gregg
Gerard Alexander
Edward Barry
Daniel Jennings
Thomas Arbuthnot
(_1742-1748_ Fairfax County Court Order Books are missing.)
_1749_
John Minor
William H. Terrett
Daniel Jennings
John Carlyle
William Ramsay
Charles Broadwater
Daniel McCarty
John Colvill
Moses Linton
Lewis Ellzey
William Payne
Richard Osborn
George W. Fairfax
Anthony Russell
Joseph Watkins
George Mason
Jeremiah Bronaugh
Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax
Chief Justice
Stephen Lewis
_1750_
John West
Lawrence Washington
Catesby Cocke
_1752_
Fielding Turner
_1753_
Thomas Colvill
_1754_
Hugh West
_1755_
John West, Jr.
Sampson Turley
Sampson Darrell
James Hamilton
Oneas Campbell
_1757_
Henry Gunnell
_1758_
John Hunter
Robert Adam
William Bronaugh
William Payne, Jr.
_1759_
Bryan Fairfax
Townshend Dade
Benjamin Grayson
Edward Blackburn
Lee Massey
William Adams
_1762_
Hector Ross
_1764_
George William Fairfax
William Ellzey
John West
George Mason
Daniel McCarty
John Carlyle
William Ramsay
Charles Broadwater
Thomas Colvill dead
John West, Junior
Bryan Fairfax
Sampson Dorrell Sher.
Townshend Dade Quo:
Henry Gunnell
_1767_
Marmaduke Beckwith
Robert Adam
John Hunter dead
Richard Sanford
Wm. Payne
Benjamin Grayson
William Adams
Edward Blackburn
Hector Ross &
Alexander Henderson Gent.
George William Fairfax
Lewis Ellzey
John West
George Mason
Daniel McCarty
John Carlyle
Wm. Ramsay
Charles Broadwater
John West, Junr
Bryan Fairfax
Sampson Dorrell Quo:
Townshend Dade
Henry Gunnell
Wm. Adams
George Washington &
Daniel French Gent:
_1768_
George W Fairfax
Lewis Ellzey
John West
George Mason
Daniel McCarty
John Carlyle
Wm. Ramsey
Charles Broadwater
John West Junior
Bryan Fairfax
Sampson Darrel
Townshend Dade Quorum
Henry Gunnell
Marmaduke Beckwith
Robert Adam
Richard Sanford
Wm. Payne
Benjamin Grayson dead
Wm. Adams
Hector Ross
Alexander Henderson
George Washington
Daniel French &
Edward Payne Gent:
_1770_
John West
George Mason
Daniel McCarty
John Carlyle
William Ramsay
Charles Broadwater
John West Junr
Bryan Fairfax
Sampson Darrell Quor.
Henry Gunnell
Robert Adam
William Payne
William Adams
Hector Ross
Alexander Henderson
George Washington and
Edward Payne Gent.
(_1774-1782_ Fairfax County Court Order Books are missing.)
_1783_
John Gibson
George Gilpin
Richard Chichester
Robert McCrea
Charles Little
James Hendricks
Josiah Watson
Henry Darne
Thomas Lewis
Robert T. Hooe
_1784_
James Wren
David Stuart
David Arell
Charles Alexander
_1785_
William Deneale
John Moss
_1786_
George Minor
William Herbert
_1787_
Roger West
Richard Conway
Thomas Gunnell
John Fitzgerald
William Brown
Benjamin Dulany
Thomas Pollard
James Waugh
John Potts
_1788_
Martin Cockburn
William Lyles
(_1793-1796_ Fairfax County Court Order Books are missing.)
_1797_
Thompson Mason
James Keith, Jr.
_1798_
Francis Adams
John Stewart Alexander
James Coleman
Elisha C. Dick
Charles Eskridge
John Gunnell
William Gunnell
John Jackson
William Lane, Jr.
Ludwell Lee
Richard Bland Lee
Samuel Love
John Potts, Jr.
Richard Ratcliffe
William Stanhope
George Summers
William H. Washington
_1801_
Francis Adams
Charles Alexander
John S. Alexander
Charles Broadwater
James Coleman
Richard Conway
William Deneale
Elisha C. Dick
Benjamin Dulany
Charles Eskridge
John Fitzgerald
George Gilpin
John Gunnell
Thomas Gunnell
William Gunnell
William Herbert
Robert T. Hooe
John Jackson
William Lane, Jr.
Ludwell Lee
Richard B. Lee
Charles Little
Samuel Love
Daniel McCarty
Thompson Mason
George Minor
John Moss
William Payne
John Potts, Jr.
Richard Ratcliffe
William Stanhope
David Stewart (_sic._)
George Summers
William H. Washington
James Waugh
John West
Roger West
James Wren
Now dead: Love, Fitzgerald,
T. Gunnell, R. West,
J. Gunnell, J. S.
Alexander, D. McCarty
Now moved: Ludwell Lee
Now refuses to qualify:
Summers
Now in D. C.: Gilpin, Hooe,
Alexander, Conway, Herbert,
Potts, Dick, Washington
Now disqualified: Adams
_1802_
Augustine J. Smith
Humphrey Peake
John Keene
James H. Blake
_1803_
Samuel Adams, Jr.
_1804_
Richard Coleman
Spencer Jackson
George Graham
_1807_
Present:
William Gunnell, Jr.
William Payne
Wm. Deneale
Augustine J. Smith
Hancock Lee
Humphrey Peake
Spencer Jackson
Absent:
George Summers, Gentleman
Persons to be recommended to the Governor as proper persons to be
commissioned by him as Justices of the Peace, or added to the
Commission of the Peace for the County:
John C. Hunter
John C. Scott
Daniel McCarty Chichester
Joseph Powell
Edward Dulin
James L. Triplett
John Y. Ricketts
George Mason
_1808_
Present:
William Gunnell, Jr.
James Waugh
William Lane, Jr.
Thomson Mason
George Summers
Humphrey Peake
George Graham
James L. Triplett
Absent:
James Coleman
William Gunnell, Jr.
David Stuart
William Payne
William Deneale
Thompson Mason
Richard Ratcliffe
George Summers
Augustine J. Smith
James Waugh
Hancock Lee
Humphrey Peake
George Graham
John Coleman
Acting in _1816-17_
James Coleman
Wm. Lane, Jr.
Thompson Mason
Rich. Ratcliffe
John Jackson
Augustine J. Smith
Rich. M. Scott
Humphrey Peake
Rich. Coleman
Spencer Jackson
John C. Hunter
James L. Triplett
John T. Ricketts
Lawrence Lewis
Wm. H. Terrett
Henry Gunnell, Jr.
Alex'r Waugh
Geo. Minor
Geo. Gunnell
Francis L. Lee
John W. Ashton
Dan'l M. Chichester
Geo. Taylor
Wm. H. Foote
James Waugh
James Sangster
Thomas Moss
Dan'l Dulany
Chas. G. Broadwater
Wm. H. Fitzhugh
_1819-1826_
William A. G. Dade
Acting in _1824_
Rich. Ratcliffe
Rich. M. Scott
Lawrence Lewis
Spencer Jackson
John C. Hunter
James L. Triplett
Alex'r Waugh
Geo. Gunnell
Geo. Mason
Augst. J. Smith
John W. Ashton
Geo. Taylor
Wm. H. Foote
James Sangster
Thos. Moss
Dan'l Dulany
Chas. L. Broadwater
Wm. H. Fitzhugh
Chas. F. Ford
Benedict M. Lang
Eli Offutt
John Jackson
Robt. Ratcliffe
Chas. Ratcliffe
Wm. E. Beckwith
John Geanit
Mottrom Ball
Rich. C. Mason
Joshua Hutchison
Sam'l Summers
_1831-1838_
John Scott
Acting between _1825-42_
Geo. Millan
Silas Burke
Rich. H. Cockerille
Rich. C. Mason
Dennis Johnston
John D. Bell
John Gunnell
Frederick Carper
Spencer M. Ball
Edward Sangster
James Millan
Thomas Nevett
John H. Halley
Wm. Ball
John Millan
Geo. Mason
John B. Hunter
Henry Fairfax
Wm. H. Alexander
Frederick A. Hunter
Wm. A. Chichester
Alfred Moss
Chas. C. Stuart
James Hunter
Benj. F. Rose
James Cloud
Fred. M. Ford
Wm. R. Selectman
Nelson Conrad
W. W. Ball
Jno. Powell
Jno. A. Washington
Wm. H. Wren
_1839-52_
John Scott
John W. Tyler
_1852-55_
Silas Burke
William Ball
Wm. R. Selectman
W. W. Ball
John Millan
Nelson Conrad
William H. Wrenn
James Hunter
Ira Williams
Thomas Suddath
George H. Padgett
James M. Benton
John R. Dale
Thos. A. Davis
S. T. Stuart
Levi Burke
James Fox
Robert M. Whaley
Abner Brush
John Cowling
F. W. Flood
Francis E. Johnston
John W. Hickey
R. C. Mason
R. McC. Throckmorton
W. W. Elzey
Willis B. McCormick
William Barker
F. M. Ford
Francis C. Davis
John W. Hickey
Spencer Jackson
John N. Taylor
John B. Farr
J. C. Gunnell
John R. Grigsby
_1858-60_
John C. Gunnell
Tenley S. Swink
Richard L. Nevitt
Daniel Kincheloe
Francis C. Davis
Richard Johnson
W. B. McCormick
F. C. Davis
Ira Williams
Francis E. Johnston
Geo. H. Padgett
George Burke
John Burke
John Dole
John A. Washington
Alfred Leigh
Francis C. Davis
James Hunter
W. B. McCormick
William L. Lee
Wm. W. Ellzey
John Cowling
Benjamin F. Shreve
William S. Seitz
James P. Machen
George Padgett
James Simpson
---- Mann
W. W. Ball
Richard Johnston
B. D. Utterback
F. M. Ford
Cyrus Hickey
A. S. McKenzie
R. C. Mason
Henry Jenkins
_1863-1867_
Thomas P. Brown
James H. Rice
Wm. Terry
Andrew Sagar
Herain Cockrill
Samuel Pullman
Reuben Ives
Daniel W. Lewis
E. E. Mason
Levi Dening
Harry Bready
William A. Ferguson
William Walters
William T. Rumsey
Talmadege Thorne
Courtland Lukens
Metrah Makely
John B. Troth
George B. Ives
Josiah B. Bowman
Job Hawxhurst
George F. M. Walters
J. W. Barcroft
George W. Millan
Cyrus Hickey
James C. Dentz
B. D. Utterback
Thomas E. Carper
_1866_
John Powell
Lewis George
Francis Davis
_1867_
T. Wm. Barcroft
W. B. Bowman
Thomas E. Carper
Francis C. Davis
James C. Dentz
M. E. Fora
Wm. E. Ford
John B. Troth
Job Hawxhurst
George B. Ives
Richard Johnson
William Lee
Alfred Leigh
Courtland Lukens
Metrah Makely
E. E. Mason
Samuel Pullman
James H. Rice
W. T. Rice
Jonathan Roberts
Silas Simpson
Daniel Sims
Cyrus Stickey
B. D. Utterback
Wm. F. McWalters
_1868_
T. Wm. Barcroft
W. B. Bowman
Thomas C. Carper
N. P. Dennison
Francis C. Davis
James C. Dentz
Wm. E. Ford
John B. Troth
Job Hawxhurst
Richard Johnson
George B. Ives
Alfred Leigh
Courtland Lukens
Metrah Makely
E. E. Mason
Sam Pullman
W. T. Rice
Silas Simpson
Daniel W. Sims
Cyrus Stickey
R. D. Utterback
Geo. F. M. Walters
_1869_
T. Wm. Barcroft
W. B. Bowman
Jacob Brooks
Carter Burton
John L. Detwiler
Wm. E. Ford
John B. Troth
George B. Ives
Job Hawxhurst
Richard Johnson
Alfred Leigh
Daniel W. M. Lewis
Courtland Lukens
E. E. Mason
Samuel Pullman
James H. Rice
T. W. Rice
Samuel Shaw
Silas Simpson
D. Sims
Cyrus Stickey
B. D. Utterback
E. W. Wakefield
Wm. Walters
_1870_
T. Wm. Barcroft
W. B. Bowman
Jacob Brooks
Carter Burton
George B. Ives
Job Hawxhurst
Courtland Lukens
Samuel Pullman
E. W. Wakefield
Geo. F. W. Walters
_1870-1874_
Richard H. Cockerille
_1874-1885_
James Sangster
_1886-1899_
D. M. Chichester
_1897-1903_
James M. Love
_Virginia Circuit Court Judges_
John M. Tyler, 1852-1860
No record of a court held, 1861-1863
Edward K. Snead, 1864-1865
Henry W. Thomas, 1866-1868
W. Willoughby, June 1869
Lysander Hill, November 1869
James Keith, 1870-1894
C. E. Nicol, 1895-1907
Louis C. Barely, 1907
J. B. T. Thornton, 1908-1918
Samuel G. Brent, 1918-1928
Howard W. Smith, 1928-1930
Walter T. McCarthy, 1931-1944
Paul E. Brown, 1944-1966
Arthur W. Sinclair, 1950-1977
Harry L. Carrico, 1956-1961
Calvin Van Dyck, 1961-1967
Albert V. Bryan, Jr., 1962-1971
Barnard F. Jennings, 1964-
James Keith, 1966-
William G. Plummer, 1967-
Lewis D. Morris, 1968-
Percy Thornton, Jr., 1968-1977
Burch Millsap, 1968-
James C. Cacheris, 1971-
Thomas J. Middleton, 1975-
Richard J. Jamborsky, 1976-
_County General District Court_
Robert Fitzgerald, 1951-1955
John Corboy, 1954-1955
John A. Rothrock, Jr., 1955-
J. Mason Grove, 1955-
Martin E. Morris, 1965-
Donald C. Crounse, 1966-1974
Robert M. Hurst, 1972-
Lewis Hall Griffith, 1974-
G. William Hammer, 1976-
_Juvenile Court Judges_
Frank L. Deierhoi, 1965-
Richard J. Jamborsky, 1968-1976
Philip N. Brophy, 1973-
Arnold B. Kassabian, 1976-
Raymond O. Kellam, 1976-1977
APPENDIX C
PORTRAITS IN THE OLD COURTHOUSE
_James Roberdeau Allison_, (1864-1927), was born in Orange County,
Virginia, grew up in Centreville and taught school in Fairfax and
Loudoun counties. He served the county as deputy treasurer, deputy
sheriff and then was elected sheriff in 1904. Consistently re-elected,
he was sheriff until his death.
_Paul E. Brown_, (1904-1968), was born in Oklahoma, and moved to
Fairfax County with his family in 1919. He served as commonwealth
attorney for three terms and was appointed judge of the Fairfax County
Circuit Court in 1944. He served as senior court judge from 1951 until
his death.
_Daniel McCarty Chichester_, (1834-1897), was born in Fairfax County,
served in the Confederate army and later taught school in Maryland and
Tennessee. He practiced law and was for a short time superintendent of
schools and a delegate to the state legislature. He was elected judge
of Fairfax and Alexandria (Arlington) counties in 1886 and served
until his death.
_Bryan Fairfax_, (1737-1802), was born in Westmoreland County,
Virginia and grew up at Belvoir, in Fairfax County. He was a justice
of the Fairfax County court and was ordained as an Episcopal minister,
serving as rector of Fairfax Parish 1790-1792. He held the title of
eighth Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, from 1800 until his death.
_Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron_, (1693-1781) was born
at Leeds Castle in Kent, England and immigrated to Fairfax County in
1747. In 1749, he was commissioned a justice of the peace in each
county within the entire Northern Neck, of which he was proprietor. He
was a trustee of the town of Alexandria and in 1754 became commandant
of the frontier militia. He lived at Belvoir until 1761, when he moved
to "Greenway Court," his estate in the Shenandoah Valley where he
spent the remainder of his life.
_C. Vernon Ford_, (1871-1922), was born in the town of Fairfax, and
practiced law with his cousin, Joseph E. Willard. Ford was appointed
commonwealth's attorney for Fairfax County in 1879 and, later elected,
served in this capacity until his death.
_William Edwin Graham_, (1850-1916), was born in Fairfax County. He
succeeded his father as clerk of the circuit court in 1887, serving
until 1904, at which time he became deputy clerk under F. W.
Richardson, serving in this position until his death.
_George Johnston_, (1700-1766), was a son of Dr. James Johnston, who
settled in Maryland in the seventeenth century. He was a trustee of
Alexandria and practiced law there and in Winchester. He represented
Fairfax County in the House of Burgesses from 1758 until his death and
was the author of certain resolutions presented by Patrick Henry in
1765, in opposition to the Stamp Act.
_Walter Jones_, (1776-1861), was born in Northumberland County,
Virginia and practiced law in Fairfax and Loudoun counties. Appointed
U. S. attorney for the District of Columbia, 1804-1821, he practiced
law before the U. S. Supreme Court and in Virginia and Maryland. He
was one of the founders of the American Colonization Society. At the
time of his death, he was Major-General of the militia of the District
of Columbia.
_William Henry Fitzhugh Lee_, (1837-1891), was born at "Arlington." He
rose to the rank of Major-General of cavalry in the Confederate army.
After the Civil War, he was elected a state senator and then a
congressman. He died at "Ravensworth" in Fairfax County while serving
his second term in congress.
_George Mason_, (1725-1792), the fourth of that name in the Virginia
colony was born on Dogue's Neck, now Mason Neck, then in Stafford
County, but now in Fairfax County. He was a justice of the county for
most of his adult life, and a trustee of the town of Alexandria. He
built his home, "Gunston Hall" in 1758. In 1774, he was the principal
author of the Fairfax Resolves, and in 1776, the principal writer of
the Virginia constitution and declaration of rights. The first ten
amendments of the constitution were added, in part, because of his
insistence on the necessity for a federal bill of rights.
_Robert Walton Moore_, (1859-1941), was born in the town of Fairfax,
and practiced law in the county. He served as a state senator and as a
congressman. In 1933 he was appointed an assistant secretary of state,
and in 1937, he became counselor of the Department of State.
Throughout his adult life he was a member of numerous boards and
commissions including the boards of visitors of the University of
Virginia and the College of William and Mary.
_Ferdinand Dawson Richardson_, (---- -1880), entered the clerk's
office in 1826 under William Moss, clerk, and served as an assistant
clerk or deputy clerk until 1870, when he was appointed clerk of the
court, which position he held until his death.
_Frederick Wilmer Richardson_, (1853-1936), was born in Fairfax, and
was the son of F. D. Richardson. He was deputy clerk under his father
for nine years, succeeding him in 1880. Elected to the new position of
clerk of the Circuit Court in 1881, he served in that capacity until
1887, and again from 1904 to 1935.
_Henry Wirt Thomas_, (1812-1890), was born in Loudoun County,
Virginia. He served as commonwealth's attorney in Fairfax and was
elected to the state legislature for a number of terms between 1841
and 1875. Following the Civil War, he was appointed judge of the Ninth
Circuit Court of Virginia and later appointed lieutenant governor to
fill out an unexpired term.
_John Webb Tyler_, (1795-1862), served Fairfax County as a judge in
the circuit court of Virginia from 1850-1861. The circuit included
Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun and Fauquier counties and the
quarterly courts were held at the county seats, including Fairfax
Court House.
_George Washington_, (1732-1799), was born in Westmoreland County,
Virginia, and moved to "Mount Vernon" in Fairfax County when he was
sixteen. He became a surveyor, was elected a burgess, and appointed a
justice of the Fairfax County court. During the American Revolution,
he was appointed commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the united
colonies. He was elected the first president of the United States of
America under the new constitution in 1789, and again in 1793.
_Joseph Edward Willard_, (1865-1924), was born in Washington, D. C. He
practiced law, and was lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1902-1906.
President Woodrow Wilson appointed him minister to Spain in 1913;
later he was elevated to ambassador to Spain. He owned the Willard
Hotel in Washington, but lived part of his life in the town of
Fairfax, at "Layton Hall."
APPENDIX D
CLERK'S OFFICE
Excerpt from the _Alexandria Gazette and Virginia Advertiser_ July 15,
1853.
NOTICE TO BUILDERS--Sealed proposals will be received by the
undersigned, Commissioners, until Saturday, the 16th day of July
next, at 12 o'clock M, for taking down the present Clerk's office
of the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, and rebuilding it on the
same ground, with the materials and of the size and description,
following, to wit: The foundation wall to be 2 feet below the
surface, and 15 inches thick, of good stone, laid in mortar--the
walls above the ground to be laid on the stone foundation, of
brick, fourteen inches thick, and laid in good mortar,--the
building to be 36 feet long by 24 feet wide including the walls,
two stories high, and of the height of the present building, with
a passage of entry 12 feet wide, adjoining the County Court
office; the passage wall also resting on a stone foundation and
running from bottom to top--doors at each end of the entry, and
one door to each of the rooms--each room to have four windows,
twenty lights and 8 x 10 glass. The outer doors and window frames
to be of cast iron, with stone sills, and the doors and window
shutters to be covered with sheet iron, so as to be fire proof.
The joists to be 2 x 10 inches, 16 inches apart on the lowest
floor, resting upon a girder 6 x 12 inches; on the upper, without
a girder, but properly braced, and the flooring of the rooms to be
of the best North Carolina boards, planed, tongued and grooved,
and one and a quarter inches thick. The entry floor of best
flagging brick, and the stairway of stone. The roofing to be of
slate, of good quality, and the rafters to be substantially
framed, and suitable for slate roof. To each of the rooms there is
to be a fireplace. The woodwork is to be of the best material and
workmanship, and corresponding with the other work. The house is
to be guttered, and the iron, wood, and guttering to have two
coats of paint on it. Each door to be provided with suitable
locks, the house walls plastered, and the whole completed on or
before the last day of January 1854, at which time the work if
approved by the Commissioners, and also by the Court, will be paid
for. The proposals will state what the entire work will be done
for, including the furnishing of all materials and labor, and,
also, including the taking down of the old building and the use of
such of the old materials as can be used for rebuilding; also for
what the work will be done without regard to the old building,
either in taking down or the use of old materials. Notice to the
successful bidder will be given within five days after opening the
bids, and bond with security required from the person to whom the
contract may be awarded, but the Commissioners reserve the right
to reject all. For further information, apply to either of the
undersigned at Fairfax Court House.
.
NEWMAN BURKE )
GEO. W. HUNTER, JR. ) Comm'rs
ALFRED MOSS )
APPENDIX E
COURTHOUSE RESTORATION
SCHEDULE OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FAIRFAX
COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1967
The following list comprises the schedule of work to be performed in
the reconstruction of the Fairfax County Courthouse as set forth in
the drawings prepared by Walter M. Macomber, architect for the
project, in December 1965:
_DEMOLITION_--Remove main floor, subfloor and joists, taking care to
leave two columns supporting balcony, and beams beneath floor
untouched. Remove all material in such a manner as to be re-usable if
suitable.
Remove all woodwork within building: wainscot, railings, bench, window
& door casing, etc. Remove all frame partitions.
Remove cantilevered forward section of balcony back to existing beam,
including stair.
Remove existing segmental-top two-storey windows at sides of building.
Remove sash only from existing small windows, unless jambs are rotted
or otherwise found unsuitable for re-use.
Carefully remove all finished flooring in balcony and porch chamber,
taking care not to damage subfloor.
All heating pipes shall be removed and temporarily capped off below
the first floor. All electrical wiring shall be removed and recapped
below the first floor level except such as shall be needed for power
tools, etc.
Contractor shall carefully remove all existing monuments and plaques
within building, securely store them, and reset them upon completion
at direction of architect.
_MATERIALS_--All new joists and studs shall be of construction grade
fir, free of all parasites & decay, having a moisture content no
greater than 18%.
All new subfloor to be 5/8" plyscord.
Apply sisalcraft paper between subfloor and finished floor.
All flooring shall be 25/32" x 5-1/2" tongue and groove clear southern
long leaf yellow pine, with relieved back & face edges slightly eased.
The use of resawn used mill framing obtained from demolition companies
is recommended in order to obtain straight grain. Architect must be
submitted samples of flooring for his approval before use. No pieces
shorter than eight feet will be used, except where necessary at
juncture of floor & wall. All stair treads shall be of 1' 8" thick
clear yellow pine, bull-nosed.
All interior woodwork to be of clear western white pine, S 4 S, of
thickness as shown on plans.
Wainscot shall be of 3/4' thick by 3-5/8", 5-1/2" & 7-1/2" clear white
pine, tongue & grooved, with a 1/4" bead on one face edge.
Doors, windows (sash & jamb) & balusters will be of clear western
white pine. Front door jamb shall be of 1-5/8 th. clear yellow pine.
Interior jambs of 1-1/8" th. Cl. yellow pine.
Pew material to be of 1-1/8" clear yellow pine, S 4 S.
Rails to be birch for staining.
Moisture content for all to be no greater than 12%.
_FOUNDATION WORK_--Point up all existing foundations, piers, footings,
etc. in basement and crawl space.
Replace all supporting beams rotted or otherwise unsuitable for
re-use.
Excavate existing crawl space to a minimum of three feet below joists,
and cover with 2-1/2-3" thick broom finished concrete slab, on 4 mil
polyethylene film.
Move existing basement stair to location on plan, and floor-over
opening thus made to top of stairs.
_MASONRY_--Carefully remove several sample face bricks from existing
sidewalls, clean all but weather-face, and submit to Locher Brick Co.,
Glasgow, Va. for duplication.
Remove segmental arches above two storey window openings, and extend
window openings to same height as those of porch chamber windows.
Using existing downstairs window sills, brick-in two rough openings
required by new windows. Set steel lintels as called for on plan, and
brick between vertical window openings. Take care that the new
brickwork appears continuous with existing masonry & is properly
toothed & bonded. Architect shall approve colour of mortar and
duplicated brick before setting in place.
Repoint or rebuild existing chimneys & fireplaces. Build new hearths
of duplicated brick for downstairs fireplaces.
Repoint all existing brickwork, interior & exterior, as may be
requisite.
_WEATHERSTRIPPING_--All double-hung windows shall be weatherstripped
with "Chamberlain" No. 100-A Zinc Heavy-Duty, full-sash units, with
protection at head, meeting rail & sill.
Front entrance door shall have spring bronze weatherstripping all
around, except at sill which is to receive "Chamberlain" No. 869-A
narrow brass threshhold with No. 826 bronze door hook.
_INSULATION_--Entire building to be covered with 4" thick batts of
rock-wool or fibre-glass, combination aluminum foil insulation,
applied immediately over lath between ceiling joists.
_PAINTING & DECORATING_--All woodwork, interior or exterior, shall be
back primed with white lead before erection.
All exterior woodwork to receive two coats of white lead in oil.
Remove loose or heavy accumulations of paint from existing woodwork
before painting.
All interior woodwork to receive one coat of primer, one coat half
primer & half enamel & finish coat of semi-gloss enamel.
Plaster surfaces, when thoroughly dry, shall be washed with zinc
sulphate neutralizer. First paint coat shall be wall size and primer.
Second coat two parts flat wall paint & one part size. Finish with
egg-shell wall paint. Plaster cornice to receive first coat of size,
second coat half size & half enamel. Finish coat semi-gloss enamel.
Architect shall select all colours.
_FLOOR FINISHING_--Floors shall be lightly sanded to remove stains and
imperfections & to reasonably level. Floors shall be stained, filled,
shellaced and waxed. Colour of stain shall be selected by architect.
_LATHING & PLASTERING_--All interior surfaces of exterior masonry
walls shall receive 3/8" gypsum lath securely nailed to 1" x 2" wood
furring strips anchored to masonry. Coat masonry before furring with
"Thoroseal" from Standard Dry Wall Products Co., New Eagle, Penna.
Entire ceiling to be lathed with high-rib metal lath securely nailed
directly to ceiling joists. Stud partitions to receive 3/8" gypsum
lath. Ceiling of porch to receive high-rib metal lath applied over
existing wood ceiling. All inside corners to receive expanded metal
cornerite. Outside corners to receive metal corner bead. Apply strips
of metal lath 6" wide over openings in stud partitions.
All plaster cornices shall be run in place and formed over heavy gauge
metal lath, with moulding plaster. All surfaces to be plastered
minimum 3/4" thick (including lath) in two coats; Brown & finish
white. White coat to have smooth float sand finish.
_GLAZING_--All windows to be glazed with 9" x 10-3/4" welded glass
edge or metal edged insulating glass one-half inch thick composed of
two sheets of 1/8" double strength "A" window glass with one-quarter
inch air space between. All glass to be set in frames with glaziers
points. Back-bed w/thin coating of elastic glazing compound and
putty-in smoothly.
_SCREENING_--All louvres in cupola to be back screened with fine mesh,
copper screen wire.
_FINISHED HARDWARE_--All hinges, locks, latches, shutter hardware,
etc. shall be selected by the architect. Allow $400.00 for finished
hardware.
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Edition, Pocket Books, Inc., 1958.
Clark, Sir Kenneth. _Civilisation._ New York: Harper & Row, 1969.
Cresswell, Nicholas. _The Journals of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1777._
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Davis, Jefferson. _The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government._
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of Fairfax County, Virginia._ Fairfax: County Board of Supervisors,
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University Press, 1947.
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Random House, 1966.
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_PUBLIC RECORDS_
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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Minute Books
Fairfax County Court Minute Books
Fairfax County Deed Books
Fairfax County Record of Surveys, 1742-1850.
Northern Neck Grant Books
Virginia Laws
_INTERVIEWS AND UNPUBLISHED WORKS_
Architectural drawings, 1951-1956, Facilities Management Office,
County of Fairfax.
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manuscript) Falls Church, Va., 1976.
Chapman, Thomas. Fairfax County, Virginia. Interview, 13 February
1970.
Feiss, Carl. "Court Houses of Virginia," lecture. Latrobe (Washington)
Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians, 8 November 1968.
Macomber, Walter. Fairfax, Virginia. Interview, 2 March 1970.
Moger, Allen W. "The Rebuilding of the Old Dominion," (unpublished
doctoral dissertation) Columbia University, 1940.
Sprouse, Edith M., ed. Fairfax County Abstracts: Court Order Books
1749-1792.
_NEWSPAPERS_
_Alexandria Gazette_
_Columbia Mirror & Alexandria Advertiser_
_Fairfax County Free Press_
_Fairfax Herald_
_Fairfax News_
_Northern Virginia Sun_
_Virginia Gazette_
_Washington Post_
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
John F. Herrity, Chairman
Martha V. Pennino, Vice-Chairman
Joseph Alexander
Warren I. Cikins
Alan H. Magazine
Audrey Moore
James M. Scott
John P. Shacochis
Marie B. Travesky
HISTORY COMMISSION
Edith M. Sprouse, Chairman
Donie Rieger, Vice-Chairman
Bernard N. Boston
C. J. S. Durham
William Elkjer
Denzil O. Evans
Mary M. Fahringer
Ceres Gaskins
John P. Liberty
Virginia B. Peters
Mayo S. Stuntz
Charles Cecil Wall
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD
John J. Gattuso, Chairman
Glenn Ovrevik, Vice-Chairman
Thomas Cagley
Donald C. Cannon
Donald R. Chandler
Donovan E. Hower
Louis Papa
S. Richard Rio
James D. Webber
Mary M. Fahringer, ex officio
OFFICE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
Theodore J. Wessel, Director
Peter T. Johnson, Branch Chief
Nan Netherton, Historian
Elizabeth David, Historic Preservation Planner
Donald Sweig, Research Historian
Jay Linard, Copy Editor
Annette Thomas, Copy Preparation
Gloria Matthews, Designer
Robin Pedlar, Assistant
[Illustration: Back cover photo, court papers by Bernie Boston,
1976.]
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