William E. Beckwith House
William E. Beckwith House | |
| Location | 12752 Chapel Street, Clifton, VA 20124, United States. |
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| Coordinates | 38°46′46″N 77°23′16″W / 38.77950°N 77.38773°W |
| Built | 1771 |
| Architectural style | Colonial |
The William E. Beckwith House, also known as the Homestead,[1] is a historic house in Clifton, Fairfax County, Virginia. This frame and weatherboard structure[2] contains the town of Clifton's oldest remaining structure, a Colonial log house originally consisting of three rooms and a large stone hearth. It was part of the 200 acres left by planter William E. Beckwith (b. 1785 in Fairfax County[3]) to the sixteen enslaved people of his plantation, all of whom were freed in his will in 1863.
References
- ^ "The Wm. E. Beckwith House". nps-vip.net. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/194-0003_Clifton_HD_1985_Final_Nomination.pdf p. 7
- ^ https://www.cliftonva.gov/index_49_1256504561.pdf p. 1