Alta Lee Dairy

Alta Lee Dairy

1945-1959

Lawrence and Gladys Lee purchased a 120-acre dairy farm located on Centreville Road in 1945. The farm, like their daughter, was called Alta Lee. Alta recalled a carefree childhood centered on family, school, and church, spending time riding horses and helping her mother can vegetables from the garden. Lawrence Lee, Gladys Lee, and Alta Newman were all teachers.

Images of America: Centreville and Chantilly. Mary Stachyra Lopez, 2014. Pp. 74-79. Fairfax County Public Library.

“Alta Lee Newman.” Alta Lee Newman, in Voices of Chantilly: Recollections and Stories from 22 Long-time Residents. Fairfax County Public Library.

“Obituary Gladys Lee Thomas,” Washington Post, March 3, 1990, accessed via Washington Post Online Archives website: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1990/03/03/obituaries/d3f72d16-909f-49dc-86e4- a9d7d088e0e3/

Alta Lee Newman, teacher. Accessed via Fairfax County Public Schools Desegregation: The Teachers, website: https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/history/records/desegregation/teachers

A Guide to the Photographic Archive of the Fairfax County Virginia, The General Collection c. 1720- 2007, A Collection in the Fairfax County Public Library, accessed via the Library of Virginia, Virginia Heritage Guides to Manuscripts and Archives website: https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=fcpl/vif00002.xml

Centerville Rd, Chantilly, VA

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The General Collection of the Fairfax County Photographic Archive contains photographs of the Lee family and their farm.

Courtesy of FCPA