Historic Centreville Park & Historic District
Dublin Core
Title
Historic Centreville Park & Historic District
Date
c. 1760 - present
Description
The owners of Royal Oaks and Mount Gilead used enslaved labor. The Royal Oaks household also included a free African American well before the Civil War (1820). The Newgate Tavern used enslaved and convict labor. Throughout the antebellum period Centreville was a site for hiring out enslaved labor each year. Centreville residents Alexander Grigsby and Robert Whaley were both engaged in the slave trade.
Source
Centreville, Virginia, Its History and Architecture. Eugenia Smith, 1973. Fairfax County Public Library
Remembering Fairfax County, Virginia. Karl Reiner, 2006. Fairfax County Public Library
The Millrace. Newsletter of the Historic Centreville Society. Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library
Northern Virginia History Notes website. Debbie Robison. Accessed at: http://www.novahistory.org/
Mathew Brady’s Manassas Photo Journal. Dennis Hogge, 2011. Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library
Mathew Brady’s First Manassas. Dennis Hogge, 2013. Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library
Images of America: Centreville and Chantilly. Mary Stachyra Lopez, 2014. Fairfax County Public Library
Site Location Item Type Metadata
Location
The Centreville Historic District is north of Route 29 and east of Route 28. Most historic sites are along Braddock Road, Mount Gilead Road, and Wharton Lane
District
Sully
Collection
Citation
“Historic Centreville Park & Historic District,” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed September 16, 2024, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/180.