Mount Eagle

Mount Eagle

Records indicate that there were enslaved persons held at Mount Eagle. Bryan Fairfax, who died in 1802, left Mount Eagle and some of his enslaved people to his son Ferdinando. He listed the enslaved people by name in his bequest: “the slaves following, John, Frederick, Adam, Fanny, Nancy Toulston, Betty, they are Chiefly old, but I trust he will take care of them in their old age.” Ferdinando added a codicil to his own will in 1806 that gives instructions for the gradual emancipation of his enslaved people.

The Fairfax Family in Fairfax County: A Brief History by Kenton Kilmer and Donald Sweig

Wills of Bryan, Thomas and Ferdinando Fairfax are held in Fairfax County Office of Historic Records

Demolished. On the current site of the Montebello Condominium Complex, 5905 Mt Eagle Dr, Alexandria, VA 22303

Mount Vernon

Built between 1789 - 1799