Tag: Freeman House (Vienna VA)

Wikipedia says: The Freeman House Store and Museum is located in the town of Vienna in Fairfax County, Virginia on Church Street. The house takes up approximately 0.83 acres (0.34 ha), while the entire property took up six acres when Abram Lydecker purchased it. As the house is less than twenty miles from Washington, D.C., its location was important during the Civil War. The Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad constructed a line through Vienna, creating large growth for the town and Lydecker’s business. The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail now travels along the railroad’s route, south of the house.

The Freeman House is a two-story, five-bay frame house. It has white paneling with a full width front porch. It has an off-center entrance slightly to the right. On each side of the house is a chimney, which can be observed through the exterior. On the right side of the house a man-made bridge was built for pedestrians crossing over the creek from the house to the railroad.

Civil War uses

In 1861, the house was the polling place for the secession vote. A vacant house in its location was a perfect headquarters for the Confederacy, and later the Union. For both sides, the house acted as a hospital and offices. After the war moved on and ended, the Lydeckers moved back into the house.