Hollin Hall

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Hollin Hall is an 18th century plantation home on Little Hunting Creek three miles southwest of Alexandria in Fairfax County, Virginia. George Mason, a United States founding father, gave Hollin Hall to his third son, Thomas Mason, through deeds of gift in 1781 and 1786. The land, as given, totalled 676 acres. Thomas Mason was the first member of the Mason family to actually live here. Before that time, the land was rented out to tenants.

After receiving the deeds, Thomas Mason had a house constructed. By December 1788, Thomas and his wife, Sarah McCarty Chichester, were living in the new house. However, as late as 1792 George Mason wrote his son Thomas about the difficulty he was having getting materials for the Hollin Hall front porch.