Hollin Hall (Virginia)

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Hollin Hall is an 18th-century plantation home on Little Hunting Creek three miles (5 km) southwest of Alexandria in Fairfax County, Virginia. George Mason, a United States founding father, gave Hollin Hall to his third son, Thomson Mason, through deeds of gift in 1781 and 1786. The land, as given, totalled 676 acres (2.74 km²). Thomson Mason was the first member of the Mason family to actually live here. Before then, tenants farmed the property.

George Mason also helped Thomson Mason have a house constructed. Thomson and his wife, Sarah McCarty Chichester, celebrated Christmas, 1788 in the new house. However, as late as 1792 George Mason wrote Thomson about difficulties procuring lumber for the Hollin Hall front porch.^[1] Fire destroyed the house in 1824, four years after Thomson's death.

An outbuilding survived and became known as Little Hollin Hall. Purchased by Edward and Eliza Gibbs, it remained in use until the 20th century. In 1916, industrialist Harley Wilson and his wife bought the property and constructed a new residence, pool and other buildings.

The Mount Vernon Unitarian Church bought the property from Mrs. Merle Thorpe in 1958. It hosted Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) training workshop in 1961, as well as other civil rights activities, both local and national, during the next several years. The congregation also worked against the Vietnam War and for affordable housing. In 1983, the church sold part of the property to finance construction of a new meeting house to replace the old car garage. In 1994, with the help of Alexandria's Campagna Center, the main hall was restored as a decorator showcase, and started hosting concerts several years later. Further renovations were performed in 2003-2004. ^[2]

References

v t e The Mason family

First generation	George Mason I

Second generation	George Mason II

Third generation	George Mason III

Fourth generation	George Mason IV Thomson Mason (1733–1785)

Fifth generation	George Mason V William Mason Thomson Mason (1759–1820) Stevens Thomson Mason (1760–1803) John Thomson Mason (1765–1824) John Mason Thomas Mason William Temple Thomson Mason

Sixth generation	Thomson Francis Mason George Mason VI John Thomson Mason (1787–1850) Armistead Thomson Mason Richard Chichester Mason Richard Barnes Mason James Murray Mason Murray Mason John Thomson Mason (1815–1873)

Seventh generation	Stevens Thomson Mason (1811–1843) George Thomson Mason Beverley Randolph Mason Arthur Pendleton Mason William Pinckney Mason

Eighth generation	Kate Mason Rowland Richard Nelson Mason Lucy Randolph Mason

Mason family residences Accokeek Analostan Island Araby Chestnut Hill Chopawamsic Clarens Clermont Colross Gunston Hall Hollin Hall Huntley Lexington Locust Hill Mattawoman Montpelier Okeley Manor Raspberry Plain Selma Stafford Hall Temple Hall Woodbridge

Coordinates: 38°45′13″N 77°03′56″W / 38.7536°N 77.0655°W / 38.7536; -77.0655

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