Salisbury Plain

This land marked the easternmost boundary of a 3,111-acre grant known as Salisbury Plain, acquired by Henry Lee from Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax in 1725 when it lay on the Stafford County frontier. The area later became part of Prince William County in 1730, Fairfax County in 1742, Loudoun County in 1757, and returned to Fairfax County in 1798. In 1787, the Lee property was divided between Henry Lee’s two grandsons: Richard Bland Lee, the first United States Congressman to represent northern Virginia and the builder of Sully, and Theodorick Lee, who acquired the southeastern portion of the estate.

Chantilly, Virginia · United States