Mount Eagle Mansion

Mount Eagle Mansion was built in 1790 by Bryan Fairfax. George Washington was a long-time friend of Fairfax, visited frequently, and dined there for the last time only a week before he died in 1799. The Mount Eagle property changed hands many times in the years that followed. In 1918, a new owner greatly expanded the mansion by adding a full second story and two more wings. In 1936, a group of local businessmen and preservationists purchased Mount Eagle and formed the Lord Fairfax Country Club, but that venture failed within a few years. The last resident owners bought Mount Eagle in 1941, raised their family there, and continued some farming activities for the next two decades. The property was sold to developers in 1966, and the deteriorating mansion was destroyed in 1968. Metro obtained 20 acres of the Mount Eagle property for the Huntington station, and in 1979 International Developers, Inc. purchased the remaining 35 acres for the construction of Montebello.

Huntington, Virginia · United States