Sully Plantation

Sully Plantation

Sully Plantation Bill Sublette

Sully Plantation

c. 1794. VA 28 (5 miles south of Dulles Toll Road, .5 mile north of U.S. 50, 4 miles north of 1–66). Identified with a sign and open to the public

Overrestored and too pretty, still Sully, built for Richard Bland Lee, younger brother of Henry (Light Horse Harry) Lee, provides a glimpse of less pretentious homes of the late eighteenth century. It is not a mansion but a rambling farmhouse, fronted by a wide (original) piazza decorated with scalloped eaves. The interior woodwork is particularly fine. The farmstead includes numerous outbuildings of interest, among them a stone dairy and servants' structure covered with pargeting, or stucco set with small stones, which is rare in Virginia. It is operated by the Fairfax County Parks Authority.

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