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.
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