Barbour House
{{Coord|38|50|39.5|N|77|18|26.5|W|display=title}}
The Barbour House is an early 20th-century mansion in Fairfax, Virginia.{{cite web | url=http://www.mccandlaw.com/content.asp?pl=648&sl=705&contentid=713 | title=McCANDLISH & LILLARD: THE BARBOUR HOUSE YEARS | year=2008 | accessdate=2009-04-05 | publisher=McCandlish & Lillard}} It takes its name from its prominent owner, John Strode Barbour.{{cite web | url=http://beckhamfamily.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I7051&tree=T1 | title=John Strode BARBOUR | date=22 Mar 2005 | accessdate=2009-04-05 | archive-date=2011-07-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710225504/http://beckhamfamily.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I7051&tree=T1 | url-status=dead }}{{Unreliable source?|date=January 2016}} Barbour House is located at 4069 Chain Bridge Road.
History
Barbour House was the residence of John Strode Barbour (10 August 1866 – 6 May 1952),{{cite web | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=81&GScid=50190&GRid=9170581& | title=John Strode Barbour | date=Jul 22, 2004 | accessdate=2009-04-05 | publisher=Find A Grave}}{{Unreliable source?|date=January 2016}} a prominent American newspaper editor, lawyer, mayor, and statesman. Barbour was a scion of the Barbour political family. During the Barbours' ownership, the Barbour House was the center of Fairfax social life.
When the estate of Barbour's widow, Mary B. Grimsley Barbour, was in administration, the Barbour House was being scheduled for demolition so that the property could be developed. McCandlish and Lillard law firm bought the house and moved it to a parcel of the estate fronting on Payne Street (which was renamed Chain Bridge Road). William Patram, a well-known building mover, transported Barbour House 100 yards to its new site.
References
{{reflist}}
{{Barbour family}}
Category:Houses completed in the 20th century