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49-547: The creek is sometimes referred to as "Great Hunting Creek", to distinguish it from Little Hunting Creek . This Fairfax County, Virginia state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Virginia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Little Hunting Creek 38°42′47″N 77°04′27″W  /  38.71294°N 77.07412°W  / 38.71294; -77.07412 Little Hunting Creek

98-634: A fork heading north and a fork heading east toward Fort Hunt Park . The North Branch breaks off from the main creek in a northeasterly direction about 1.5 statute miles (2.4 km) up from the Potomac River entrance, near the northwestern end of Stratford Landing. The Paul Spring Branch breaks off about another 1.5 statute miles (2.4 km) up the North Branch in the Hollin Hall area near Sherwood Hall Lane, and continues northward along Fort Hunt Road into

147-693: Is a 3.6-mile-long (5.8 km) primarily tidal tributary of the Potomac River located in Fairfax County, Virginia , not to be confused with Hunting Creek farther north. A stone-arch bridge, completed in 1931, carries traffic on the George Washington Memorial Parkway across the narrow mouth of the creek, located 96.6 miles (155.5 km) upriver from the mouth of the Potomac. The Washington family built its Mount Vernon plantation on

196-641: Is a 326 acres (132 ha) residential neighborhood encompassing 468 contributing buildings, five contributing sites, and three contributing structures for its 2013 designation in the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. The boundaries of Hollin Hills reflect the initial purchase of the 225 acres in 1946 as the site for a residential suburb and the neighborhood's 1956 expansion by Robert Davenport that added 101 acres to

245-623: Is listed separately within the Virginia Department of Historic Resources’ ‘’Notable Modern Architecture in Virginia, ca. 1940-1990’’ listing. In 1950, Goodman employed Harvard-trained landscape designer Lou "Barney" Voight to develop landscape plans for homes that optimized their home-sitting, the rolling hills and natural wood setting. After his untimely death at age 37 in 1953, he was followed by Daniel Urban Kiley and Eric Paepcke who focused on more geometric designs. Each provided property owners with landscaping plans intended to harmonize

294-663: Is one of the nine charter members of the Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL). The Hollin Hills Bluefish compete in NVSL Division 14. In 1955, the community formed a tennis club and four tennis courts were built and remained in active use for many years until the 1990s when period flooding from the Paul Spring Branch damaged the courts to become nearly unplayable. In 2021, the community voted to replace half

343-607: Is provided by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) with school board representation from the Mount Vernon District. FCPS schools serving the community remain Hollin Meadows Elementary School, Carl Sandburg Middle School and West Potomac High School (Wolverines). There are also many private schools in the area, such as Bishop Ireton High School (Cardinals) and St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School (Saints). The nearest public libraries to Hollin Hills are

392-502: Is the closest airport for residents. Trash and recycling collection throughout Fairfax County is performed either by the county or private collection company. The entirety of Hollin Hills is located within the County Collection service area. Dominion Energy is the primary supplier of electricity to area residents. Homes with natural gas are supplied Washington Gas . The Fairfax County Water Authority (or simply, Fairfax Water)

441-499: Is the primary water company for potable water supply to homes and fire hydrants. Regulated wireline telephone service (aka, land line ), digital/cable TV service, and residential Internet service is available with Comcast , Cox and Verizon . For elections, the majority of Hollin Hills is located within the Kirkside (608) voting precinct and the Hollin Meadows Elementary School is the polling place. For others, residents are served by

490-557: The Hollin Hills community and beyond. Little Hunting Creek is home to wildlife. Migratory birds such as mallards , Canada geese, great blue herons , and great egrets are common sights along the creek. Ospreys nest there, usually on top of a post in the creek. Bald eagles have been spotted in the area. Muskrats and the occasional beaver have been seen in Little Hunting Creek, and groundhogs and foxes can be found in

539-651: The Hollin Hills Pool , Hollin Hills Pickleball and Tennis Club , and the biennial House and Garden Tour . Resident volunteers with efforts of the CAHH Parks Committee and the Friends of Hollin Hills organize to enhance park amenities and to control non-native, invasive species such as English ivy , multiflora rose , and tea viburnum . The seven CAHH parks include: Lastly, other nearby parks inclusive of

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588-575: The Hollin Meadows Swim and Tennis Club at 2500 Woodlawn Trail is located near the "new" Hollin Hills area and was once part of CAHH. Today, the HMSTC is separate from the CAHH as a private-membership based club operating a 5-acre complex in a wooded area, bordering the historic district boundaries. The structures and community of Hollin Hills has won many architectural and landscape design awards beginning with

637-529: The Hybla Valley and Groveton areas since a shift for census purposes prior to 2010. The community contains more than 30 acres (12 ha) of parkland across seven distinct parks, a pool and swim club, a bocce court, and a pickleball and tennis club, operated and maintained by the Civic Association of Hollin Hills (CAHH). Principally designed by Charles M. Goodman and developed by Robert C. Davenport in

686-583: The Potomac River and onto the Chesapeake Bay . Starting in April 2021 after months of debate, Fairfax County closed access to the parks and began stream restoration projects designed to restore and stabilize the dangerously eroded perennial streambeds in Goodman and Brickelmaier Parks and restore the parks to safety, ecological health, and natural beauty, which was heavily debated by residents, ecological experts and

735-705: The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The county's public bus service, Fairfax Connector , has nearby connections via Route 101 (Fort Hunt–Mt. Vernon) and Route 152 (Groveton–Fort Hunt) routes, located near the intersection of Fort Hunt Rd and Paul Spring Rd, near the Hollin Hills Pool and community entrance. The Huntington station serves as the nearest rapid transit terminal of the Washington Metro (WMATA) system. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), located approximately 8 miles north,

784-676: The Washington National Airport ) to design the community; Goodman hired landscape architect Lou "Barney" Voigt to his firm in 1950. Together, the trio of builder/developer, architect and landscape architect chose to design each home with lots no smaller than one-third of an acre. Between 1949 and 1961, Charles Goodman designed eight modern unit types with variations in square footage and interior amenities, comprising 15 different combinations for Hollin Hills. During construction, many trees were retained to block sight lines, and houses were built at angles to ensure privacy. The popularity of

833-454: The "New Hollin Hills" was completed in 1971. In all, roughly 450 houses with contemporary construction techniques and landscape plans were established in northern Virginia, offsetting the area's more common Colonial Revival homes. Today, the neighborhood is known primarily for its mid-century modern architecture homes, each is uniquely oriented on its lot to maximize its privacy and landscape view, with sight lines intentionally chosen to enhance

882-480: The 1940s, it was one of the Washington, D.C. area's first post-war modernist architecture developments, combined with natural landscape designs between 1949 and 1971. Davenport purchased the original 225 acres (91 ha) of hilly, undeveloped land for $ 550/acre (present value:$ 8,594/acre). As home sales and national acclaim grew, he then acquired another 101 acres (41 ha) in 1956, and constructed more homes until

931-711: The Bucknell (604) voting precinct and its Bryant Center polling place. Within the community's first five years, construction began on Hollin Hills Elementary School, located adjacent to the community entrance along Fort Hunt Road, immediately north of the intersection with Paul Spring Road. The school was built at a cost of $ 275,964 (present value: $ 3.14 million) and opened its doors to students from Hollin Hills and other neighborhoods on September 6, 1955. In 1956, after some delay, Groveton High School opened. In 1960, William C. Bryant Intermediate School opened, one of

980-721: The Fairfax Grant. The land agents for the proprietor included Philip Ludwell, George Brent, and William Fitzhugh. They processed the paperwork for Northern Neck grants (i.e., land sales) rather than the Secretary and Governor in Jamestown/Williamsburg. Based on pre-1742 maps of the Patents and Northern Neck Grants of Fairfax County, the land of present-day Hollin Hills sat on land once owned by land agent, George Brent. Based on an 1862 Union engineer map (VREF 975.52 U 1862 DC.), known as

1029-579: The Little Hunting could not be filled in, because the soil in the creek bed was very unstable. By the 1960s residential communities began to spring up on both sides of the creek. The remnants of a sewage treatment plant are situated on the eastern shore of the creek downstream of the North Branch fork. The headwaters of Little Hunting Creek begin in Huntley Meadows Park on the west side of U.S. Route 1 , about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of

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1078-482: The Potomac River along both banks of Little Hunting Creek during colonial times. The creek is bordered by residential communities in addition to the Mount Vernon property. It is a popular location for recreational fishing , and much of the wildlife characteristic of the tidal Potomac wetlands can be spotted there. At the time of John Smith's explorations of Virginia in the early 17th century, Little Hunting Creek

1127-491: The Potomac River entrance to the creek. The creek is fed by three major tributaries. The South Branch (known during colonial times as Carney's Gut, after the tenant there) is located in the southeast portion of what is now the Stratford Landing neighborhood. It empties into the east side of the creek a few hundred yards northeast of the Potomac River entrance, and bifurcates southeast of Fort Hunt Elementary School into

1176-726: The Revere Quality House award from the Southwest Research Institute in 1950. After more than 25 years, the community was the inaugural awardee of the Test-of-Time Award (Residential category) from the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for its lasting appeal in site-planning, house sitting and architecture for houses on Stafford Road. With its last home constructed in 1971,

1225-554: The Sherwood Regional Library (opened in 1971 ) and Martha Washington Library (opened at its current location in 1961 ) served by the Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) system. In addition, several residents have installed and maintain neighborhood book exchanges and chartered Little Free Library locations throughout the neighborhood, often stylized in the shape of mid-century modern homes found throughout

1274-692: The United States, 1830–1960 . Subsequently, the Board of the Civic Association of Hollin Hills (CAHH) sought and was granted state and national designations when Hollin Hills was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register in late June 2013, followed by its September 2013 inclusion as a National Register of Historic Places national historic district . Over the decades, this mid-century modern community has attracted artists, architects, politicians, lawyers, doctors and numerous other individuals typical of

1323-461: The building of Fort Hunt High School. At the same time, Groveton High School was expanded to cover the neighborhoods that had previously gone to nearby Fort Hunt High School, into which Foster Intermediate School's student had formerly matriculated. Groveton was renamed to West Potomac High School. Each of these changes prompted objections from resident within Hollin Hills and other neighborhoods, not

1372-585: The common space shared by each structure. These design tenets have remained very cohesive because of a long-standing design review committee that advises on building or modification of existing houses, and starting in 2022, its designation as the Hollin Hills Historic Overlay District (HOD) , which requires modifications and additions to be reviewed by Fairfax County Architectural Review Board. The Hollin Hills Historic District

1421-675: The community's first significant and lasting recognition as a historic community occurred quickly thereafter with its 1972 inclusion in the Fairfax County's Inventory of Historic Sites. Next in December 2004, Hollin Hills is prominently listed within The Contemporary House and The Contemporary Landscape Design sections of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) multiple property submission for Historic Residential Suburbs in

1470-474: The community. The Civic Association of Hollin Hills (CAHH) is a volunteer residential membership organization structured to promote the common good of the community. It is led by a nine-member, democratically elected Board of Directors which manages a variety of community activities, social and educational events, including a monthly newsletter, a resident/owner directory, an architectural design review committee, management and oversight of 30 acres of parkland,

1519-529: The contours of the land and highlight each building's individual design and siting. Depending on the address and date of construction, residents of today may obtain copies of their original landscape plans from the Library of Congress , Harvard's Frances Loeb Library , or George Mason University's Fenwick Library. Stormwater throughout Hollin Hills is part of the Little Hunting Creek watershed that flows to

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1568-567: The county HOD but located outside of the state and national historic district boundaries are White Oaks Park and two portions of the Paul Springs Valley Stream Park, all of which is maintained by the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA). Goodman and Davenport originally planned and submitted to Fairfax County for zoning approval in 1952 that Hollin Hills would have its own shopping center and gas station; however,

1617-537: The county rejected the plan and the shopping center is never built on the corner of Paul Spring Road and Fort Hunt Road. The site is now the home of the Hollin Hills pool, and tennis and pickleball courts. Completed in 1954, Hollin Hills Pool & Swim Club, which was established on 2.95 acres (1.19 ha) of land purchased by the Civic Association from Robert Davenport. The Hollin Hills Swim Team, established in 1956,

1666-480: The county's first racially integrated schools, taking grades from local elementary schools and Groveton High School. The originally all-white Hollin Hills Elementary School was desegregated in 1964. In 1965, Hollin Meadows Elementary School was built on Nordock Place, directly adjoining the neighborhood near its southern end. By the late 1970s, enrollment numbers from other neighborhoods to the north and

1715-458: The county. The two parks were reopened in November 2022. Motor vehicles are the most common form of transportation to and from Hollin Hills via its 11 ingress/egress points. Most houses do not feature garages, and instead include carports that may have been part of Goodman's plans or added via additions by Goodman associate Eason Cross Jr., and other architects throughout the years. Many homes in

1764-467: The creek and from there to the Potomac River. Nesting ospreys can often be observed from a road in the Stratford Landing neighborhood, Thomas J. Stockton Parkway, that runs alongside the creek. The creek is an excellent place for largemouth bass fishing. In 2004, a debate arose about whether the installation of duck blinds and duck hunting should be permitted on the creek. Swimming is not advised, particularly in light of drownings that have occurred in

1813-456: The homes, which feature huge expanses of glass, established Goodman as a nationally acclaimed guru of modern architecture . Davenport named some streets to complement the community name, while others were named after family members: Martha's Road for his mother and Rebecca Drive for his daughter. Elba Road was named after one of his prize bulls. Throughout the community, several custom designs, additions and modifications were constructed beyond

1862-503: The least because of rivalry between the high schools and perceptions of class differences between them. As Hollin Hills was one of the higher incomes neighborhood within the Bryant/Groveton district, its children faced particular tensions in the earliest years of the new configurations, though those old lines were quickly forgotten as children aged through the system. As of 2024, public elementary and secondary education of resident youth

1911-682: The older northern part of Hollin Hills had declined, leading to the closure of Hollin Hills Elementary School in June 1980. (Its buildings have since been converted into the Paul Spring Retirement Community living center.) In 1985, the Bryant Intermediate School was closed, and Hollin Hills's children were shifted to the new Carl Sandburg Intermediate School, which also included students from the closing Stephen Foster Intermediate School. This new larger intermediate school took over

1960-493: The original 225-acre tract have gravel parking pads at the edge of the street, in addition to driveways. County restrictions prohibit the parking of watercraft, motor homes, campers, trailers, and other large vehicles on public streets, as the community is within the Mount Vernon Community Parking District. Virtually all public roads (interstate, primary and secondary) in Fairfax County are maintained by

2009-650: The original tract, he intended the name "Hollin Hills" as a variation of the 18th-century Hollin Hall Plantation, originally owned by George Mason , one of the Founding Fathers of the United States , known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights." General Mason named his lands after an English estate of his mother's family. Some of the Hollin Hall plantation buildings still stand on Sherwood Hall Lane. Davenport hired D.C.-based architect Charles M. Goodman (who also designed

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2058-479: The southwest of the original section. The historic district encompasses all of the present 326 acres (132 ha) of Hollin Hills, composed of single-family dwellings, parks, and recreational areas. Residents have Alexandria mailing addresses with ZIP codes 22306 or 22307. Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron appointed land agents who lived on the Northern Neck to sell parcels from what became known as

2107-494: The tennis courts. In 2022, six pickleball courts were built atop two of the tennis courts; the courts are managed by the CAHH Hollin Hills Pickleball and Tennis Club. The pool/tennis/pickleball property, now consisting of 6.137 acres (2.484 ha), is located along Fort Hunt Road at its intersection with Paul Spring Road. Both the swim and racquet clubs offer resident and non-resident membership options. In 1964,

2156-399: The unit types creating an “architectural laboratory” for modern home design. In 1957, Goodman was appointed to design Alcoa Care-free Homes across the United States using more than 7,500 pounds (3,400 kg) of aluminum per home. Only 23 were ever built, including one in Hollin Hills, which has since been restored. This Elba Road-home is one of the district's NRHP contributing properties and

2205-595: The vicinity of the stone-arch bridge. Hollin Hills Hollin Hills is a historic district and neighborhood approximately 10 miles south of Alexandria, Virginia . Though mailing addresses in Hollin Hills are listed as being in Alexandria, it is actually in an unincorporated part of southeast Fairfax County, Virginia . It is located primarily in the Fort Hunt area of the county with some portions remaining in

2254-558: The west from the River Farm to the east. In 1765, when Fairfax Parish was carved out of the existing Truro Parish , Little Hunting Creek marked the southeastern end of the dividing line. In 1929, a bridge was designed as a part of the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, and completed in 1931. The bridge was not part of the original plans for the highway – other creeks were successfully filled in with soil to cut costs; but

2303-545: The woods near the water. Fish such as catfish , carp , perch , and largemouth bass are found in the creek. In 2004, Little Hunting Creek became one of the first places where invasive northern snakehead fish were caught near the Potomac. Little Hunting Creek remains navigable by canoe or kayak upstream to the North Branch fork or farther, depending on the tides. Both sides of the navigable creek border residential communities, and many homeowners maintain private boat docks for launching canoes, sailboats and other vessels into

2352-410: The “McDowell map”, Hollin Hills sat near Sparrow Hill, which later formed Popkins Farm. "The land subdivision in general has been designed to bring out the best qualities of each individual site, rather than to obtain the maximum number of lots per acre. Hollin Hills is a community of homes which have been fitted to the land. " Architect's Statement - Charles M. Goodman When Davenport acquired

2401-518: Was the site of a settlement of Indians from the Doeg (Dogue) tribe . By the latter part of that century, the land by Little Hunting Creek had come into the hands of John Washington , great-grandfather of George Washington . What was originally known as Little Hunting Creek Plantation eventually became known as George Washington's Mount Vernon estate . The creek separated the Mansion House Farm to

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