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All the United States Virginia Herndon Dranesville Tavern
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Dranesville Tavern

A tavern that is no longer in Dranesville.

Herndon, Virginia

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Dranesville Tavern, a popular wagon stand for teamsters and travelers traversing the Leesburg Turnpike in Virginia, dates back to 1823. Businessman Washington Drane (for whom Dranesville is named), opened this hostelry in a location roughly at the midpoint between Georgetown and Leesburg. 

The log building, which is flanked by distinctive Seneca sandstone chimneys, survived the Civil War's Battle of Dranesville in 1862.

Just over 100 years later, the tavern faced a different kind of threat when planning began to widen the Leesburg Turnpike. In 1968, the Fairfax County Park Authority acquired the tavern. To preserve the building it was moved it about 100 feet from it's original location onto land located in Herndon.

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  • https://www.virginia.org/Listings/HistoricSites/DranesvilleTavern/
  • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dranesville_Tavern
  • https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/contact/Mobile/AgencyDetail.aspx?agId=4004
  • https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/029-0011/
  • https://ourstoriesandperspectives.com/2018/10/24/dranesville-tavern-history-and-hospitality/
Dranesville Tavern
11919 Leesburg Pike
Herndon, Virginia, 20170
United States
39.008025, -77.360258
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