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Dr. George Oberle book talk!

George Mason University George Oberle presented a program based on his his new book at the historic Oakton Schoolhouse on Hunter Mill Road on May 9. Creating an Informed Citizenry: Knowledge and Democracy in the Early American Republic is available from UVA Press. https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10158/ 
Photo courtesy of John Parks

Historic Schoolhouses of Northern Virginia Open House

The Historical Society of Fairfax County cosponsored the Historic Schoolhouses of Northern Virginia open house on May 3 at Oakton Schoolhouse on Hunter Mill Road. President Sue Kovach Shuman pictured at the left.

July 4, 1987 - Century Oak’s two barns are in the distance. The large white barn was built in the 1950s. The smaller red barn was built about 1870

Century Oak Farm

Century Oak Farm was named after a solitary, large red oak tree located on the south side of Thompson Road in what is today’s Sully District of… (Read More)