The Mitchell-Weeks House is a "Potomac Valley style" log farmhouse first built in 1789. Descendants of builder Benjamin Mitchell lived in the house, located in

Chantilly, Virginia Chantilly is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 24,301 as of the 2020 census. Chantilly is named after an early-19th-century mansion and farm, which in turn took the name of an ...

just west of the intersection of Lee-Jackson Highway and Lee's Corner Road, until approximately 1940. Subsequent owners renovated and remodeled the house, but it currently preserves the Early American-era log front wall and stone chimneys. The

Fairfax County Park Authority The Fairfax County Park Authority is the department of the Fairfax County, Virginia government responsible for developing and maintaining the various parks, historical sites, and recreational areas owned or administered by Fairfax County. Figures pu ...

erected a

historical marker A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, bearing text or an image in relief, or both, ...

for the house in 2003.

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Houses in Fairfax County, Virginia Log buildings and structures in Virginia Houses completed in 1789 {{Virginia-struct-stub