Newington House (Site)

These coordinates mark the estimated site where the house once stood. No visible remains exist.


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Here follows an excerpt from Donald Hakenson's "This Forgotten Land" tour guide:

Located near the Chichester Cemetery was the Newington house. Richard L. Nevitt was born in Prince George's County, Maryland, circa 1824. He was the son of William and Rebecca (Lovejoy) Nevitt. In 1860, Richard's father William owned the Newington house. Also listed as living at the Newington house was Confederate Surgeon Napoleon Bonaparte Nevitt. As a resident of Fairfax County, and currently living with his mother and father in the Newington house, Richard Nevitt voted for secession at Accotink on April 23, 1861. Richard Nevitt enlisted as a private in Company F (the old Fairfax Company), Sixth Virginia Cavalry at an unknown place and date. No other information is available concerning his service in the Confederacy. In April 1875, the Newington house, which was then the residence of Private Richard L. Nevitt, caught fire in the morning and was destroyed. The Newington house was perhaps the oldest house still standing in Fairfax County, having been built in the early colonial days as a Church of England rectory. The house was made of brick was unusually heavy walls. Private Nevitt died May 6, 1891 at his home on Columbia Street, in Alexandria, Virginia.