Missionhurst, (home to our Chaplain) is 100 Years Old

Found at, and thanks to, the Arlington Virginia Department of Libraries Website;

MISSIONHURST
(4651 N. 25th Street)


Missionhurst (formerly Lyonhurst) is currently owned by a Roman Catholic order, but was built by Frank Lyon in 1907 as his home. Mr. Lyon was a prominent land developer in the County and built many homes in the areas of what are now Lyon Park and Lyon Village. He also owned one of the first newspapers in the County, The Chronicle. His home was the first in the County to have electricity, using power bought from the electric railroad which ran down what is now Old Dominion Drive.

Saegmuller Barn

Found at, and thanks to, the Arlington Virginia Department of Libraries Website;

SAEGMULLER BARN
(5115 Little Falls Road)


The Saegmuller barn was part of the Reserve Hill Farm, originally owned by the Vandenberg family. Reserve Hill subsequently became the home of one of the Vandenberg daughters and her husband, George Nicholas Saegmuller. Saegmuller, the inventor and manufacturer of precision instruments, built the stone barn in 1882. When the original farmhouse burned in 1894, Saegmuller rebuilt a grander stone "Reserve Hill" which survives today as the Knights of Columbus Hall. The first private phone line in the County was installed in 1894 to run between Reserve Hill and Easter Spring Farm, home of Saegmuller's brother-in-law, on N. Glebe Road.