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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM61D_non-commissioned-officers-service-club_Fort-Belvoir-VA.html
The Office of the Quartermaster General designed this building as an NCO club and the 13th Engineer Regiment constructed it in 1939. The building was constructed with materials appropriated from the post. Prior to this time, a "Hostess House" serv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM61A_thermo-con-house_Fort-Belvoir-VA.html
In 1948, the Department of Defense worked with Higgins Industries to develop a standard house design to meet the Army's housing shortage. Higgins Industries designed and mass-produced landing craft during World War II and held the patent for ?Ther…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RU_belvoir_Fort-Belvoir-VA.html
Belvoir, meaning "beautiful to see," was built about 1741 for William Fairfax, land agent for his cousin Thomas, sixth baron Fairfax of Cameron and Northern Neck proprietor. George Washington was introduced to Belvoir and its gentry culture while …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RS_fort-belvoir_Fort-Belvoir-VA.html
Fort Belvoir is named for the 18th-century plantation that was owned by William Fairfax. The house burned in 1783. The U.S. War Department acquired much of the Belvoir tract in 1912 as a training center and named it Camp A. A. Humphreys for Maj. G…
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