Peace and Plenty at Bollingbrook, circa 1809

The property was originally part of a 9,600-acre land patent granted by Lord Fairfax in 1731. In 1809, 790 acres were given as a wedding present, upon which the original one-story Federal brick house was constructed. In 1830, Robert Bolling expanded the residence to 21 rooms, creating the handsome Jeffersonian house that remains today, distinguished by 14-foot ceilings, finely carved fireplace mantels, intricate cornices and columns, a graceful staircase, hand-blown glass walk-through windows, ...