Historic Manor House Has Countless Possibilities

from Country ZEST & Style Summer 2023 edition

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Historic Manor House Has Countless Possibilities

**Alwyngton Manor from the front in all its historic majesty.**

Alwyngton Manor, located in Old Town Warrenton, was built in 1855 by John Quincy Marr (1825-1861) for his mother, sisters and himself.

Marr was born in Warrenton and graduated second in the Class of 1846 at the Virginia Military Institute. In the years before the Civil War, he served as Fauquier County Treasurer, Sheriff, and Presiding Justice of County Courts. Following John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, he organized the Warrenton Rifles militia for home defense and, in 1861, sat as a Delegate in the Virginia Secession Convention.

Commissioned a Lt. Colonel in the Confederate Army on May 5, 1861, he served on garrison duty with the Warrenton Rifles at Dumfries, Bristoe Station, and Fairfax Courthouse.

In the early hours of June 1, 1861, 50 men of the 2nd United States Cavalry rode past the Fairfax Courthouse firing their weapons. One random bullet killed Marr while he was standing in a clover field at the roadside, making him the first Confederate officer killed in the war.

The next owners, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Nesbitt, bought the home in the 1890s. They raised their children there and saw their grandchildren raised there as well.

In recent years, Alwyngton Manor has been enjoyed by many as a wedding and event venue offering guest rooms.

The 10,000-plus square foot home features nine bedrooms and nine baths, including separate apartments. The first floor offers multiple, spacious rooms for entertaining, dining, office and study plus a modern and commercial kitchen with room for catering. The grounds include four-plus acres of lush lawn and beautiful 150-year-old trees, a lovely garden with ivy-covered walls, 100 pale pink rose bushes and a lily pond. The grounds also include a gazebo, a long and circular driveway and a detached, multi-car garage. Alwyngton Manor would be an impressive personal residence with room for staff or could function as a private school or other investment property with commercial uses.