Constructed in 1886, Mountain Gap School was Loudoun County’s last operational one-room school when it closed in 1953. It survives as the sole remnant of the small village of Mountain Gap, and was originally painted white. Location south of Leesburg off Rt. 15 Leesburg, VA south of Leesburg off Rt. 15
One of Virginia’s most vibrant and attractive communities, Leesburg was founded in 1758. Originally called George Town after the reigning monarch of Great Britain, the name was changed to Leesburg in honor Virginia’s influential Lee family. Currently the seat of government for Loudoun County,...
Named after owner Charles Mercer’s Scottish ancestral home Aldie Castle, Aldie Mill survives as one of the best outfitted early mills in Virginia. The mill was built in 1807 by Mercer’s partner William Cooke. The Virginia Outdoors Foundation acquired landmark in 1981 for restoration as an operational example of an early 19th-century wheat and corn mill. 39401 John...