Birchwood (Arlington, Virginia)

Birchwood is a log house reconstructed in 1936 using logs from an earlier structure built in about 1836. It is located in Arlington County, Virginia. The first log house on the site was an even earlier structure built by Caleb Birch in approximately 1810 that burned down.[1]

Birchwood - a white house log house with signs in front of it.
Birchwood in 2018

Richard Wallace, valet to Rear Admiral Presley M. Rixey, lived here, and received President Theodore Roosevelt as a visitor.[2]

The house is recognized by Arlington County as a historic site and has installed a historic marker at the house.[3][4]

References
  1. McMorrow, Michael (2018-09-21). "Birchwood on the Block in Arlington". The Connection Newspapers. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  2. Orton, Kathy (2018-09-21). "Arlington log cabin was Teddy Roosevelt's ice cream parlor". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  3. "Appendix 1: The Arlington County Historical Markers" (PDF). projects.arlingtonva.us. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  4. Armstrong, Kristen (2007-06-17). "Many Lessons Can Be Learned from a Classic Log Home". InsideNoVA.com. Retrieved 2018-12-15.

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