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old-fashioned candy on the first floor, has the museum and administrative offices on the second floor, and operates the Used Book Cellar in the basement which is open whenever the store is open. It holds tours by appointment only by volunteers of
Historic Vienna Inc. The house is open to the general public from Wednesday through Sunday from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. It is closed during the months of January and February, but visits are available by appointment.
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Many exhibits have been staged over the years. Exhibits on World War II, the Civil War, the local railroad (which ran from 1855 to 1968), and most recently World War I have been well received. In 2019 Historic Vienna told the story of the Town of Vienna in the 1950s. Elements of the exhibit featured
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Washington D.C. His accomplishments include serving as the first president of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department and as a member of the Town Council, including three years as mayor. After passing the house down to his wife, Hattie Belle, it was passed to their daughter Dorothy. In 1969 she sold
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In 1861, the house was the polling place for the secession vote. A vacant house in its location was a perfect headquarters for the
Confederacy, and later the Union. For both sides, the house acted as a hospital and offices. After the war moved on and ended, the Lydeckers moved back into the house.
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Freeman House is a two-story, five-bay frame house. It has white paneling with a full width front porch. It has an off-center entrance slightly to the right. On each side of the house is a chimney, which can be observed through the exterior. On the right side of the house a man-made bridge was
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Freeman House was originally built in 1859 for Abram Lydecker, an immigrant from New Jersey. The top floor acted as the living area, and the bottom was the store that sufficed as Vienna's post office and fire department. Lydecker owned and operated the store/house until he and his family fled
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Freeman House Store and Museum is located in the town of Vienna in Fairfax County, Virginia on Church Street. The house takes up approximately 0.83 acres (0.34 ha), while the entire property took up six acres when Abram Lydecker purchased it. As the house is less than twenty miles from
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