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Paranormal team to hold seminar, investigation at Ben Lomond
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Date: July 17, 2014 07:32AM
Paranormal team to hold seminar, investigation at Ben Lomond
http://www.insidenova.com/headlines/paranormal-team-to-hold-seminar-investigation-at-ben-lomond/article_dfe0fa88-0d50-11e4-aa21-0019bb2963f4.html
On July 21, 1861, the day of the First Battle of Manassas, Confederates commandeered the Ben Lomond House in Manassas for use as a field hospital. It was soon overwhelmed with the dying and wounded. Many believe the suffering at the house laid the groundwork for later hauntings.
At 7 p.m. July 26, visitors to the Ben Lomond Historical Site will get the chance to see if the reported hauntings can stand the scrutiny of the East Coast Research and Investigation of the Paranormal team, with members from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
The team will hold an hour-long seminar at the Ben Lomond Community Center, 10501 Copeland Drive, Manassas, prior to the investigation at Ben Lomond House. The seminar will explain the team’s methods and train people on how to use ghost hunting equipment, which includes instruments to measure barometric pressure and rapid temperature changes along with recording devices.
Over the years, there have been claims of paranormal activity at the house, said Jimmy Price, site manager of Ben Lomond for the Prince William County Historic Preservation Division.
“Pretty much as soon as the county acquired the property, there have been reports of doors opening and closing themselves; footsteps heard on the second floor when there’s nobody else in the house,” Price said. “That’s the reason this investigative group comes here because it has a history of paranormal activity.”
Price has had unexplained encounters in the house. “I’ve been here since last August. I’ve had one or two experiences that kind of made me look around and wonder what was going on. The front door has opened by itself on occasion. Sometimes I’ll come in and there’s merchandise lying on the floor that wasn’t there when I left the site the night before.”
Price said that many people have reported hearing sounds and seeing things at all hours. “Apparently ghosts don’t care what time of day it is,” he said. “They’ll make themselves known when they want to.”
The event is $40 per person for the seminar and $100 for the seminar and investigation. Visit the Historic Preservation Division’s website at http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/publicworks/hp/Pages/default.aspx for more information.
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On July 21, 1861, the day of the First Battle of Manassas, Confederates commandeered the Ben Lomond House in Manassas for use as a field hospital. It was soon overwhelmed with the dying and wounded. Many believe the suffering at the house laid the groundwork for later hauntings.
At 7 p.m. July 26, visitors to the Ben Lomond Historical Site will get the chance to see if the reported hauntings can stand the scrutiny of the East Coast Research and Investigation of the Paranormal team, with members from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
The team will hold an hour-long seminar at the Ben Lomond Community Center, 10501 Copeland Drive, Manassas, prior to the investigation at Ben Lomond House. The seminar will explain the team’s methods and train people on how to use ghost hunting equipment, which includes instruments to measure barometric pressure and rapid temperature changes along with recording devices.
Over the years, there have been claims of paranormal activity at the house, said Jimmy Price, site manager of Ben Lomond for the Prince William County Historic Preservation Division.
“Pretty much as soon as the county acquired the property, there have been reports of doors opening and closing themselves; footsteps heard on the second floor when there’s nobody else in the house,” Price said. “That’s the reason this investigative group comes here because it has a history of paranormal activity.”
Price has had unexplained encounters in the house. “I’ve been here since last August. I’ve had one or two experiences that kind of made me look around and wonder what was going on. The front door has opened by itself on occasion. Sometimes I’ll come in and there’s merchandise lying on the floor that wasn’t there when I left the site the night before.”
Price said that many people have reported hearing sounds and seeing things at all hours. “Apparently ghosts don’t care what time of day it is,” he said. “They’ll make themselves known when they want to.”
The event is $40 per person for the seminar and $100 for the seminar and investigation. Visit the Historic Preservation Division’s website at http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/publicworks/hp/Pages/default.aspx for more information.
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Date: July 17, 2014 12:36PM
Remember not to text and drive kids!
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Date: July 17, 2014 02:50PM
More dumb fuck fake shit like Ghost Hunters. Who cares.
Re: Paranormal team to hold seminar, investigation at Ben Lomond
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Date: July 17, 2014 03:47PM
Will Tara Brach be there? She can show us how to be mindful of the ghosts and spirits.
Re: Paranormal team to hold seminar, investigation at Ben Lomond
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Date: July 17, 2014 04:50PM
Ghosthunters are trying to convince themselves of something outside this 3-D universe. Relax, of course there is and everyone who says its not so are either afraid or withholding knowledge. To regress, they may just be allowing you to grow on your own accord. Dealing with ghosts is like dealing with low-lives. The bottom of the barrel, please be aware of that.
Re: Paranormal team to hold seminar, investigation at Ben Lomond
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Date: July 17, 2014 08:43PM
How cool! My family actually gifted the manor house parcel to Prince William County in 1981. I'll have to find out if they had any paranormal experiences when visiting the property years ago.
Re: Paranormal team to hold seminar, investigation at Ben Lomond
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Date: July 18, 2014 08:09AM
The wrong paranormal team is listed in the article! The correct team is East Coast Research and Investigation of the Paranormal. We are a team based in the DC Metro area.
For more info about us and this event visit http://eastcoastrip.org/
For more info about us and this event visit http://eastcoastrip.org/
Re: Paranormal team to hold seminar, investigation at Ben Lomond
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Peter Venkmen
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Date: July 18, 2014 08:10AM
ECRIP Spencer Wrote:
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> The wrong paranormal team is listed in the
> article! The correct team is East Coast Research
> and Investigation of the Paranormal. We are a team
> based in the DC Metro area.
>
> For more info about us and this event visit
> http://eastcoastrip.org/
Did anyone call Ghostbusters?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY8lIFhweV4
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. That was a funny movie!
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> The wrong paranormal team is listed in the
> article! The correct team is East Coast Research
> and Investigation of the Paranormal. We are a team
> based in the DC Metro area.
>
> For more info about us and this event visit
> http://eastcoastrip.org/
Did anyone call Ghostbusters?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY8lIFhweV4
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. That was a funny movie!
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Re: Paranormal team to hold seminar, investigation at Ben Lomond
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Date: July 18, 2014 09:08AM
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G4ytm
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Date: July 18, 2014 08:14PM
Sounds interesting, I might check this out.
Re: Paranormal team to hold seminar, investigation at Ben Lomond
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Date: July 19, 2014 03:11PM
Ben Lomond Historic Site
http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/publicworks/hp/pages/historic-preservation-events.aspx
10321 Sudley Manor Dr.
Manassas, VA 20109
703-367-7872
House Tours: $5 for adults, free for children under six, $3 for active military, $3 per person for groups of 10 or more and $2 per student for student programs (call for reservations) and accompanying adults are free.
Pricing varies for special programs, please see calendar for details.
Donations to support historic preservation efforts in the County are gratefully accepted.
Originally part of an extensive Northern Virginia land grant, the site of Ben Lomond was one of numerous plantations that Robert “Councillor” Carter III owned in Colonial Virginia. After Carter died his large land-holdings were divided amongst his heirs. One, Benjamin Tasker Chinn, inherited the site of Ben Lomond in 1830 and within two years had built the two story main house along with the dairy, smokehouse, and slave quarter. Chinn leased the property out the Pringle family prior to the Civil War. Both the Chinns and Pringles used their enslaved workforce to farm corn and wheat and to care for the nearly 500 Merino sheep that were part of the property.
Immediately after the Battle of 1st Manassas the house was converted into a Confederate field hospital. For nearly a month wounded soldiers were crammed into the house with many more covering the grounds. Confederate troops encamped near the house in the winter, requiring the house to be re-established as a hospital treating diseased men. After the Confederates evacuated the area in 1862, Federal soldiers ransacked the house, destroying furniture and littering the interior with graffiti.
E.A Craighill was a medical aid at Ben Lomond after the Battle of 1st Manassas.
After the Civil War, both the Chinns and Pringles struggled to rebuild. Eventually, the Chinns sold the property. A succession of various owners called Ben Lomond home, including John F. Rixey, chief doctor to President Theodore Roosevelt.
In time for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, today Ben Lomond was brought back to its Civil War appearance. The grounds are open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day. Tours are offered Thursday through Monday from May 1 through October 31 from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. or by appointment.
Ben Lomond Joins Historic House Museum Group
Ben Lomond Historic Site is a participating member of the Historic House Museum Consortium of Metropolitan Washington D.C. Please visit their website below to learn about over 40 historic house museums in the Washington DC area including Mount Vernon, Riversdale, White House and many more in Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC! Visit www.dchousemuseums.org for information.
Enslaved People at Ben Lomond
For nearly one hundred years slavery was an integral part of Ben Lomond. From 1771 to 1861, countless enslaved African-Americans lived and worked here. The original slave quarter on site is the only existing building of its kind in the county and one of a handful in the region. Also on site are places where the enslaved community worked: the dairy and smokehouse. In 2007, archeologists discovered another enslaved workspace, the antebellum kitchen. Specialized slavery tours are offered every other month listed in our calendar of events.
Graffiti
After the Confederate army evacuated Manassas in the Spring 1862, Federal forces occupied the area, including Ben Lomond. Federal soldiers not only destroyed furniture in the house at that time, but also put graffiti on most of the interior of the house. In much of the house, the plaster walls are covered from floor to ceiling with graffiti. Today most of the graffiti in the house is covered to protect it from UV rays, but sections are still visible, including the signature of a Medal of Honor recipient.
Old Rose Garden
The rose garden behind the house contains one of the largest collections of Old Garden Roses in the DC Metro area. This garden is significantly larger and different than the garden that was present during the antebellum period. The Old Garden Roses and companion perennials you see here today originally belonged to Jim Syring, a long time County resident and rose collector. Upon his death the garden was moved here in 1996 for the enjoyment of others.
The garden contains many cultivars of Old Garden Roses many of which could have been here during the antebellum period. Many of the cultivars in the garden today have been in cultivation for centuries. The garden’s main season of bloom is in late spring; with some blooming throughout the summer and a second flush in the fall. Companion perennials, annuals, and bulbs insure that the garden is in bloom all season.
Ben Lomond Timeline
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1732 Robert “King” Carter patents 8,000 acres of Prince William County to Robert Carter II
1745 Robert “Councillor” Carter inherits 70,000 acres in Virginia, 5,000 of which are in Prince William
1776 “Councillor” Carter renames his Prince William plantation “Cancer Plantation”
1791 “Councillor” Carter submits his “Deed of Gift” to Northumberland District Court, which sets in motion the gradual emancipation of 452 of his slaves, making Carter the largest slave-owner to voluntarily free his slaves in American history.
1804 “Councillor” Carter dies
1830 Councillor” Carter’s grandson Benjamin Tasker Chinn inherits Cancer plantation. Settles in Prince William County with 10 slaves
1832 Main house, smokehouse, dairy, and slave quarters built
1838 Chinn marries Edmonia Randolph Carter who changes the plantation’s name to Ben Lomond, after her family’s ancestral home
1849 Chinn leases 1,800 acres to Horatio Andrews of New York.
1850 The Andrews family with the additional help of one slave and William Randall, William Hampshire, and Catherine Jackson, all hired out free blacks, grow corn and wheat and tend to 500 Merino sheep.
1851 Chinns move to Hazel Plain; lease Ben Lomond to Benjamin Thornton
1851 Chinn sues Andrews for failure to pay rent, evicts the Andrews family
1852 Thornton leases Ben Lomond to the Pringle Family
1852 Pringles farm Ben Lomond, focusing on the 500 Merino sheep that are on the property.
Lease out local enslaved workers and hire out free blacks to help with the work.
1861 Main house is converted into the Pringle House Hospital treating wounded Confederate soldiers.
1862 Passing Union soldiers cover Ben Lomond with graffiti.
1865 Civil War ends. Pringles leave Ben Lomond.
1870 Chinns trade Ben Lomond for townhouse in Washington, D.C.
1901 John Rixey purchases the house, turning the grounds into a major dairying operation.
1910 Rear-Admiral Presley Marion Rixey, Surgeon General of the United States, inherits the property. President Theodore Roosevelt visits the property many times.
1915 F.W. and Emma Bruch buy the property, spending thousands of dollars to create “one of the finest dairy and horse-breeding estates in the country”.
1927 Ben Lomond is auctioned off.
1951 Robert Garner, Vice-President of the World Bank purchases the property.
1966 Garner sells 814 acres to the Weaver Brothers Corporation who develop the land.
2011 Ben Lomond is rededicated and opened to the public.
Attachments:
http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/publicworks/hp/pages/historic-preservation-events.aspx
10321 Sudley Manor Dr.
Manassas, VA 20109
703-367-7872
House Tours: $5 for adults, free for children under six, $3 for active military, $3 per person for groups of 10 or more and $2 per student for student programs (call for reservations) and accompanying adults are free.
Pricing varies for special programs, please see calendar for details.
Donations to support historic preservation efforts in the County are gratefully accepted.
Originally part of an extensive Northern Virginia land grant, the site of Ben Lomond was one of numerous plantations that Robert “Councillor” Carter III owned in Colonial Virginia. After Carter died his large land-holdings were divided amongst his heirs. One, Benjamin Tasker Chinn, inherited the site of Ben Lomond in 1830 and within two years had built the two story main house along with the dairy, smokehouse, and slave quarter. Chinn leased the property out the Pringle family prior to the Civil War. Both the Chinns and Pringles used their enslaved workforce to farm corn and wheat and to care for the nearly 500 Merino sheep that were part of the property.
Immediately after the Battle of 1st Manassas the house was converted into a Confederate field hospital. For nearly a month wounded soldiers were crammed into the house with many more covering the grounds. Confederate troops encamped near the house in the winter, requiring the house to be re-established as a hospital treating diseased men. After the Confederates evacuated the area in 1862, Federal soldiers ransacked the house, destroying furniture and littering the interior with graffiti.
E.A Craighill was a medical aid at Ben Lomond after the Battle of 1st Manassas.
After the Civil War, both the Chinns and Pringles struggled to rebuild. Eventually, the Chinns sold the property. A succession of various owners called Ben Lomond home, including John F. Rixey, chief doctor to President Theodore Roosevelt.
In time for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, today Ben Lomond was brought back to its Civil War appearance. The grounds are open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day. Tours are offered Thursday through Monday from May 1 through October 31 from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. or by appointment.
Ben Lomond Joins Historic House Museum Group
Ben Lomond Historic Site is a participating member of the Historic House Museum Consortium of Metropolitan Washington D.C. Please visit their website below to learn about over 40 historic house museums in the Washington DC area including Mount Vernon, Riversdale, White House and many more in Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC! Visit www.dchousemuseums.org for information.
Enslaved People at Ben Lomond
For nearly one hundred years slavery was an integral part of Ben Lomond. From 1771 to 1861, countless enslaved African-Americans lived and worked here. The original slave quarter on site is the only existing building of its kind in the county and one of a handful in the region. Also on site are places where the enslaved community worked: the dairy and smokehouse. In 2007, archeologists discovered another enslaved workspace, the antebellum kitchen. Specialized slavery tours are offered every other month listed in our calendar of events.
Graffiti
After the Confederate army evacuated Manassas in the Spring 1862, Federal forces occupied the area, including Ben Lomond. Federal soldiers not only destroyed furniture in the house at that time, but also put graffiti on most of the interior of the house. In much of the house, the plaster walls are covered from floor to ceiling with graffiti. Today most of the graffiti in the house is covered to protect it from UV rays, but sections are still visible, including the signature of a Medal of Honor recipient.
Old Rose Garden
The rose garden behind the house contains one of the largest collections of Old Garden Roses in the DC Metro area. This garden is significantly larger and different than the garden that was present during the antebellum period. The Old Garden Roses and companion perennials you see here today originally belonged to Jim Syring, a long time County resident and rose collector. Upon his death the garden was moved here in 1996 for the enjoyment of others.
The garden contains many cultivars of Old Garden Roses many of which could have been here during the antebellum period. Many of the cultivars in the garden today have been in cultivation for centuries. The garden’s main season of bloom is in late spring; with some blooming throughout the summer and a second flush in the fall. Companion perennials, annuals, and bulbs insure that the garden is in bloom all season.
Ben Lomond Timeline
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1732 Robert “King” Carter patents 8,000 acres of Prince William County to Robert Carter II
1745 Robert “Councillor” Carter inherits 70,000 acres in Virginia, 5,000 of which are in Prince William
1776 “Councillor” Carter renames his Prince William plantation “Cancer Plantation”
1791 “Councillor” Carter submits his “Deed of Gift” to Northumberland District Court, which sets in motion the gradual emancipation of 452 of his slaves, making Carter the largest slave-owner to voluntarily free his slaves in American history.
1804 “Councillor” Carter dies
1830 Councillor” Carter’s grandson Benjamin Tasker Chinn inherits Cancer plantation. Settles in Prince William County with 10 slaves
1832 Main house, smokehouse, dairy, and slave quarters built
1838 Chinn marries Edmonia Randolph Carter who changes the plantation’s name to Ben Lomond, after her family’s ancestral home
1849 Chinn leases 1,800 acres to Horatio Andrews of New York.
1850 The Andrews family with the additional help of one slave and William Randall, William Hampshire, and Catherine Jackson, all hired out free blacks, grow corn and wheat and tend to 500 Merino sheep.
1851 Chinns move to Hazel Plain; lease Ben Lomond to Benjamin Thornton
1851 Chinn sues Andrews for failure to pay rent, evicts the Andrews family
1852 Thornton leases Ben Lomond to the Pringle Family
1852 Pringles farm Ben Lomond, focusing on the 500 Merino sheep that are on the property.
Lease out local enslaved workers and hire out free blacks to help with the work.
1861 Main house is converted into the Pringle House Hospital treating wounded Confederate soldiers.
1862 Passing Union soldiers cover Ben Lomond with graffiti.
1865 Civil War ends. Pringles leave Ben Lomond.
1870 Chinns trade Ben Lomond for townhouse in Washington, D.C.
1901 John Rixey purchases the house, turning the grounds into a major dairying operation.
1910 Rear-Admiral Presley Marion Rixey, Surgeon General of the United States, inherits the property. President Theodore Roosevelt visits the property many times.
1915 F.W. and Emma Bruch buy the property, spending thousands of dollars to create “one of the finest dairy and horse-breeding estates in the country”.
1927 Ben Lomond is auctioned off.
1951 Robert Garner, Vice-President of the World Bank purchases the property.
1966 Garner sells 814 acres to the Weaver Brothers Corporation who develop the land.
2011 Ben Lomond is rededicated and opened to the public.
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Date: July 21, 2014 08:49AM
I'm curious to hear about any experiences anyone has had there at Ben Lommand.