Re: Midgetville
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VAViking
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Date: April 01, 2009 04:02AM
From Wikipedia....
"The 8-acre (32,000 m2) Wedderburn Property lay on the border of the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park in Vienna, Virginia. Due to the small sizes of the homes that were once there, local youth renamed the place "Midgetville" and tell stories of hostile little people who inhabited the buildings and threw rocks and shot guns at outsiders. Although the county has never confirmed the existence of midgets residing there, numerous people have claimed incidents of sabotage and destruction to their vehicles upon entering the property.[1]
In 1882 the site was a small summertime resort that people went to when they wanted to escape the stressful lifestyle of Washington, D.C. In 1892 the area was purchased by Alexander Wedderburn. In 1901 the hotel burned to the ground, but a normal-sized two-story building was built around the same time at the corner of the property. In 1930, one of his sons, George, built six small Spanish-style cottages. A courtyard in the middle of the property was sometimes used as a fairground or a farmers market. The Wedderburns briefly established the Wedderburn Music School on site. The cottages were rented to people, but the place became overgrown with ivy and trees.[2] In 2002 the family signed a deal with contractors to tear the place down and develop the property.[3] Though the proposal created some controversy, the Fairfax County, Virginia Board of Supervisors voted to approve the project.[4]
The cottages were all destroyed, and the trees removed, in early 2008 to make way for "Wedderburn Estates.""
They tore it all down. Of course, the last time I was out there (1981), the place was already falling down and a rat trap. Still, it was a great place to go at night, down some brew, tell ghost stories to some busty cheerleader and hopefully......Ah, the memories of high school.