Morven Park
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flyingmoose
N 39° 08.480 W 077° 32.782
18S E 279929 N 4335548
Located on the southbound side of Route 15 along the edge of Morven Park.
Waymark Code: WM14ND4
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2021
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Marker Text:
Morven Park was the home of Westmoreland Davis, who as governor of Virginia (1918-1922) created the executive budget system that concentrated state budgeting authority in the governor's hands. Davis bought Morven Park in 1903 and transformed it into a progressive dairy farm. The first owner, Wilson Cary Selden, built a small fieldstone farmhouse in the 1780s. A mid-19th-century owner, Thomas Swann Jr. served as governor of Maryland and United States congressman. In the 1840s, the Baltimore architectural firm of Lind and Murdock enlarged and remodeled the house for Swann in the Greek Revival and Italian Villa styles.
Marker Number: F 29
Marker Title: Morven Park
Marker Location: Roadside
County or Independent City: Loudoun
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources, 1995
Web Site: Not listed
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