Lake Anne is a

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

in the unincorporated suburban community of Reston in

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, United States. The lake is part of the

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drainage area of the county.

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Lake Anne is one of Reston's four manmade lakes. Prior to its development, the land was home to open fields and forests. It was built in 1962 and named after Anne W. Simon, the spouse of

Robert E. Simon Robert Edmund Simon, Jr. (April 10, 1914 – September 21, 2015) was an American real estate entrepreneur, most known for founding the community of Reston, Virginia. Original work: He was the maternal uncle of feminist historian and writer El ...

, Reston's founder. The contents of the lake come mainly from rainfall and

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, as well as underground springs. Lake Anne is also the name of the historic

village center A town centre is the commercial or geographical centre or core area of a town. Town centres are traditionally associated with shopping or retail. They are also the centre of communications with major public transport hubs such as train or bus st ...

that surrounds the lake. Lake Anne and its adjacent neighborhood form the nucleus of the original Reston development.

James Rossant James Stephan Rossant (August 17, 1928 – December 15, 2009) was an American architect, artist, and professor of architecture. A long-time Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, he is best known for his master plan of ...

and

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designed Lake Anne Village using a Brutalist architectural style. It was officially dedicated on December 4, 1965. Reston founder Robert E. Simon spent the last third of his life in Heron House (designed by Rossant and named after the

great blue heron The great blue heron (''Ardea herodias'') is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America, as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos ...

found in the area) on Lake Anne. The

was named to the

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in 2017.

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Chesapeake Bay watershed Reservoirs in Virginia Potomac River watershed Reston, Virginia Lakes of Fairfax County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax County, Virginia {{FairfaxCountyVA-geo-stub

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