Bloomfield, also known as Holly Knoll, is a historic home located near Herndon,

Fairfax County, Virginia Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the most p ...

. It was built about 1858, and is a two-story, five-bay, red brick

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with a two-story service wing. The front facade has small one-story front

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with a flat roof is supported by four plain square posts. The house has Federal /

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

-style details. an
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in 2013.

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