Blenheim Estate, the City of Fairfax  

The Blenheim Estate is located in the heart of the City of Fairfax on Old Lee Highway .  It sits on the remaining 12 acres of land that was once a 200-acre farm owned by Albert Willcoxon in 1854.  The property has been in the Willcoxon family for five generations ending with Barbara Scott.  Upon her death in 1986, the property passed to her husband who subsequently willed it to his brother in 1997.

In January 1999, the City of Fairfax acquired the historic site for preservation and for use as an historic park.  The house is a circa 1856-1860 brick, Federal and Greek revival home and the grounds contain a boxwood garden, the family cemetery, and vintage shrubs and trees.

The most distinctive feature of the house is the dozens of surviving inscriptions of Civil War soldiers from the Union Army who - through family and local history - are said to have occupied the house during the war using it as a hospital and possibly as regimental headquarters.  The names and other inscriptions have been transcribed and preliminary research of their lives has been completed and documented.

The City of Fairfax began offering the site for events in 2001.  The first such event was the wedding reception in September, 2001.