Franklin Farm
Franklin Farm is a planned community and census-designated place in Herndon.
The Franklin Farm development, then called simply Franklin, was originally envisioned as a "new town", similar to Reston or Burke Centre, the latter of which had been developed by the partnership of John T. Hazel, Jr., Milton V. Peterson and Guiseppe Cecchi.[1]
The partners had acquired the 840-acre Franklin dairy farm from farmer and airline executive James B. Franklin and applied for "planned residential community" zoning, which would give them wide leeway in developing their planned community.[1] Pressure from Centreville District Supervisor Martha V. Pennino and other Fairfax County officials eventually led to the abandonment of the new town plan, and development proceeded with a more traditional suburban sprawl model.[2]
There are 1,777 homes in 27 neighborhoods in Franklin Farm, which is overseen by the Franklin Farm Foundation.
List of neighborhoods
- Applegrove
- Ashburton Oaks
- Autumn Hill
- Bramblewood
- Briargate
- Bynwood
- CrossCreek
- Dairy Lou
- Dower House
- Fern Hollow
- Flintwood
- Foxlease
- Gatepost
- Heritage Meadow
- Hidden Meadow
- Huntsfield
- Laneview
- Rosemere
- Rounding Run
- Still Oaks
- Still Pond
- Stone Heather
- Tranquility
- Tuckaway
- Wildmere
- Willow Glen
- Wrenn House
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grubisich, Thomas. "Third 'New Town' is Proposed for Fairfax County." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Oct 25 1978. ProQuest. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
- ↑ Grubisich, Thomas. "Builder Scraps Fairfax County New-Town Plan." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Sep 11 1979. ProQuest. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
