Old Courthouse

Today the land around Greensboro is an office park. Originally, though, it was the site of the original Fairfax Courthouse. In 1742, Fairfax County legislation required that a courthouse be constructed “at a place call’d Spring Fields,” which is considered to be the present-day intersection of Rt. 7 and Rt. 23. The courthouse stood at the “Spring Fields” location until it was moved to the more populous Alexandria in 1752. In 1799, the courthouse was relocated to Chain Bridge Road, where it still stands (as a museum) in the City of Fairfax.