Ford Building
Built c.1835
Old Town Fairfax
This was the home of Antonia Ford, imprisoned as a spy following Ranger Mosby's night capture of the local Union commander, Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Stoughton, March 9, 1863. A search of the house had revealed an honorary aide-de-camp commission to Antonia from Gen. Jeb Stuart.
Marker is on Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
