Facts & Highlights About Hollin Hills

Community Advantages | Facts & Highlights

Community Advantages

• Outdoor membership pool 4 blocks away
• Tennis courts
• 2 excellent Fairfax County Libraries 5 minutes away
• 2 Fairfax County recreation centers nearby, both with Olympic pools, one with an ice rink
• Six Parks in Hollin Hills, GW Parkway parks and trails nearby
• Nice neighbors, plenty of privacy
• Voluntary Civic Association, monthly newsletter with consumer and other information
• 4 supermarkets 5 minutes away
• Huntley-Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary 5 minutes away
• Excellent Fairfax County schools
• Many types of shops and services available in Old Town and on Route 1
• Small Shops and supermarkets in Bellview Center and Hollin Hall Center to the South
• A list of trustworthy competent service providers (many of these came from Hollin Hills neighbors)

Facts and Highlights

• Hollin Hills was designed as a variation of the Hollin Hall Plantation, owned by General Thomson Mason, the son of George Mason, a founding father. General Mason named his lands after an English estate of his mother’s family. Some of the Hollin Hall plantation buildings are still in existence on Sherwood Hall Lane.


• Hollin Hills was the first neighborhood in the Washington Area comprised solely of contemporary houses.


• The 225 acre tract of land was purchased in a courthouse auction by Robert Davenport, and developed by Davenport and the Rodman Brothers.


• Charles Goodman was the architect. The development began winning awards for its architecture shortly after the first homes were completed in 1950.


• Trees were retained, building details determined by the contour of the land, and a landscape plan designed as an integral part of each structure.


• Some street names in Hollin Hills were chosen by Robert Davenport to compliment the community name. Others were named after members of family. For example, Martha Road was named for his mother, and Rebecca Lane for his daughter. Elba road was actually named after one of his prize bulls!


• The last Hollin Hills home on Kimbo Street was finished in May of 1971, which completed the 463-home community.