Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Devon Park in Beautiful McLean: the Estate Section of Fairfax County

We haven’t done anything for McLean lately, so we’d like to shine a little light on the namesake of John Roll McLean, the former owner of the Washington Post. Here’s a great real estate advertisement from 1957, featuring newly developed Devon Park and its fairly modern looking architecture … kind of looks like the Brady House.

Devon Park real estate advertisement - 1957

Devon Park real estate advertisement – 1957

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