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NEIGHBORHOOD
RESTAURANT GROUP
AND ARCADIA
In 2010 the Neighborhood Restaurant Group partnered
with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to restore
Woodlawn as a working farm once again. The partnership
founded the non-profit organization, Arcadia Center
WOODLAWN ESTATE
POPE LEIGHEY HOUSE
for Sustainable Food & Agriculture, which uses
environmentally and economically sustainable growing
practices. Arcadia is synonymous with the farm-to-table
movement and participates in educational outreach
projects with area schools and organizations.
WEDDINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
The non-profit also supplies local and fresh produce to 550
Events and other NRG restaurants as a way to raise
funds for its educational projects.
PLEASE CONTACT US FOR YOUR
COMPLIMENTARY WEDDING CONSULTATION
AND TOUR OF THE GROUNDS
WOODLAWNEVENTS@SAVINGPLACES.ORG
TELEPHONE 703 570 6903
9000 RICHMOND HWY, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22309
2016 SPECIAL
PROPERTY USE RATES
WOODLAWN PACKAGE
CEREMONY + RECEPTION
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
KESTER LANE, FOUNTAIN GARDEN, EAST PORTICO LAWN
AND SERPENTINE GARDEN
MAX GUESTS: 250 TABLE SEATED
RATE: $3500 FRIDAY-SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
$2500 WEEKDAYS
5:00-11:00 PM ONLY
CEREMONY ONLY PACKAGE
FOUNTAIN GARDEN
MAX GUESTS: 120 AUDIENCE SEATED
EAST PORTICO LAWN
MAX GUESTS: 120 AUDIENCE SEATED
SERPENTINE GARDEN
MAX GUESTS: 300 AUDIENCE SEATED
RATE: $1500 FOR 3 HOUR RENTAL
UNDERWOOD PACKAGE
MAX GUESTS: 40 TABLE SEATED / 60 AUDIENCE SEATED
RATE: $1250 WEEKENDS & HOLIDAY EVENINGS
$750 MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENINGS
$200 HOURLY, 3 HOUR MINIMUM, WEEKEND DAYS
$150 HOURLY, 3 HOUR MINIMUM, MONDAY - THURSDAY DAYS
POPE-LEIGHEY HOUSE
GARDEN PACKAGE
MAX GUESTS: 80 SEATED / 125 STANDING
RATE: $3000 INCLUSIVE
WOODLAWN ESTATE
POPE LEIGHEY HOUSE
Originally part of George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate
During the 1930s, Frank Lloyd Wright set his formidable
and Five Farms, Woodlawn Estate played a major role in our
attention towards designing affordable middle-class residences.
country’s farming history. President Washington bestowed
More than 100 of these modest homes, referred to as Usonian,
2,000 acres of his land as a wedding gift to his nephew,
and thought to mean “the United States of North America,” were
Major Lawrence Lewis and his bride Eleanor “Nelly” Custis.
constructed between 1936 and Wright’s death in 1959, including
In 1805, Dr. Thorton was commissioned to build the brick
the Pope-Leighey house (1940). Commissioned in 1939 by Loren
mansion that remains the center of the Woodlawn Estate.
Pope, a journalist in Falls Church, the residence was sold to Robert
The property, located just off Richmond Highway near
and Marjorie Leighey in 1946. The house was in the path of an
Mount Vernon, is owned by the National Trust for Historic
expansion of Highway 66, so to preserve the building, Mrs. Leighey
Preservation and operates as a museum and breathtaking
gave the property to the National Trust, which relocated it to nearby
event site. Its glorious hilltop views and impeccably
Woodlawn and granted her lifetime tenancy. Mrs. Leighey occupied
landscaped gardens make Woodlawn one of Virginia’s finest
the house at Woodlawn, until her death in 1983. Unusually, the
historical estates as well as one of the most beautiful
house required a second move due to the instability of the clay soil,
wedding venues in the DC metropolitan area.
and was relocated about thirty feet up the hill in 1995-96.
POPE LEIGHEY HOUSE INTERIOR
BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ONLY
PLEASE CONTACT OUR DIRECTOR OF SITE INTERPRETATION
AND PARTNERSHIPS AT APHILLIPS@SAVINGPLACES.ORG
ARCADIA FARM EVENTS
MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS ON A SEASONAL BASIS
PLEASE CONTACT WOODLAWNEVENTS@SAVINGPLACES.ORG
ADDITIONAL FEES
PLEASE SEE OUR PROPERTY REPRESENTATIVE FOR DETAILS
Steeped in over two centuries of history and romance and surrounded by naturally
wooded beauty all year ‘round, the timeless allure of Woodlawn Estate welcomes
you to create the wedding of your dreams. Honored to be the exclusive caterer and
event design company for historic Woodlawn Estate, 550 Events excels in custom,
all-inclusive menus and event packages to meet the unique needs of our clientele.
550 Events as earned a sterling reputation for offering restaurant quality cuisine and
service paired with beautiful décor and gracious elegance for our Woodlawn guests.
TO RESERVE, PLEASE EMAIL
WOODLAWNEVENTS@SAVINGPLACES.ORG