| Page | ||
| List of Illustrations | v | |
| Preface | vi | |
| Acknowledgments | vii | |
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Chapter I. | The Mason Family | 3 |
| Thomson Francis Mason | 3 | |
| Chapter II. | Huntley and Its Owners | 9 |
| Location and Site | 9 | |
| Origin of Name | 9 | |
| Owners and Occupants | 10 | |
| Mason ownership | 10 | |
| King ownership | 13 | |
| Harrison-Pierson ownership | 15 | |
| Harrison ownership | 17 | |
| Later owners | 23 | |
| Chapter III. | An Architectural Description | 27 |
| The Dwelling or Mansion House | 27 | |
| Room arrangement | 27 | |
| Windows and doors | 29 | |
| Interior features | 29 | |
| Exterior features | 31 | |
| The Tenant House | 31 | |
| The Storage House and Necessary | 33 | |
| The Icehouse | 35 | |
| The Root Cellar | 35 | |
| Dairy and Springs | 37 | |
| Early Structures No Longer Standing | 37 | |
| Chapter IV. | The Architect of Huntley | 41 |
| The Architectural Plan | 41 | |
| Area Architects, circa 1820 | 42 | |
| George Hadfield | 42 | |
| Similarities to the Work of Hadfield | 43 | |
| Summary | 47 | |
| Appendix A | Some Mason Houses in Northern Virginia | 50 |
| Appendix B | Chain of Title | 53 |
| List of Sources | 55 |
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