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Our History
"Money's Corner" was named after the Money Family who owned much of the land surrounding the intersection of Lawyers and Fox Mill Roads. In 1964, Jim Monroe, president of the Monet Construction Company, purchased 46 lots in the area and commenced building houses thereon. He developed the land as the Money's Corner subdivision, the first such cluster built in Fairfax County. A covenant was established with Dominion Estates and the Money's Corner Association (MCA) was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in July 1964. The leading member of Dominion Estates was Mark Merrill. His wife's maiden name was Calkins. She was an author who wrote under the pen name of Clinch Calkins, worked and wrote about the Henry Street Settlement in New York, was a speech writer for Henry Hopkins during the Roosevelt administration, wrote plays for Catholic University, and composed poetry. One of her most famous poems was ''Year of Laurels-1964," a requiem to John F. Kennedy. Delevan Drive was named after Mrs. Merrill's only brother, Delevan Calkins, a physician who practiced in St.Louis.
Before Money's Corner
Prior to the development of the subdivision, the land was a dairy farm and was probably the scene of Civil War action because this was an area where John Mosby's Rangers operated. There are historical accounts of major skirmishes on West Ox Road and the capture of a Union general at the Fairfax courthouse. Civil War headstones can be found in nearby cemeteries. There are also accounts of this area having once been the site of a nudist camp.
Money's Corner Assets
Property assets of MCA consist of over 27 acres of common ground which includes the lake, the area surrounding the lake, pasture land, a paddock area, a riding ring, open lands surrounding much of the community, and a private road from Lawyers Road to the barn area.