Prisons in Lorton

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.