uring the
restoration. If ... [there] are post-1800 andirons [in these
fireplaces], out they will go in the restoration."

In an interview on March 2, 1970, however, Macomber stated he felt
that these chimneys had been connected to stoves after the fireplaces
which they served were blocked up.

[168] The architect expressed the opinion that the addition to the
west end of the courthouse dated from about 1900; _Northern Virginia
Sun_, January 8, 1966, 1. However, no documentary evidence from the
county records supports this date; _Fairfax County Free Press_, August
25, 1966.

[169] Transcript of interview with Walter Macomber, March 2, 1970. As
to the arch marks, Mr. Macomber said: "On the front wall I found a
semi-circle deeply incised in the brick wall. I concluded there had
been an original arched design there and I reproduced such an arch as
it might have looked based on my studies of colonial architecture."

[170] Transcript of interview with Walter Macomber, March 2, 1970,
contains the following:

Question: Do you know what the original color of the room was?

Macomber: No. But since most of the buildings of that period were
either white or light gray, I used these colors.

Question: Was any of the original ironwork left?

Macomber: No. The ones installed are new but made from old designs
used in the colonial period.

Question: Where did the old chandeliers you installed in the
ceiling come from?

Macomber: They were discovered in storage. They are not colonial,
but since they were probably used at some time I thought it
appropriate to use them.

Question: Where did you get your ideas for the woodwork?

Macomber: I created it according to patterns used in colonial
times. The benches were brought in after the Civil War and had
come from the Payne [Jerusalem] Baptist Church. I thought it
appropriate to use them.

[171] _Fairfax County Free Press_, August 25, 1966; The basement
measured 11 x 25-1/2 feet and was located across the midsection of the
building. At the north end of the basement a stairway led to an
outside entrance, and at the south end another stairway provided
interior access. The basement was lined with 8-inch thick brick walls,
and was divided into two rooms of approximately equal size connected
by a doorway 2-1/2 feet wide.

[172] Prior to the reconstruction of the courthouse in 1967, the
shutters at the windows on the