Lee Chapel

Chapel Ruins

All that remains of the Chapel are some of the foundation stones and the stairway entrance.

Lee Chapel Historical Plaque

A plaque was erected to give a brief history of the Church. It reads: "On this site stood Lee Chapel, a methodist Episcopal Church, built 1971 and named in honor General Robert E. Lee. Lee Chapel Replaced Mount Carmel Church which had been located at Ox Road and present day lee Chapel Road and had been destroyed by fire. Many Sundays were spent here in worship and fellowship by some of the oldest and most respected families of Fairfax County. Around 1928, combined circumstances including impassable roads, made it necessary to close the church; However, Lee Chapel became an active church again in 1939 following an increase of new families into the area and the desire of the former members to reopen the church. Twelve years later, due to the ill-fated proposal to build the Burke National Airport (later Dulles0 in the area, the church was closed for the final time in October, 1951. Plagued by vandalism after closing, the church building was finally destroyed by controlled burning. Lee Chapel cemetery is under the care of Sydenstricker United Methodist Church which hold its annual Easter Sunrise service on the site"

Built 1871

A portion of the cemetery that was sectioned off and right next to the old chapel. 

Lee Chapel
Lee Chapel