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Eight pencil drawings of locations in Prince William County, Virginia by Kenneth Harris, C0529, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries
Donated by Autumn Brown, HR and Admin Specialist for the GMU SciTech campus, on July 9, 1919.
Processing completed by Meghan Glasbrenner in February 2025. Finding aid completeed by Meghan Glasbrenner in March 2025.
Albert Kenneth Harris (known professionally as Kenneth Harris) was born in Pennsylvania on May 8, 1904. Harris moved to Ohio to attend the Cincinnati Art Academy and began his work as a commercial artist in Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia, before moving to Norfolk, Virginia to begin his career as a painter. Harris become best known for his "Old Norfolk" paintings, which captured locations around the city prior to its redevelopment, in some cases becoming the only records of those sites. Harris painted and sketched numerous buildings and locations throughout Virginia, always focusing on keeping the prices of his art low to allow average people to buy them. Harris passed away on May 13, 1983 at the age of 79.
Eight pencil drawings by Kenneth Harris depicting locations in Prince William County, Virginia. Three of the drawings depict locations in Manassas National Battlefield Park: the Stonewall Jackson statue, Stone House, and Stone Bridge. The remaining five drawings depict Beverley's Mill in Broad Run and four other historic buildings in Manassas: the Prince William County Courthouse, Train Station, Town Hall, and Liberia house.
All drawings are estimated to have been created circa 1970s-1980s, but this date range is unverified.
The Special Collections Research Center holds other materials related to the history and locations of Northern Virginia and Prince William County, including the Prince William County Historic Newspapers Collection and Walter M. Macomber Old Fairfax Courthouse restoration drawings.
This is a single folder collection.
"Albert Kenneth Harris (1904-1983)." n.d. Find a Grave. Accessed March 19, 2025. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231653986/albert_kenneth-harris.
"Landscapes." n.d. Southern Fine Arts. Accessed March 19, 2025. http://www.southernfinearts.com/landscapes.
"Obituaries - UPI Archives." n.d. UPI. Accessed March 19, 2025. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/16/Obituaries/6305421905600/.