[171] Fairfax County Free Press, August 25, 1966; The basement measured 11 × 251/2 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 21/2 feet wide.
[172] Prior to the reconstruction of the courthouse in 1967, the shutters at the windows on the first floor of the front of the building were louvred in the top half and solid panel in the lower half. In the reconstruction, these shutters were replaced using shutters with solid panels.
APPENDIX A
FAIRFAX COUNTY CLERKS OF THE COURT
1742–1976
Sources: Frederick Johnston, Memorials of Old Virginia Clerks; Fairfax County Court Order Books.
| Catesby Cocke | 1742–46 |
| John Graham | 1746–52 |
| Peter Wagener | 1752–72 |
| Peter Wagener, Jr. | 1772–98 |
| George Deneale | 1798–1801 |
| William Moss | 1801–33 |
| F. D. Richardson, pro tem | 1833–35 |
| Thomas Moss | 1835–39 |
| Alfred Moss, pro tem | Oct.-Nov., 1839 |
| S. M. Ball | 1839–52 |
| Alfred Moss | 1852–61 |
| Henry T. Brooks (military) | 1861–65 |
| W. B. Gooding (military) | 1865–66 |
| William M. Fitzhugh (military) | 1866–67 |
| F. D. Richardson, pro tem | 1866–69 |
| D. F. Dulany (military) | 1869–70 |
| F. D. Richardson | 1870–80 |
| F. W. Richardson, pro tem | 1880–81 |
| F. W. Richardson | 1881–87 |
| W. E. Graham | 1887–1903 |
| F. W. Richardson | 1904–35 |
| John M. Whalen | 1936–45 |
| Thomas P. Chapman, Jr. | 1945–67 |
| W. Franklin Gooding | 1967–75 |
| James E. Hoofnagle | 1976– |
APPENDIX B
JUSTICES AND JUDGES OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY, CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS
1742–1976