Ben Lomond Historic Site - Manassas, Virginia

Bob T.

Great tour today. Guide was entertaining and very informative. Highly recommended to visit this site and go for the tour of this rich historical aspect of the manassas battle

Tom S.

Tour inside the home is great experience. Hidden gem. Used as a hospital at 1st Manassas. Visit the slave quarters and see the original road bed that Jackson's Brigade used to march to the battlefield and to fame on July 21, 1861.

Joseph B.

This site has two claims to history. It operated as a field hospital during the Battle of Bull Run, fought only a mile from this house. Additionally, it is a plantation that dates to the 1830’s. There are not many plantations where the slave cabins are intact; however, this is one. While here, take a look at the photos detailing the logistical hurdles of relocating the cabins. This house is remarkably well-preserved for being nearly 200 years old. Dave Born gave us a great tour. Be sure to ask for a guided tour. Also, if it is summertime, check out the beautiful gardens while you are here.

Christine F.

This place surely knew how to give an exciting, informative, and engaging tour. If all historical tours were like this, they'd have a lot more people wanting to visit! Well done!

Janine M.

FABULOUS! FANTASTIC! AWESOME! Super packed informational tour with Lance!
2 history buffs had, undoubtedly the best tour guide in the United States.
Ask him about taxation and how it came into being.
He was extremely gracious and turned off the scents permeating the air. This girl has an extremely sensitive nose.
I have been to a lot of museums in my long life. The best museum without a tour guide before they changed it, was the Buffalo museum at fort huachuca. But then the idiots running it changed everything about it.
The best museum with a tour guide is this one.

Others joined our tour and made it even better! Then they left and we were talking about the kitchen, and the slave quarters, it was so interesting we were there for 4 hours.
It was worth far, far, far more than the $5 entrance fee.

You can even pick up the recreated bullets, to feel the heft and see how they would damage a body.

I include a picture of a chair to show how small the seat of it was. Pictures of linimint bottles, and a photo of the- to me-simply stupid way to say slaves. They were not farm workers or dairymaids. (As an aside, Lance answered my question about the word 'enslaved '. I am now educated and will say that in the future when it is appropriate.)

There are only two things in the museum on the tour that you cannot touch.

Thank you thank you thank you Lance!

Timothy S.

Soldiers wounded at the Manassas Battlefield were brought here. Lots of ghost stories associated with the house and grounds. This is a nice place to spend an hour or more learning all about local history.

Will A.

Our tour guide was super informative but not boring! He kept it interesting for sure, the building itself is a sight to see but to hear how everything unfolded there is super cool. My wife and I absolutely loved it, they aren't joking when they say hear see smell! One room had a barnyard scent to it which was decent but the medical room had gangrene as the scent and oh boy, do not I repeat do not get in close to take a smell of that one you WILL lose your appetite for quite a while. But it added to the feel and atmosphere if what stories were being told at the time, for the price (5$ a head) it's well worth it please stop by if you are in the area you won't regret it.

David M.

You can walk around the property for free, don't. Instead spend the five ($5} dollars per head and get a guided tour. You'll get so much more information in a fun and engaging way. It's worth every penny.