Orange Hunt Models

Which Orange Hunt Estates Model Do You Have?

Did you know that there are only six different original single family home models?

• Bridlewood Model *
• Master Model *
• Red Fox Model *
• Squire Model
• Reynard Model *
• Huntsman Model

* They modified four of the original models slightly and added “New” in front of each model for Section Nine in 1976.

Which model do you have?
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A History of Orange Hunt Estates

“The Land. Much, or all, of the acreage eventually destined for Orange Hunt Estates was owned by a partnership of Abe Pollin and his brothers. Abe Pollin was a prominent Washington developer and was to become well-known in the metro area as the owner of the Washington NBA and NHL teams and the owner of sports arenas for these teams, first in Landover, Maryland, and then in D.C.

Orange Hunt Estates acreage, the Pollins called their venture Caldwell Limited Partnership. The name derived from real estate transactions in 1955 and 1961 between an area landholder, Irene B. Caldwell, and the Pollins, in which Caldwell held the notes.

The Pollins intended to develop the West Springfield tract, but they were stymied along with other developers by a Fairfax County sewer moratorium. The County intended to save the heretofore largely undeveloped Pohick Creek watershed from pollution caused by inadequate local sewage treatment plants that elsewhere in the County were discharging directly into streams that empty into the Potomac River. The Pollins, i.e., Caldwell Limited Partnership, ultimately did not develop their West Springfield tract but rather sold much of it to another developer in 1965. The buyer, Camelot Builders, Inc., was a land developer and home builder. Camelot almost immediately began construction of Orange Hunt Estates after its purchase, a time when West Springfield was at the leading edge of encroaching suburbanization in the area.

The forested tracts purchased by Camelot were in a region of former fox hunt grounds from colonial times well into the 20th century. Tobacco growing was prevalent in the region until the late 1700s, when the soil had become depleted from poor planting practices and when flour became a more profitable export to England. Thus, tobacco was supplanted by grain agriculture. In the 20th century, when rail lines allowed for rapid farm-to-city delivery, dairy farms became common in the region.”

Excerpts from Author and Orange Hunt resident/historian Gary Koblitz, Springfield, VA and story credits from Orange Hunt Living.