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Published July 24, 2024 at 8:00AM | Updated October 16, 2024 at 4:19PM

Photo: Prince William County Office of Historic Preservation

The Prince William County Office of Historic Preservation and Prince William County Parks & Recreation will host a special event at the Brentsville Courthouse Historic Centre. The event marks the 15th anniversary of the Centre’s appearance on an episode of the television show Ghost Hunters.

The event will occur at the Brentsville Courthouse Historic Centre, 12229 Bristow Road, Bristow. The evening begins with a free screening of the “Ghost Hunters” episode from 7 to 8 PM. Following the screening, there will be a ghost tour from 8 to 9 p.m. The tour costs $15 per person, and advance tickets are recommended. Tickets will be available starting August 6th at pwcparks.info/hptickets.

Prince William

Restored Historic Brentsville Jail Offering Sleepover Program

By Caitlyn Meisner

Published July 18, 2024 at 12:00PM

[Courtesy of Prince William County]

“Guests will take part in a mock trial where we take court cases from the 1800s and we give everyone different roles,” Paige Gibbons Backus, historic site manager at Brentsville Courthouse Historic Centre & Lucasville School, said in a press release. “They go through the court case, hear the evidence and then decide if someone is innocent or guilty and we tell them if they changed history or not.”

The jail was built in tandem with the Brentsville Courthouse in the 1820s and served as the “center of law and order” for the county until 1893, the release stated. The county seat moved to Manassas, so the jail transitioned to a women’s dorm for the teacher’s college in the defunct courthouse. It was then renovated to become a private residence then the county park authority’s jail space.

Prince William

Student found with brass knuckles charged

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 8, 2024 at 4:53PM | Updated August 13, 2024 at 6:22PM

Patriot High School in Prince William County, VA

Authorities at Patriot High School in Brentsville were alerted to the presence of a weapon on school premises following a tip received through the See Something Say Something App.

The School Resource Officer (SRO) was notified on May 7 at 10:24 a.m., indicating that a student had been in possession of a weapon the previous evening during an after-school function. The investigation revealed that the student was seen with metal knuckles, police said.

Features

Bluegrass Festival returning to Brentsville on September 30

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 17, 2023 at 11:00AM

The Brentsville Historic Courthouse Centre once severed as a stop on the Underground Railroad to freedom. [Mary Davidson/Potomac Local]

Prince William County Historic Preservation: “Brentsville’s Bluegrass Festival is on Saturday, September 30th from 10 am-4 pm. Tickets will go live on August 1st and can be purchased at pwcparks.org/bluegrass.”