Frank Lyon was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and land developer in Arlington County, Virginia.
23 Facts About Frank Lyon
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Frank Lyon developed the land in modern-day Clarendon, Virginia, Lyon Park and Lyon Village.
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Frank Lyon was born on December 30,1867, in Petersburg, Virginia, to Mary Margaret and John Lyon.
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Frank Lyon's father was a lawyer in Petersburg and served in the office of the Advocate General of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
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Frank Lyon was educated in public schools in Richmond and graduated high school in 1884.
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Later when Lyon moved to Washington, DC, he attended Georgetown University Law School.
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Frank Lyon graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1889 and a Master of Laws in 1890.
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Frank Lyon later transferred to Richmond and worked as a private secretary to a railroad official.
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In 1886, the Southern Railroad was formed and Frank Lyon moved to Washington, DC to work in its offices.
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On June 1,1887, Lyon became a private secretary to Walter L Bragg of Alabama, a commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Frank Lyon then became a stenographer with the ICC and remained there until 1899.
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Around 1902, Frank Lyon began to practice law in Alexandria County, Virginia.
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Between 1901 and 1906, Frank Lyon started to publish the Alexandria County Monitor and continued with the paper until 1928.
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Frank Lyon argued legal cases against the open sale of liquor and open saloons in Alexandria County.
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Frank Lyon participated in the raids in Rosslyn and Jackson City in May 1904 with Crandal Mackey.
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Frank Lyon became involved in the development of Moore's Addition to Clarendon and then bought out Moore's interest in the property and started his own development firm.
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Frank Lyon used techniques to keep people of color from settling in his developments.
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Frank Lyon required housing built on the land he sold to be expensive and designed the streets with cars in mind, not for pedestrians.
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In 1933, Frank Lyon turned down a nomination on the Prohibition Party ticket for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
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Frank Lyon was the daughter of John V Wright, a member of the US Congress, member of the Confederate States Congress, colonel in the Confederate States Army and circuit judge of Columbia, Tennessee.
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In 1923, Frank Lyon moved to Langley, Virginia, and bought 169 acres of land and built a stone house called Ballantrae on the land.
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Frank Lyon died on November 29,1955, at the Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC He was buried at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia.
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Frank Lyon built the Streamline Moderne building in the mid-1940s.