The Mill House Museum & Visitor's Center was closed for the month of January 2026 to undergo renovations, collection inventory, and cleaning. Return visitors to a now re-opened museum, operated by the Occoquan Historical Society, will notice a number of changes, perhaps the most striking of which is the restored and remounted historic post office window and sign.  Previously tucked behind some display cases and storage items—and blocking an exterior window—the post office dis

When you walk into the Occoquan Historical Society’s Mill House Museum, almost directly across from you in an alcove you’ll see the...

Modern Occoquan traces its roots all the way back to 1734 with the establishment of a tobacco warehouse on the Occoquan River’s south...

Mill Street is a favorite stroll. In the autumn twilight, the historic buildings take on an almost dreamy quality. Warm light from the...

Remembering Hurricane Agnes Fifty Years Later It had been a soggy spring that blossomed into a muggy summer such that, by June, the...