Raspberry Plain, known since 1731, sits on 50 rolling acres overlooking the Catoctin Mountains. Each room has historical and architectural detail and character, which is enhanced by period furnishings and paintings. One of the many highlights of Raspberry Plain is the Grand Conservatory which features a vaulted cathedral ceiling with walls of windows arching at the gables. The estate boasts spectacular formal gardens that are graced by arched boxwoods and breathtaking views of the mountains, pastures and pond.

Raspberry Plain is the perfect setting for intimate events in the Carriage House or grand events in the Mansion. Whether it is for a corporate event, weddings, anniversary or other special events, all your guests will be welcomed and entertained by our southern charm and hospitality. An event at Raspberry Plain will be memorable and will have guests reminiscing for years to come.

The history of Raspberry Plain dates back to the Colonial era when George Mason III died, leaving no will. His holdings went to his eldest son, George Mason of Guston Hall, author of the Bill of Rights. The widow, Mrs. Ann Thomson, did not want her other two children to feel slighted in their inheritance, so she saved enough money to make a land deal know as the "Wild Lands" purchase. Over time, she bought 10,000 acre in Loudoun County that extended north from Leesburg, up the current Route 15 corridor. This land was divided up between her daughter, Mary and her son Thomson. Thomson Mason later added to his holdings in Loudoun by purchasing the Raspberry Plain property from Loudoun's first sheriff, Aeneas Campbell in 1760.


Thomson of Raspberry Plain was a Burgess in the Virginia Assembly and one of the first trustees of Leesburg. In 1771 he build a mansion at Raspberry Plain where he raised his four children. His first wife died in 1772. Thomson remarried several years later and fathered two more sons by his wife Elizabeth Wallace. The property was deed to his oldest son Stevens Thomson Mason, senator and father of two sons and three beautiful daughters, Mary, Emily and Catherine. These three girls were guests of the White House in Washington on many occasions and considered the "bells of the ball". They would sit in the upstairs window at Raspberry Plain and watch their many suitors on prancing horses ride up the long drive. All three girls married well. Mary married Benjamin Howard, Governor of Missouri, Catherine married the honorable Thomas Barry and Emily married William McCarty.