So, the Occoquan Workhouse goes through a variety of changes over the years. It continues to get bigger and bigger, encompassing over 3,000 acres. A cell block was added in the late '70s, ...

Originally a men’s prison called the Occoquan Workhouse, it was built in 1910 in the spirit of the progressive reform movement championed by President Theodore Roosevelt, ...

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment in 2020 the museum presents the story of the imprisonment of the 72 Suffragists at the Occoquan Workhouse in 1917 ...

The Workhouse Arts Center is running “Nightmare Alley,” Northern Virginia’s first-ever Haunted Drive-Thru this year. Forced to make some adjustments, a long-standing tradition offered by the ...

Photo/Library of Congress Suffragists Helena Hill Weed and Vida Mullholand in the Occoquan prison in 1917. Weed's crime was carrying a banner that read "Governments derive their just powers from ...

Suffragists known as the Silent Sentinels were taken to the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia where they were brutally assaulted and imprisoned. Alice Cosu had a heart attack and was denied immediate ...

G et ready for the return of BrewWorks at Workhouse Arts Center on May 18! This year, an exhilarating art battle will be added, promising a unique and thrilling experience. From noon to 5 p.m ...

Kate Stafford was one of many suffragists arrested while picketing the White House who suffered unspeakable torture through the "Night of Terror" at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia.

Workhouse Arts Center, with galleries and classes, is two miles away. Parks and recreation: The 350-acre Occoquan Regional Park, with boat rentals on the Occoquan River, is two miles away.