PWCBA Manassas, Virginia

The Prince William County Bar Association is Established

The founding members of the Prince William County Bar Association met on the July 25th, 1941, in the office of T. E. Didlake in the Peoples National Bank Building in Manassas, Virginia, and adopted the Constitution of the PWC Bar Association.

Download the original constitution and the minutes of that meeting.

B & W newspaper image of PWC Courthouse 1941

Color photos of PWC Courthouse 2021

PWC Courthouse 2021

Founding Members and their Office Locations

The founding members of the PWC Bar Association occupied the second floor of the following buildings in 1941:

National Bank of Manassas, (The Man Cave in 2021)

National Bank of Manassas
Rob A. Hutchison


W. Hill Brown, Jr.

Special thanks to the Manassas Museum for sharing information about the location of attorney’s offices in 1941, photographs of those office buildings as close to 1941 as available, and photographs of Robert A. Hutchison, W. Hill Brown, Jr. and T.E. Didlake, also as close to 1941 as available.

Peoples National Bank, (Okra’s in 2021)

C.A. Sinclair
C.A. Sinclair

T.E. Didlake
T.E. Didlake

Arthur W. Sinclair
Arthur W. Sinclair

C. Lacey Compton
C. Lacey Compton

MIC Building, (Ameriprise Financial in 2021)

Stanley A. Owens
Stanley A. Owens

Note: Stanley Owen’s office was located over Fisher’s Hardware Store, which occupied space on Battle Street, likely in the back section of the MIC building, which was destroyed by fire.

 

Photos of PWCBA Members and activities around Manassas, Virginia 2021 and 2022