What is "clarens"

Clarens is the name of several places:

• Clarens, Free State, a town in Free State Province, South Africa
• Clarens, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of southwestern France
• Clarens, Switzerland, a small village in the canton of Vaud

Clarens or the Clarens Estate is a 19th-century Federal-style mansion in Alexandria, Virginia. Clarens is best known as the residence of James Murray Mason (3 November 1798–28 April 1871), a United States Representative and United States Senator from Virginia and grandson of George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States.

While it was located within Fairfax County, Virginia, Clarens is now located inside the boundaries of the independent city of Alexandria at 318 North Quaker Lane.