National Register of Historic Places - Virginia (VA), Fairfax County

Fairfax County Virginia (Historic Districts) has 17 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include George Washington Memorial Parkway, Green Spring, Manassas Battlefield Historic District (Boundary Increase), Manassas National Battlefield Park and Potomac Canal Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Fairfax County historic places including Robert Edward Lee, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and et al. Barton Clara.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Fairfax County places including NPS, FHwA, Walter Macomber, Joseph Pollia, Beatrix Farrand, Snowden Ashford, Albert Harris, Robert Davenport, U.S. Army and Donald Lethbridge. Prominent architectural styles found in Fairfax Country are Modern Movement, Colonial Revival and Greek Revival.

City of Fairfax Historic District (added 1987 - - #87001432)

Also known as See Also:Fairfax County Courthouse;Earp's Ordinary;81000673

Jct. of VA 236 and VA 123 , Fairfax (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Civil War Fort Sites (Boundary Increase) (added 1978 - - #78003439)

Also known as Fort Circle;Defenses of Washington;See Also:Civil War Fort S

S of Washington on Rosier Bluff, N of Washington off George Washington Parkway , McLean

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Clifton Historic District (added 1985 - - #85001786)

Roughly bounded by Popes Head Creek, Water St., Dell Ave., Chestnut & Chapel Rds. , Clifton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Bungalow/Craftsman, Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

D.C. Workhouse and Reformatory Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000052)

Also known as District of Columbia Correctional Facility, Lorton Prison; DHR File No. 029-0947

Bet. Silverbrook Rd., Lorton Rd., Ox Rd., and Furnace Rd. , Lorton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Harris, Albert, Ashford, Snowden

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Politics/Government, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Correctional Facility, Institutional Housing, Manufacturing Facility, Religious Structure, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Sport Facility

Fort Hunt (added 1980 - - #80000353)

Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy. , Alexandria

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

George Washington Memorial Parkway (added 1995 - - #95000605)

Also known as Clara Barton Parkway

Roughly, S side of the Potomac R. from American Legion to Memorial Bridge and N side from Brickyard Rd. to Chain Bridge , Langley

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

FHwA, NPS

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Barton Clara, et al.

Significant Year:

1930, 1966

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Landscape, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Road-Related

Current Function:

Landscape, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Park, Road-Related

Great Falls Park Historic District (added 2014 - - #14001079)

Great Falls, Great Falls

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Green Spring (added 2003 - - #03001089)

Also known as VDHR File No. 029-0025

4601 Green Spring Rd. , Alexandria

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Macomber, Walter, Farrand, Beatrix

Architectural Style:

Colonial, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Garden, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

Herndon Historic District (added 1991 - - #90002121)

Also known as DHR File No. 235-3;See Also: Herndon Depot

Roughly bounded by Locust, Spring, Pearl, Monroe, Station and Vine Sts. , Herndon

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Hollin Hills Historic District (added 2013 - - #13000807)

Roughly Beechwood, Elba, Glasgow, Martha's, Paul Springs, Range & Stafford Rds., Mason Hill, Rebecca & Whiteoaks Drs., Alexandria

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Holmes Run Acres Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000230)

Also known as DHR File No. 029-5183

Area generally bounded by Gallows Rd., Surrey Ln, and Holmes Run Dr. , Falls Church

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lethbridge, Donald, et.al.

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, School, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, School, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility

Lake Anne Village Center Historic District (added 2017 - - #100001041)

North Shore Drive and Washington Plaza West and North, Reston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1963-1967 AD

Langley Fork Historic District (added 1982 - - #82001818)

Jct. of Georgetown Pike and Old Chain Bridge Rd. , Langley

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Education, Literature, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Transportation, Religion

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Religion, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Road-Related

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure, School

Manassas Battlefield Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2006 - - #05001546)

Also known as VDHR # 076-0271, Manassas National Battlefield Park

Address Restricted , Manassas

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pollia, Joseph, et.al.

Architectural Style:

Federal, Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall", Lee, Robert Edward

Significant Year:

1940, 1861, 1862

Area of Significance:

Other, Military, Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

African-American, European-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

State, Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Battle Site, Camp, Cemetery, Monument/Marker, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Battle Site, Cemetery, Graves/Burials, Monument/Marker, Road-Related, Single Dwelling

Manassas National Battlefield Park (added 1966 - - #66000039)

NW of Manassas off VA 215 , Manassas

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military

Cultural Affiliation:

American Military

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park, Single Dwelling

Potomac Canal Historic District (added 1979 - - #79003038)

Also known as Patowmack Canal Historic District

E of Great Falls , Great Falls

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Village Site, Water-Related

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Tauxemont Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000033)

Also known as VDHR File No. 029-5199

Bet. Ft. Hunt Rd. and Accotink Place, inc. Shenandoah, Tauxemont, Namassin, Westmoreland and Gahant Rds. and Bolling , Alexandria

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Davenport, Robert

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, School, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, School, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility