Virginia - Fairfax County - Historic Districts
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
Slowking4, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Thisisbossi, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Jarekt, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Green Spring (added 2003 - - #03001089)
Also known as VDHR File No. 029-0025
4601 Green Spring Rd. , Alexandria
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Clarissajoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Argos'Dad, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Quarterczar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
TCY, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Slowking4, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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