Great Falls Grange Hall and Forestville School | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | June 16, 2004[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 029-0441 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | 9812 and 9818 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.9974°N -77.2851°W |
Built: | 1889, 1911, 1929 |
Architect: | Morris, L.B. |
Architecture: | Bungalow/Craftsman, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals |
Added: | August 11, 2004 |
Refnum: | 04000861 |
The Great Falls Grange Hall and Forestville School are two historic buildings that served as a Grange meeting hall and as a school located in Great Falls, Fairfax County, Virginia. The Forestville School was built in 1889 as a one-room school, and expanded in 1911 with the appendage of the Floris School. It is an L-shaped wood-frame structure covered in weatherboards and topped by a standing-seam metal cross-gable roof. After closing as a school in 1922, it served as a residence and then as the Great Falls Post Office from 1959 until 1982. The Great Falls Grange Hall was built in 1929, and is a -story brick building with a gable front. It features a front porch supported by concrete pillars in the American Craftsman style. Both buildings are owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority.[2]
The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.