Oakton Trolley Station Explained

Oakton Trolley Station
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:October 19, 1994[1]
Designated Other1 Number:029-0477
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:2923 Gray St., Oakton, Virginia
Coordinates:38.8797°N -77.2969°W
Builder:Washington & Fairfax Electric RR Co.
Architecture:Late Victorian
Added:February 8, 1995
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:95000026[2]

Oakton Trolley Station is a historic trolley station located at Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia. The Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway, which operated electric trolleys that travelled between Fairfax City and downtown Washington, D.C., from 1904 to 1939,[3] constructed the station in 1905.[4] The building has a three-story vernacular frame. It has a rectangular plan, with a wrap-around open porch, weatherboards and a tin roof.[4]

The trolley line used the building as a station until the line closed in 1939. A post office and a general store then used the building until it became a boarding house. The building was restored in 1988 as a single family dwelling.[4]

On October 19, 1994, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources added the trolley station to the Virginia Landmarks Register.[1] The National Park Service then added the station to the National Register of Historic Places on February 8, 1995.[2] In 2011, the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust entered into an historic preservation agreement that legally protects the historic resource.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 029-0477 Oakton Trolley Station. Richmond, Virginia. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. January 29, 2020.
  2. (1) Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20200127033951/https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680555. January 27, 2020. Virginia SP Oakton Trolley Station. National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration. January 27, 2020.
    (2) Web site: Oakton Trolley Station: National Register Information System ID: 95000026. NPGallery Digital Asset Management System. United States Department of the Interior

    National Park Service

    . January 28, 2020.
    (3) Web site: Oakton Trolley Station. Virginia-Fairfax County. National Register of Historic Places. January 13, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906011405/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/va/fairfax/state.html. September 6, 2015.
    (4) Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20191228214602/https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-1995-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf. December 28, 2019. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties (National Register of Historic Places): 2/06/95 through 2/10/95. February 17, 1995. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C.. January 27, 2020.
    (5) Web site: Stefan. Adrienne. Macklin. Tom. https://web.archive.org/web/20180218055952/https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Fairfax/029-0477_Oakton_Trolley_Station_1995_Final_Nomination.pdf. 2018-02-18. Oakton Trolley Station. United States Department of the Interior

    National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

    . July 11, 1994. pdf. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Richmond, Virginia. February 1, 2012. and Accompanying photo
  3. Book: Merriken, John E. . Old Dominion Trolley Too: A History of the Mount Vernon Line. 1987. 0-9600938-2-6. 17605355.
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20180218055952/https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Fairfax/029-0477_Oakton_Trolley_Station_1995_Final_Nomination.pdf. 2018-02-18. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oakton Trolley Station . Adrienne Stefan and Tom Macklin. July 1994. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  5. (1) News: Trompeter. Brian. Owner Offers Conservation Easement for Former Trolley Station in Oakton. Sun Gazette. July 22, 2011. February 1, 2012.
    (2) Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20110823122806/http://nvct.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159:ots-press-release&catid=11:news&Itemid=90. August 23, 2011. NVCT Preserves the Historic Oakton Trolley Station. Northern Virginia Conservation Trust. July 14, 2011. February 1, 2012.
    (3) News: https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045843/http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2011/081711/Vienna.pdf. March 4, 2016. Oakton Historic Trolley Line Preserved. Connection. Connection Newspapers. 4. August 17, 2011. January 13, 2012.

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