Oakton Trolley Station
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Oakton Trolley Station | |
 Oakton Trolley Station, November 2012 | |
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| Location | 2923 Gray St., Oakton, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°52′47″N 77°17′49″W / 38.87972°N 77.29694°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1905 |
| Built by | Washington & Fairfax Electric RR Co. |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000026[1] |
| VLR No. | 029-0477 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 8, 1995 |
| Designated VLR | October 19, 1994[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.[2] The National Park Service then added the station to the National Register of Historic Places on February 8, 1995.[1] In 2011, the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust entered into an historic preservation agreement that legally protects the historic resource.[5]
