{"nrhp_refnum":"04001266","name":"Atoka Historic District","other_names":["Vdhr#030-5154"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1461, 1466, 1468, 1481 Atoka Rd. & 7258, 7260 Rectors Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atoka","county":"Fauquier County","state":"VA","lat":38.97693001350004,"lon":-77.80890044074661,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-11-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small rural crossroads hamlet district of about six acres in northern Fauquier County, Virginia, along the original Ashby Gap Turnpike roadbed. It has eleven contributing resources, including log, stone and frame buildings dating from about 1830 to 1927.","why_significant":"The district is described as one of the county's best-preserved rural crossroads, with a cross-section of vernacular architecture from ca. 1830 to 1927. It also holds a well-preserved section of the former Ashby Gap Turnpike. It has Civil War associations: Mosby's Rangers were organized in or near the hamlet in June 1863, and J.E.B. Stuart's troops camped near its spring.","narrative":"Atoka is a small crossroads hamlet in the far north of Fauquier County, Virginia, close to the Loudoun County line. It grew up where Atoka Road meets the Ashby Gap Turnpike and was first called Rector's Cross Roads after the family that owned the land. The district covers about six acres and holds eleven contributing resources: four dwellings with outbuildings, two commercial buildings and a stone springhouse. Buildings date from about 1830 to 1927 and include a stone house built by Caleb Rector, two log houses, the 1893 Atoka Store, a 1927 gas station and the Victorian-era Rector-Dean House. When US Route 50 bypassed the community in 1957, the hamlet was left largely unchanged. The district was listed for its architecture and for its role in transportation along the turnpike. Records also place the formal organization of Mosby's Rangers in or near the hamlet in June 1863, and Confederate cavalry under J.E.B. Stuart camped near its spring later that month.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1830-1927","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other (vernacular log, stone and frame buildings; Late Victorian for the Rector-Dean House)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use: the Rector House serves as offices with upstairs residence, the Atoka Store still operates as a grocery, and the former gas station is a variety store.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.129116-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/6806/41680677/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04001266.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001266/896726d548-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001266/896726d548-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cecouchman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atoka_Rector_House_0038.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cecouchman</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atoka_Rector_House_0038.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680677","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atoka_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711984"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fauquier-county/atoka-historic-district-04001266/"}