{"nrhp_refnum":"05000395","name":"Remington Historic District","other_names":["Vdhr #288-5001"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Area including Bowen st., N. Church St., N. Franklin St., N. John Stone St., Main St., S. Mill st. Sumerduck rd. Tinpot","address_restricted":false,"city":"Remington","county":"Fauquier County","state":"VA","lat":38.537005609500056,"lon":-77.81116597973221,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-05-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 49-acre historic district covering the core street grid of the town of Remington in southwestern Fauquier County, Virginia, made up of dwellings, churches and commercial buildings mostly from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.","why_significant":"The district is described as a remarkably intact late-19th- and early-20th-century commercial center with architecturally distinguished houses, stores and institutional buildings. It is locally significant under Criterion A as a commercial and transportation center on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad serving the surrounding agricultural area, and under Criterion C for its architecture.","narrative":"Remington is a small railroad town in southwestern Fauquier County, Virginia, about a half mile from the Rappahannock River. Its historic district covers roughly 49 acres of the original street grid and holds 134 contributing resources, including houses, churches, commercial buildings and outbuildings. The town grew around the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, which came through in 1852, but war damage and later fires left only one resource from the earliest years. Most of what survives was built after the town was incorporated in 1890. Buildings range from vernacular I-houses and T-shaped dwellings to ornate Queen Anne and Gothic Revival homes, along with Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival churches. Commercial buildings line East Main Street close to the sidewalk. The district was recognized for its role as a commercial and transportation center serving the surrounding farmland and for an unusually sophisticated collection of architecture for a rural Piedmont town of its size.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1852-1955","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Greek Revival; Late Victorian (Gothic Revival); Queen Anne; Colonial Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman; I-house; Commercial","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as a well-preserved town. It has been affected by past fires and floods, and one 1880s frame house is noted as abandoned.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.049899-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/6806/41680627/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/05000395.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000395/bf65d2af66-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000395/bf65d2af66-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:REMINGTON_HISTORIC_DIST._FAUQUIER_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:REMINGTON_HISTORIC_DIST._FAUQUIER_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680627","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713125"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fauquier-county/remington-historic-district-05000395/"}