{"nrhp_refnum":"08000069","name":"Catlett Historic District","other_names":["DHR File# 030-5162"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Prospect Ave., & parts of Gaskins Ln., Tenerife, Elk Run, Old Catlett, Catlett, Old Dumfries & Catlett School Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Catlett","county":"Fauquier County","state":"VA","lat":38.65551504100006,"lon":-77.6379052601786,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-02-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Military","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A village historic district of about 118 acres in Catlett, southeastern Fauquier County, Virginia, that grew up around the Orange and Alexandria Railroad after 1852. It has 76 properties, mostly dwellings and outbuildings, plus commercial buildings, three churches and a cemetery.","why_significant":"The district preserves a largely intact railroad-era rural commercial and social center, with buildings from the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries. It includes the oldest dwelling in Catlett, early commercial buildings, a group of Italianate houses probably built by one local builder, and sites tied to Civil War activity.","narrative":"Catlett is a small rural village in southeastern Fauquier County, Virginia, that developed after the Orange and Alexandria Railroad arrived in 1852. The historic district covers about 118 acres and 76 properties around the junction of Catlett Road, Elk Run Road, Old Dumfries Road and the tracks. Most buildings are vernacular frame dwellings and outbuildings, with ten commercial buildings, three churches, a cemetery and an early dairy complex. The oldest dwelling, Prospect Acres, has a log core built around 1855 by Richard Colvin. The 1866 Trenis store is the oldest surviving commercial building, and three Italianate houses on Old Catlett Road are attributed to the builder Harlan P. Waite. Trinity Church dates to 1872. The railroad station is gone, but the village kept most of the buildings shown on a 1914 county map. Its intact character, shaped by the railroad and by Civil War events, is why it was listed.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Harlan P. Waite (believed builder of three Italianate houses on Old Catlett Road); Richard Colvin (built the original log section of Prospect Acres, c. 1855)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival; Colonial Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman; Italianate; Other: I-House; Commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings survive and remain in use as dwellings, a church and a cemetery. The Trenis store closed in 1965 and is not in use, and the Edmonds Place is described as vacant. The train station and the school have been demolished.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.647242-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/6806/41680659/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000069.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000069/aecb8b9d88-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000069/aecb8b9d88-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cecouchman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ElkRun-OldCatlettRd_4850.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:ElkRun-OldCatlettRd_4850.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680659","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catlett_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712141"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fauquier-county/catlett-historic-district-08000069/"}