{"nrhp_refnum":"95000026","name":"Oakton Trolley Station","other_names":["VDHR No. 29-477"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2923 Gray St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oakton","county":"Fairfax (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":38.87975222600005,"lon":-77.29654089799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-02-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story vernacular-form trolley station at 2923 Gray Street in Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia, built in 1905 by the Washington and Fairfax Electric Railway Company.","why_significant":"The station is significant for its link to the growth of urban and suburban transit in the northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. area. The railway carried produce, goods, mail and commuters from small communities into the city. The larger stations on the line were all designed in a similar style, and this is the only surviving example.","narrative":"Built in 1905 in Oakton, Virginia, this three-story frame building served as a station on the Washington and Fairfax Electric Railway, a trolley line running from Fairfax Court House to downtown Washington, D.C. Willis R. Gray, who sold the railway a right of way and was developing the Oakton subdivision, encouraged the company to build it. It has a rectangular plan, cedar weatherboards, fishscale shingles in the gables, a tin roof, a brick foundation and a wrap-around porch that once served as a waiting platform. Farmers, nurserymen and florists shipped produce and flowers on the line, and commuters used it increasingly during and after World War I. Service ended in 1939, but the building continued as a general store, post office and boarding house. Restored by 1988 and now a home, it is the only surviving station of its kind on the line, and traces of the trolley roadbed remain beside it.","period_of_significance":"1905-1939","architect_builder":"Washington and Fairfax Electric Railroad Co.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Currently a private residence; restored by 1988, with a rear addition built in 1986-87 and a non-contributing garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.519109-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/6805/41680555/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/95000026.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000026/eae3e55719-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000026/eae3e55719-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OAKTON_TROLLEY_STATION.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</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:OAKTON_TROLLEY_STATION.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680555","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakton_Trolley_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713003"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fairfax/oakton-trolley-station-95000026/"}