Herndon Historic District

Herndon Historic District covers about 115 acres of level ground in western Fairfax County, Virginia, including the downtown commercial area and nearby neighborhoods. The town grew from a mid-nineteenth-century mill, and by 1859 a railroad passed through, with a commercial core forming around the depot. The district holds 239 resources built between 1855 and 1940, most between 1890 and 1920. More than 80 percent of the contributing buildings are houses and their outbuildings, mostly frame with weatherboard siding. Styles include vernacular I-houses, Queen Anne, American Foursquare, Bungalow and Colonial Revival, along with several Sears and Roebuck kit houses. The downtown is mostly brick buildings erected after a 1917 fire that destroyed nearly twenty structures. The 1855 board-and-batten depot, already listed separately, is the focal point beside the 1939 Colonial Revival Town Hall. The district was recognized for its transportation history and its architecture, at the local level of significance.