Great Falls Grange Hall and Forestville School

9812 and 9818 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, Virginia. County/parish: Fairfax.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 11, 2004. NRIS 04000861.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • VDHR # 29-441

From Wikipedia:

Great Falls Grange Hall and Forestville School

The Great Falls Grange Hall and Forestville School are two historic buildings that served as a Grange meeting hall and as a school located in Great Falls, Fairfax County, Virginia. The Forestville School was built in 1889 as a one-room school, and expanded in 1911 with the appendage of the Floris School. It is an L-shaped wood-frame structure covered in weatherboards and topped by a standing-seam metal cross-gable roof. After closing as a school in 1922, it served as a residence and then as the Great Falls Post Office from 1959 until 1982. The Great Falls Grange Hall was built in 1929, and is a 1+12-story brick building with a gable front. It features a front porch supported by concrete pillars in the American Craftsman style. Both buildings are owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority.

The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680553

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