Roughly bounded by Popes Head Creek, Water St., Dell Ave., Chestnut & Chapel Rds., Clifton, Virginia. County/parish: Fairfax.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 15, 1985. NRIS 85001786.
56 contributing buildings.
Clifton Historic District is a national historic district located at Clifton, Fairfax County, Virginia. It encompasses 62 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object in the town of Clifton. They include 53 residences, 3 churches, 4 commercial buildings, and 2 local government buildings mostly built between 1880 and 1910. Notable buildings include Clifton Presbyterian Church (1871), Clifton Baptist Church (1912), Clifton Hotel (1869), the Mayhugh Tavern (c. 1870), the Ford House (c. 1880), the Cross House (c. 1886), Buckley Brothers Store (c. 1900), the M. M. Payne House (1903), "Red Gables" (1908), and Clifton’s oldest structure, the William E. Beckwith House (1771) .
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680529