Oakton Trolley Station is a historic trolley station located at

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. The Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway, which operated electric trolleys that travelled between Fairfax City and downtown

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, from 1904 to 1939, constructed the station in 1905. an
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frame. It has a rectangular plan, with a wrap-around open porch, weatherboards and a tin roof. The trolley line used the building as a station until the line closed in 1939. A

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and a

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then used the building until it became a boarding house. The building was restored in 1988 as a single family dwelling. On October 19, 1994, the

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added the trolley station to the

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. The

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then added the station to the

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on February 8, 1995. In 2011, the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust entered into an

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agreement that legally protects the historic resource.(1)
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References

Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Railway stations in the United States opened in 1905 Buildings and structures in Fairfax County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax County, Virginia Railway stations in the United States closed in 1939 {{Virginia-railstation-stub