Great Falls Grange Hall and Forestville School

United States historic place

Significant dates

Great Falls Grange Hall and Forestville School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Front view of the school building, in 2012
38°59′50″N 77°17′06″W / 38.99736°N 77.28511°W / 38.99736; -77.28511
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	1889, 1911, 1929
Architect	Morris, L.B.
Architectural style	Bungalow/Craftsman, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.	04000861^[1]
VLR No.	029-0441
Added to NRHP	August 11, 2004
Designated VLR	June 16, 2004^[2]

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+1⁄2-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.^[3]

The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ "029-0441 Great Falls Grange Hall and Forestville School". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. August 3, 2021. and photos accompanying nomination