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DC Workhouse and Reformatory Historic District

  • Also Known As: District of Columbia Correctional Facility
  • Also Known As: Lorton Prison also DHR File No. 029-0947
  • Vicinity: Btw Silverbrook Rd, Lorton Rd, Ox Rd and Furnace Rd
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Snowden Ashford Architect
Albert L Harris Architect
1910/00/00
1917/00/00

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Particulars for DC Workhouse and Reformatory Historic District:
Historic Use Agricultural fields
Area of Significance Agriculture
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Historic Use Animal facility
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Architectural Style Beaux Arts
Criminal Justice Correctional Facility
Criteria Exemplar
Sight Category Historic District
Historic Use Institutional housing
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Area of Significance Politics-government
Historic Use Religious Property
Area of Significance Social History
Historic Use Sport Facility
Government Institution Workhouse



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 16th February 2006

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: D.C. Workhouse and Reformatory Historic District
Registry Address: Bet. Silverbrook Rd., Lorton Rd., Ox Rd., and Furnace Rd.
Registry Number: 06000052
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private, Local
Architect: Ashford, Snowden; Harris, Albert
Architectural Style: Colonial revival, Beaux arts
Area in Acres: 511
Contributing Buildings: 110
Non-Contributing Buildings: 20
Contributing Sites: 14
Non-Contributing Sites: 8
Contributing Structures: 47
Non-Contributing Structures: 29
Contributing Objects: 23
Non-Contributing Objects: 7
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State; Local
Area of Significance: Agriculture, Architecture, Politics-government, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Significant Year: 1910, 1917
Historic Function: Government, Religion, Industry, processing, extraction, Agriculture, subsistence, Domestic, Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility, Agricultural fields, Animal facility, Correctional facility, Institutional housing, Religious structure, Sport facility
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function: Sport facility

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