Devereux Station in Clifton
Posted by: theroths3
N 38° 46.860 W 077° 23.198
18S E 292688 N 4295179
Devereux Station in the Town of Clifton, VA
Waymark Code: WMJ2Y
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2006
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In 1863, during the Civil War, Pennsylvanian Herman Haupt, a noted bridge designer and superintendent of Union military railroads, commissioned John Devereux, the reailroad superintendent in Alexandria, to build a siding on the Orange & Alexandria R. R. on this site, later known as Devereux Station. When a passenter station was built in 1868, the name was changed to Clifton Station. The station spurred the development of clifton as a commercial and resort community, with its greatest growth occurring between 1890 and 1920. Although the station was removed in 1958, the town continued to thrive and remains noted for its late-19th-century architecture.
Marker Number: E-101
Marker Title: Devereux Station
Marker Location: In the Town of Clifton, next to caboose
County or Independent City: Fairfax
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources
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