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The nonprofit Experience Old Town Warrenton is an accredited organization by the National Main Street Program, located in the Warrenton Historic District. The nonprofit's mission is to foster and inspire an environment in Old Town Warrenton that enhances economic vitality while preserving the historic character of the community; and to promote ...
Warrenton is a town in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. [8] It is the county seat . The population was 10,057 as of the 2020 census , [ 9 ] [ 10 ] an increase from 9,611 at the 2010 census [ 11 ] and 6,670 at the 2000 census . [ 6 ]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
It eventually becomes Company H of the 4th Virginia Cavalry. [3] October 16, 1859 - Dangerfield Newby, an ex-slave and former Fauquier resident, joins John Brown in his raid. Despite attempts to purchase and free them, Newby's wife and children are held in slavery in Warrenton by Jesse Jennings.
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North Wales is a historic plantation [3] and national historic district located in Fauquier County, Virginia near Warrenton, Virginia. Currently it is a 1,287.9-acre (521.2 ha) historic district that includes a manor home and farm. A date of significance for the site is 1776. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]
The Cold War Museum is a history museum located at Vint Hill Farms Station in Warrenton, Virginia, concentrating on Cold War history.. The museum was founded in 1996 by Francis Gary Powers Jr. (son of CIA U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers) and John C. Welch to preserve Cold War history, honor Cold War veterans, and provide continuing education about the Cold War.
Brentmoor was one of the earliest houses in Warrenton to incorporate indoor plumbing. The only outbuildings remaining include a brick two-story-with attic summer-kitchen (16' x 20') and a brick smokehouse (13'x 13') which surround a brick paved courtyard space between the two; all is to the north of the house.