Herndon
Depot
Herndon, Virginia
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Like
many railroad depots along the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad,
Herndon Depot, built in 1857, was a simple one-story wooden structure
with vertical board and batten siding. Except for the Victorian-style
brackets under the eaves, the building was very plain. Inside
the station there was a freight office, a telegraph office window
and a passenger waiting room.
With
the coming of the railroad, Herndon became the center of a large
dairy farming area. Farmers used the railway as a means for transporting
farm and dairy products from the Herndon area to markets in Washington
D.C. and Baltimore. Government employees and businessmen found
Herndon to be a quiet place for a home and rode the passenger
train daily to jobs in Washington.
The
last train steamed across Herndon's tracks in August of 1968.
Today Washington Dulles International Airport has replaced the
railroad as the area's leading promoter of economic growth.
Text
© 1996 Dianne Harrah, Drawing © 1996 Bill Harrah
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