Images of Groveton VA (Fairfax County) Past and Present

1. 1860 Property Owners with an overlay
of the current Groveton Streets

2. Popkins Farm late 1950s

3. 1st Fairfax County Police Sub-Station was Groveton
1948-1982 and was located on North Kings Highway in Penn-Daw –
Torn Down 2014 and is now the Shelby Complex

4. Fairfax County Police Officers
Paul Dove and Charles E. Norfolk

5. Penn Daw Fire Department No 11
11th Fire Station in Fairfax County 1942-1967

6. Dixie Pig Barbecue Placemat

7. 1964 Dixie Pig Barbecue Restaurant

8. 1947 Dixie Pig Barbecue Restaurant
Originally known as Starlight Grill – Benjamin Griffin Sr. and Helen (Bishop)
along with Harry and Minnie Holt leased the restaurant for 3 years from
Timothy and Alice Ragen until the Griffins purchased it in 1951/1952.

9. 1950 White Owl Motel and Restaurant
Owned by Earl Curtis Feeser

10. Wagon Wheel Motel

11. 1952 Southern Pig Bar-B-Q Restaurant
Operated by Harry and Minnie Holt

12. Mid-1950s Penn Daw Motor Hotel

13. 1940s Penn-Daw Hotel
Owners Edward L. Pennell and Samuel Cooper Dawson – Combined their
names to create Penn-Daw name.

14. Nightingale Complex
Owned by Ellsworth “Elmer” Nightingale –
Upper portion of picture is Nightingale Trailer Park. Nightingale Hardware and Appliance
Store located off street in middle of picture. Route 1 is running left to right at the bottom of
the picture. To the far right was Club Nightingale. Not shown to the right would have been
The Log Cabin Tavern (owned by Nightingale) and Paul’s Ice House (owned by Paul Wease).

15. Totem Pole Motor Lodge
Located between Spring Drive and the Wagon Wheel Motel on Route 1.

16. Mount Pleasant Tourist Home
Located in Penn-Daw near Penn-Daw Motor Hotel

17. Hybla Valley Gulf Station

18. Hino Tourist Home

19. Fairview Motel

20. Evelyn Gas Station
Located near existing Krispy Kreme Store on Route 1

21. Evelyn Inn
Located on Route 1 near existing Krispy Kreme

22. Devers Motel and Restaurant “Open Kitchen”
Located on Route 1 – now a car wash

23. Beddoo Motor Lodge
Beddoo Street was named for the Lodge but the lodge was actually
closer to the current Del Ray Glass.

24. Army Truck Camp
Fort Humphreys/Fort Belvoir – Located off
Located off of current Fordson Road between Hybla Valley and Groveton,
south of Popkins Lane.

25. 1918 - Route 1 – South of Groveton

26. 1918 – Route 1 South heading toward Ft. Belvoir

27. 1960 - Groveton Baptist Church

28. St Louis Catholic Church (original Groveton School)

29. Groveton Episcopal Church
Located on Route 1 (now Beacon at Groveton Complex) – originally
known as Groveton Chapel and is now located on South Kings Hwy called
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church.

30. 1904 - Groveton Chapel
Located on Route 1 (now Beacon at Groveton Complex) – burned down –
was rebuilt as Groveton Episcopal Church and is now located on South
Kings Hwy called St. Mark’s Episcopal Church.

31. 1957-1975 Groveton High School (on Popkins Lane)
Now known as Bryant Alternative High School

32. 1933-1972 3rd Groveton Elementary School
Located on West Oak Street, now known as Memorial Street, now the
Beacon at Groveton Complex.

33. 2nd Groveton Grade School
Located on corner of Route 1 and Groveton Street – now Beacon at
Groveton Complex.

34. 1876-1926 Groveton Schoolhouse
and Groveton Mission
Located on Popkins Lane and now part of St Louis Catholic Church
property.

35. Groveton Schoolhouse
heading north on Snake Hill (Route 1)

36. Ayres Farm (off Popkins Lane
and off of Cherry Arms Apts)

37. Ayres Farm calendar: Groveton Dairy

38. Popkins Farm house (originally slave quarters)

39. Stone Mansion House in Stoneybrooke –
originally called “Retirement”

40. Collard House – owned by Collard and Kerby families –
family cemetery located to the left of the picture

41. 2014 Huntley House
Off Harrison Lane – open for Saturday tours

42. Pierson Property – off Harrison Lane across from
Huntley

43. 1960s Harrison Farm (aka Huntley House)