Vienna Station

Vienna Station has stood here since the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railway, later the Washington & Old Dominion Railway, arrived in 1859. Shown in the center of a photograph in 1864, the station served the farm community of Ayr Hill, which consisted of houses, mills, a general store, and a plow factory that benefited from proximity to the railroad. The post office name was soon changed to Vienna, and in 1890 Vienna was officially incorporated as a town. In 1967, a year before the W&OD shut down altogether, The Vienna Advertiser called the closing of the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad freight station in Vienna sad indeed and said its passing was a stark punctuation to the end of an era.

Vienna, Virginia · United States