Catlett’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Catlett. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Due to the creation of a railroad system that was essential to travel and supply in Virginia, many small towns including Catlett sprang up as stops. During its heyday, Catlett was a busy telegraph outpost and mail stop along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The land that the town was built on had originally been granted to John Catlett in 1715 but was not named for him at first. The post office and town were first known as Colvin's Station after the Colvin family, but over the years this was changed to Catlett Station and then to simply Catlett.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Catlett’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewRepairing Orange and Alexandria R…, 1863: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Catlett
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Catlett, decade by decade
1 historic place in Catlett
Catlett has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 119 historic buildings, because Catlett Historic District alone counts 119.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Repairing Orange and Alexandria Railroad near Catlett's Station, after its destruction by the Confederates, October 1863 (1863) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.