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On August
16, 2005, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources
conducted an evening public hearing and informational
meeting regarding the merits of including Casanova on the
Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of
Historic Places. This hearing was conducted in the Warren
Green Meeting Room. Property owners and community
representatives received a briefing from the County’s
architectural consultant, Maral Kalbian, and responded
positively to her report.
The
Virginia Department of Historic Resources will present these
findings to the Commonwealth Board of Historic Resources on
September 14, 2005.
A letter to the
Virginia Board of Historic Resources and resolution
of support from the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors
would be of value.
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The County
has 21 historic areas that are of state and national
significance. The Final Report for Survey Update of
Historic properties in Fauquier County, Virginia (March 20,
2002) recommended all be submitted for designation on
the Virginia Landmarks and National Register of Historic
Places.
As a result
of the referenced report, the County has pursued this major
project with both Board of Supervisors and private
contributions. Since 2003, the County completed detailed
surveys which resulted in the Villages and Settlements of
Ashville, Atoka, Morgantown, Delaplane, New Baltimore,
Remington and Rectortown being placed on the Virginia
Landmarks and the National Register of Historic Places.
The survey
work and requisite public hearing for the Village of
Casanova has been completed. The Property owners and
community representatives received a briefing on August 16,
2005 from the County’s architectural consultant, Maral
Kalbian, and responded positively to her report. The
Virginia Department of Historic Resources will present these
findings to the Commonwealth Board of Historic Resources on
September 14, 2005.
The Village
of Casanova, located a few miles southeast of Warrenton, was
developed in the 1850s at the intersection of Rogue’s Road
and the newly laid Warrenton Branch Railroad. Although the
train station is no longer standing, the Casanova Historic
District is very much intact and contains a collection of
buildings representative of the town during the late 19th
and early 20th centuries.
Even though
the community has no official limits, the boundaries of the
district have been drawn to include the area around the
junction of Casanova Road, Rogues Road, Weston Road, and the
railroad tracks. This area, which contains approximately 32
acres, includes 16 properties and is primarily a village
setting with 32 contributing resources, dating from circa
1880 to 1910.
The
collection of buildings included within the district has
high architectural integrity. Although the train that
passes through Casanova is now only used by a local quarry
company, the historical character is still retained by its
fairly intact collection of late-19th and early
20th-century commercial and residential
buildings, including a mill, store, post office, parish
hall, and houses.
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