The Fauquier County Architectural Review Board (ARB) presents public educational programs annually. Below is a listing of some of the materials produced in conjunction with past programs. Please contact Architectural Review Board staff at (540) 422-8210 with inquiries regarding other projects. 

Walking Tour Brochures

Examining Brick & Mortar: A Mason’s Tour – A walking tour in Old Town Warrenton highlighting historic brick architecture in the area around the former Warren Green Hotel and Fauquier County Jail (now the Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail).

Walking Tour 2: Examining Stucco – A walking tour along East Main Street in Warrenton focusing on historic buildings with stucco application and early 20^th century concrete block Four Square houses.

Fauquier County Cemetery Identification Form

Fauquier County Cemetery Identification Form – The ARB encourages the identification and protection of one of Fauquier County’s most endangered cultural resources—historic cemeteries.  Most of the cemeteries in the county have yet to be officially recorded, and lack of identification hinders their protection.  However, any citizen has the power to identify a cemetery by completing a Fauquier County Cemetery Identification Form. For assistance, contact the Historic Preservation Planner at (540) 422-8210. 

Funerary Iconography Booklet – In 2013, the Architectural Review Board produced the Funerary Iconography Booklet, a guide written to help determine the meanings of historic grave marker icons or symbols.  This was done for a public cemetery workshop that included conservation presentations and an explanation of methods for defining limits of burial.        

Architectural Study

The Architectural Review Board encourages the identification and study of historic architecture, as prescribed by Action 2.1.1 in Chapter 2, Section B of the Fauquier County Comprehensive Plan. With the assistance of the State Cost Share Survey and Planning Grant Program, managed by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR), Fauquier County has recorded and continues to record hundreds of historic properties throughout the county.  Selected cost share grant projects must meet DHR's survey priorities, such as updating older survey records, recording resources in under-surveyed parts of the state, and documenting places associated with Virginia’s diverse history.  In 2014, Fauquier County received a grant to survey properties in southern Fauquier County and in the historic community of Blackwelltown. The study and resulting survey report, Architectural Reconnaissance Survey Southern Fauquier County, Virginia, was prepared by Dovetail Cultural Resource Group.       

Catlett Village Design Pattern Book

Catlett Village, Fauquier County, Virginia: Existing Patterns of Development, published in 2011. In 2010, the Architectural Review Board began the labor-intensive task of developing an architectural pattern book to guide the design of new development in and around the historic Village of Catlett. Lot and building measurements were gathered, and building forms and styles unique to the Catlett area were studied to determine the development pattern of the village.

Civil War Campaign Brochures

With the assistance of a grant from the National Park Service, the Architectural Review Board worked to produce brochures explaining the Civil War campaigns that brought about the twelve battles that were fought within the county. 

• Northern Virginia Campaign Brochure
• Kelly’s Ford Brochure
• Bristoe Campaign Brochure
• Gettysburg Campaign Brochure

Village Historic Districts

Fauquier County National Register Nominations – The Board of Supervisors adopted the Fauquier County Historic Resources Preservation Plan in 2001.  Implementation of this plan began with a multi-year project to survey approximately 200 historic properties in and around the Fauquier County villages and crossroad communities. The consultant was later directed to develop nominations for the National Register of Historic Places for 20 potential Fauquier County historic village districts.  The Architectural Review Board worked with the consultant by gathering survey data and contributing historic information. 

Between 2004 and 2019, 19 village historic districts were listed in the National Register of Historic Places, including the: Ashville Historic District, Atoka Historic District, Delaplane Historic District, Morgantown Historic District, New Baltimore Historic District, Rectortown Historic District, Casanova Historic District, Markham Historic District, Remington Historic District, Marshall Historic District, Paris Historic District, Catlett Historic District, Hume Historic District, Bristersburg Historic District, Orlean Historic District, Sumerduck Historic District, Calverton Historic District, The Plains Historic District and, the Midland Historic District. To access the district nominations, click the link at the beginning of this section.