Workhouse Arts Center

The Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia is a 55-acre center for the arts and arts education that, through adaptive reuse, utilizes existing structures on repurposed land in the former Lorton Reformatory.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Occoquan Historic District and Lorton station.

Occoquan Historic District

Historic site

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Occoquan Historic District is a national historic district located at Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia. It encompasses 60 contributing buildings in the town of Occoquan. Occoquan Historic District is situated 1 mile south of Workhouse Arts Center.

Lorton station

Railway station

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Lorton station is a railroad terminal in Lorton, Virginia. It is the northern terminal for Amtrak's Auto Train, which operates between this station and Sanford station in Florida. Lorton station is situated 2 miles east of Workhouse Arts Center.

Silverbrook Methodist Church

Church

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Silverbrook Methodist Church, also known as Silverbrook United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church located at Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia. Silverbrook Methodist Church is situated 2 miles north of Workhouse Arts Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Occoquan and Laurel Hill.

Occoquan

Village

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Occoquan is a town in eastern Prince William County, Virginia, United States, founded in 1804. As of the 2020 census, Occoquan had a population of 1,035.

Laurel Hill

Village

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Laurel Hill is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 8,307. Formerly part of the Lorton CDP, it comprises most of what was formerly the Lorton Reformatory grounds, which were purchased by Fairfax County in 2002 following the prison's closing and redeveloped as a new suburban community. Laurel Hill is situated 1½ miles northeast of Workhouse Arts Center.