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Lorton: Rd. - EB - Market St
Lorton occupies a wooded section of Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. The community lies west of the Potomac River in the Washington metropolitan area, where major road and rail corridors cross a landscape that still includes substantial public land. Its most distinctive historic site is the former Lorton Reformatory, a prison complex established in 1910 and closed in 2001. Parts of the property now house Workhouse Arts Center, with studios, galleries and performances in repurposed institutional buildings. Nearby Mason Neck, a peninsula between the Potomac and Occoquan rivers, is associated with protected parkland and the Potomac’s tidal estuary. Lorton combines everyday commuter infrastructure with a quieter, wooded edge of Fairfax County.
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Lorton is best known within Virginia for the Workhouse Arts Center, established in the former Lorton Reformatory complex. The District of Columbia opened the reformatory in 1910 and closed it in 2001; its brick buildings now house artists’ studios, galleries and performance spaces. Lorton sits near the Occoquan River and Occoquan Reservoir, south of Fairfax County’s denser suburban districts. Nearby Mason Neck lies between the Potomac and Occoquan rivers, with Mason Neck State Park protecting woodland, wetlands and shoreline. Continue with other webcams from the Lorton area to see how this part of northern Virginia connects regionally.
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