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1742 First courthouse built
1754 Colonel Charles Broadwater became the first to build a home in the town, which was then called Ayr Hill
1760s Colonel Broadwater's son-in-law John Hunter became the first residence in the town
1767 John Hunter built home Ayr Hill after his Scotland home
1816 First reference to Ayr Hill school
1849 Town name changed from Ayr Hill to Vienna
1858 Washington and Old Dominion railroad built
1840-1860 Huge influx of immigrants from New York come to Vienna
1863 March 9 Mosby raid on Fairfax Courthouse
1868/9 first black public school in Vienna established
1868-1903 Flagg family farm at Tyson’s Crossroads (Gallows and Leesburg) established, was eventually a large dairy operation
1872 first white public school established
1874 Vienna Presbyterian Church built
1881 Money and King Funeral Home (Vienna’s oldest continuous business) created
1890 Vienna receives a charter and becomes a legal town
1890 first mayor Major Orrin T. Hine elected
1897 Little Library established
1900, April 12 first telephone installed
1903 Vienna Volunteer Fire Department (oldest in Fairfax County) created
1903 Trolley line to Washington, DC built
1904 Electric Railway built (called the 'jitney')
1905-1910 Clarks School opens and closes
1910 Fairfax Historical Society created
1910 Chain Bridge Road rebuilt (went from Vienna to Tysons Corner, then mostly fields)
1920 Vienna's first town hall and first bank built
1922 Electricity comes to Vienna
1940 Wesley United Methodist Church built
1940 Vienna Halloween Parade started by Vienna Businessman’s Association (now Vienna/Tyson’s Regional Chamber of Commerce)
1948 First Baptist Church created
1950s Businesses boom
1950s Little League started, post-WWII rush to suburbs (10,000 new people come to Vienna)
1954 First Vienna modern shopping centers open, especially along Maple Avenue
1960 A Municipal Charter, usually reserved for cities, is granted to Vienna, giving it a Court for criminal, misdemeanor cases occurring within the town
1961 Fairfax Hospital (Fairfax County’s first hospital) opens
1962 Dulles International Airport opens
1966 Vienna Community Center opens
1968 Tyson’s Corner opens
1971 Patrick Henry Library opens
1974 First Walk on the Hill garden tour
1980, February 21 Zip Code Day, celebrations included the burying of a time capsule
1984 Vienna first historic district designated
1986 Vienna Metrorail Station opens
1986 first Viva Vienna hosted by the Rotary Club
1990 Centennial celebration, including a ball and a time capsule buried by the Town's caboose on Church Street
Welcome! This website represents the efforts of Historic Vienna, Inc., to preserve the living history of Vienna, Virginia by collecting and publishing oral histories from members of the community.
