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TextFairfax County History Commission Historical Roadside Marker
McLean
Marker
Text: McLean originated in this vicinity after the electrified Great
Falls and Old Dominion Railroad began operating in 1906. Its tracks
crossed Chain Bridge Road between the villages of Lewinsville and
Langley, near the Ingleside community. By 1910 the area was renamed
McLean, after John R. McLean, an owner of the railroad and publisher of
the Washington Post. Storm's General Store and Post Office was built at
this site between the tracks and Elm Street. Franklin Sherman School
opened nearby in 1914, and the McLean Volunteer Fire Department was
incorporated in 1923. Train service ended in 1934. The rail bed is now
Old Dominion Drive.
Date Installed: February 2003
Marker Credits: Fully funded by David B. Slan, The Slan Companies.
Marker Location: McLean. On the north side of Old Dominion Road/Route 309, at its intersection with Chain Bridge Road and Elm Street. In a triangular park.
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