Pearson's General Store (Site)

These coordinated mark the exact site where the store was located. No visible remains exist.


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Here follows a history of the store as published on the Fairfax County Public Schools website:

The name Newington likely would have been forgotten had it not been for the establishment of a post office by that name in 1888. The first Newington Post Office was located approximately three quarters of a mile west of the ruins. In the early 20th century, after the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac railroad tracks had been realigned, the Newington Post Office was moved to Pearson’s Store, which was then located on the east side of the railroad tracks south of the Newington Road underpass. Accotink Station, a train station within walking distance of Pearson’s Store, was renamed Newington Station in the 1950s. The station and post office were both demolished later in the 20th century, but the name Newington endures in the names of roads, neighborhoods, a new post office, and Newington Forest Elementary School.