The Paul McGehee Collection
  Catalog » Civil War » Hand-Signed My Account  |  Cart Contents  |  Checkout   
Categories
McGehee Prints
Collector's Corner
Other Rarities
The Vault
The Originals
Cards
Civil War
Western
Beaches & Surf
Maritime
Caribbean
Hawaiian
Chesapeake
Burger Joints
Portraits
Europe
Wildlife & Hunting
Fishing
Sculpture
Small Color Prints
Black & White Prints
Figure Studies
Nevis & St. Kitts
Quick Find
 
Use keywords to find the artwork you are looking for.
Advanced Search
What's New? more
The Bolling Haxall House (Paul McGehee)
The Bolling Haxall House (Paul McGehee)
$50.00
Manufacturers
Old Fairfax Station (Paul McGehee)
[Hand-Signed]
$150.00

"Old Fairfax Station" by Paul McGehee depicts a train of the Southern Railway passing Fairfax Station, Virginia in the mid-1920's. The historic Fairfax Station was established in 1851 as Lee's Station for the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The name was changed to Fairfax Station after a year. The rail line was first created to transport farm goods north from central Virginia to Alexandria and Washington, DC, and in turn transport supplies south from the cites back to the farms. By the time of the Civil War, Fairfax Station had become one of the main transportation hubs for the Northern Virginia region. When war broke out, the important rail line became the scene of many skirmishes and, in August through September of 1862, was the scene of treatment for mass casualties coming in from Manassas during and after the 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) and Chantilly. A young employee of the U.S. Patent Office named Clara Barton had answered the call to nursing as the need arose...she took it upon herself to organize and tend to the wounded along the Union evacuation route at Fairfax Station. Two decades later, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. As time went on, Fairfax Station was rebuilt several times as the area prospered, the most recent structure dating back to 1903, and by this time was serving the passengers and freight of the Southern Railway, a large outfit whose engines sported a beautiful bright green livery. The small town that sprang up around the station (the main features being a postal depot and a church) was changed to Swetnam in 1897, and then briefly to Faircroft in 1918. It officially became Fairfax Station once again in 1921, and the name has stayed. Today, Fairfax Station is a well-populated mixture of beautiful suburban homes and burgeoning businesses, with modern highways coursing through the woodland setting. The Fairfax Station (which ceased operation in 1973) is still there, saved from a sad fate by volunteers banding together and was moved away from the tracks for safety's sake. Today it is a museum devoted to local rail history encompassing everything from the Civil War to model railroading. "Old Fairfax Station" is faithfully reproduced from Paul's original color pencil and acrylic artwork in a limited edition of 2,000 hand-signed prints.

For more information, please visit this artwork's webpage.
Reviews
Shopping Cart more
21 x The Roosevelt Hotel - Ocean City, Maryland (Paul McGehee)
42 x Portsmouth - Merchant's Row (John Stobart)
8 x The Haunted House - Ocean City, Maryland (Paul McGehee)
9 x Kittens (Paul McGehee)
11 x Georgetown Snowfall - M Street in 1920 (Paul McGehee)
3 x Man O' War (George Ford Morris)
11 x St. Michaels by Moonlight (Paul McGehee)
21 x Hannibal (John Stobart)
1 x Canadian Sunset (Paul McGehee)
5 x The Hilton Inn - Annapolis / Original Drawing (Paul McGehee)
11 x Old Milwaukee - 1920 (Paul McGehee)
9 x Mount Vernon by Moonlight (Paul McGehee)
2 x Arlington National Cemetery (Paul McGehee)
1 x Bengal Tiger (Charles Frace)
2 x Springtime Swim (Paul McGehee)
8 x The Shoreham Hotel - Ocean City, Maryland (Paul McGehee)
1 x Girl in Swing (Albert Hencke)
1 x Georgetown Streetcar (Paul McGehee)
7 x Old Georgetown Waterfront - 1886 (Paul McGehee)
1 x Silent Snowfall (Paul McGehee)
1 x Baltimore / remarqued (Paul McGehee)
1 x Figure 7 (Paul McGehee)
2 x Hawaii - Kailua-Kona Twilight (Paul McGehee)
1 x End of an Era - The "President Warfield" (Paul McGehee)
1 x Arlington House (Paul McGehee)
2 x Nevis - Nisbet Beach (Paul McGehee)
1 x The First Battle Flags (Don Troiani)
1 x Annapolis - Church Circle by Moonlight (Paul McGehee)
1 x Brig "Swan" at Georgetown (John Stobart)
1 x The Nordica Hotel - Ocean City, Maryland (Paul McGehee)
1 x Hilton Head - Harbour Town at Sunset (Paul McGehee)
1 x The Three Witches (Paul McGehee)
4 x Old Memphis - The Steam Packet "Idlewild" in 1920 (Paul McGehee)
1 x The Oxford-Bellevue Ferry (Paul McGehee)
1 x The Inner Harbor of Baltimore (Paul McGehee)
1 x Potomac River Vista - 1955 (Paul McGehee)
1 x Winter in Central Park (Paul McGehee)
1 x Gadsby's Tavern (Paul McGehee)
2 x Let Freedom Ring (Paul McGehee)
1 x Drive-In Memories - Hot Shoppes (Paul McGehee)
3 x Treetop Flyer (Paul McGehee)
1 x Matterhorn Alpenglow (Paul McGehee)
2 x Black Ducks Swimming (Paul McGehee)
1 x Figure 4 (Paul McGehee)
1 x Baltimore Harbor - The Long Dock (Paul McGehee)
1 x Nature's Bounty (Paul McGehee)
1 x The Elephant Hotel - Atlantic City, New Jersey (Paul McGehee)
1 x Yacht Basin at Sunset (1950) Ocean City, Maryland (Paul McGehee)
2 x Kobolzeller Tower Gate - Rothenburg, Germany (Paul McGehee)
1 x Paris - Moulin Rouge (Paul McGehee)
1 x Figure 5 (Paul McGehee)
1 x The Old Executive Office Building (Paul McGehee)
1 x Figure 6 (Paul McGehee)
1 x Glen Echo Amusement Park / remarqued (Paul McGehee)
1 x Cinnamon Teal (Paul McGehee)
1 x Sunset Wings (Paul McGehee)
1 x The Commander Hotel - 1930 - Ocean City, Maryland (Paul McGehee)
1 x Old Richmond on the James / remarqued (Paul McGehee)
8 x Towing in to San Francisco (John Stobart)
1 x Agape (Yanni Posnakoff)
1 x Zallinger Chapel - Alpe di Suisi, Italy (Paul McGehee)
1 x Coca-Cola Truck - 1934 (Paul McGehee)
1 x Romeo and Juliet (Ford Madox Brown)
1 x The Plimhimmon Hotel - Ocean City, Maryland (Paul McGehee)
1 x Figure 2 (Paul McGehee)
1 x Luna Park - Ocean City, Maryland (Paul McGehee)
1 x Season of Hope and Joy (G. Harvey)
$130,995.00
Manufacturer Info
Art Recollections, Inc.
Art Recollections, Inc. Homepage
Other similar artworks
Notifications more
NotificationsNotify me of updates to Old Fairfax Station (Paul McGehee)
Reviews more
Write ReviewWrite a review
Currencies
Information
Shipping & Returns
Privacy Notice
Conditions of Use
Contact Us

Copyright © 2024 Art Recollections, Inc.
Powered by osCommerce