Lorton, VA Condo for Sale

Lorton hasn’t always been the commuter town 20 miles outside Washington, D.C. that it is today. In fact, it was once the site of Lorton Reformatory, a sprawling prison complex that housed prisoners from the early 1900s until its closure in 2001. Since then, Lorton has worked to preserve its past while transforming its prison-industrial landscape into a more residential suburb. Efforts in recent years have included repurposing the old reformatory into apartments and houses, building a new community center and remodeling the library. The town als ...