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Month: February 2016

LOST: January 2016

LOST: January 2016

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In January 2016, a total of thirteen (13) demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. All were for single-family homes. All but one of the homes were in North Arlington. Four of the home are located in a National Register Historic Districts: 1600 North Edgewood, Lyon Village National Register Historic District 2033 North Utah Street, Cherrydale National Register Historic District 710 North Highland Street, Lyon Park National Register Historic District 3626 Vacation Lane, Cherrydale National Register Historic District Totals…

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Nominations Sought for 2016 Endangered List

Nominations Sought for 2016 Endangered List

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Arlington is a great community with modern high rises and vibrant shopping areas, along with older commercial strips and quiet single-family neighborhoods. Is there a building or place that you see or use in your daily life and feel is an important part of your experience of living or working in Arlington? Are you concerned that it may be under redevelopment threat or is disappearing due to lack of attention or other factors? If so, we encourage you to nominate…

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Guest Post: Arlington Cemetery Then and Now

Guest Post: Arlington Cemetery Then and Now

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Preservation Arlington welcomes this guest post from Dean DeRosa, a National Park Service volunteer at Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial, regarding the changing landscape of Arlington Cemetery, as viewed through period and modern stereographs. (In 2014, DeRosa made the remarkable discovery of a never-before-published stereograph of Selina Gray, the enslaved housekeeper at Arlington House.) In May 1869, President Ulysses S. Grant headed 20- to 30 thousand Memorial Day visitors to Arlington National Cemetery to pay homage to the…

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