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Upcoming Hearing:
HALRB May 20
Work Session on Designation for Stratford Junior High

Upcoming Hearing:
HALRB May 20
Work Session on Designation for Stratford Junior High

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The Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) advises the County Board on historic preservation matters. The HALRB nominates properties for local and national designation and also reviews plans for exterior alterations, demolition and new construction in locally designated Arlington historic districts through a Certificate of Appropriate (CoA) process. The May Agenda for HALRB is now online. On the agenda are two (2) CoAs in the Maywood Historic District and one (1) in the Buckingham Village Historic District. In addition…

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More Seats: Secondary Seats

More Seats: Secondary Seats

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At a November 5 meeting of Arlington Public Schools’ Secondary Seats Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) group, a wide variety of proposals for “more seats” for students were released for community input. Three of the sites — Reed School, Wilson School and Stratford School — are all important historic community buildings having served the educational needs of Arlington residents for generations. The Stratford School is on the National Register; Reed School just underwent a major renovation in which the original school…

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Back to School:
Great New Uses
for Old Schools

Back to School:
Great New Uses
for Old Schools

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Preservation Arlington celebrates the return to the school year with a four-day series looking at one of the most important buildings types in our community — the school house. In our first post, we highlighted some of Arlington’s best-designed school buildings, spanning different decades. Yesterday, we examined successful school expansions that respect the original building while meeting the needs of a growing school-age population. Today, we are focusing on schools that have been given new uses and remain important civic…

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Back to School: Great Buildings, Great Stories

Back to School: Great Buildings, Great Stories

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Preservation Arlington celebrates the start of a return to the school year with a look at one of the most important buildings types in our community — the school house. Like other civic structures, school buildings are physical manifestations of a community’s strong commitment to government, community health and welfare, and education–as well as dedication to the future. Over the years Arlington has had a wide range of school building types — in many styles and sizes. As our population…

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Preserved & Developed: Stratford Junior High
(aka H.B. Woodlawn)

Preserved & Developed: Stratford Junior High
(aka H.B. Woodlawn)

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Preserved & Developed is a biweekly series of articles by Preservation Arlington highlighting local development projects that have involved both development of a site and preservation of historic resources. The projects highlight a wide range of challenges and solutions over many years. At the time they were completed the projects represented a commitment by the developer and the community to embrace the future and preserve the past. Preservation Arlington is awarding each project a gold, silver, or bronze star based…

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