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Back to School: Great Additions, Great Lessons

Back to School: Great Additions, Great Lessons

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. Yesterday, we highlighted some of Arlington’s best-designed school buildings, spanning different decades. Today we are looking at successful school expansions that respect the original building while meeting the needs of our expanding school age population. All of these schools, most of which originally date to the 1950s — the period of…

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FOR Sale: Original Condition Period Four Square

FOR Sale: Original Condition Period Four Square

After fifty-four years of ownership by one family, this charming home (c. 1935) is ready for its next owner. It is in nearly its original condition with only a handful of minor improvements (drop ceiling here and some vintage paneling there and aluminum siding) that are probably ready to be undone. Entering the house from the gorgeous full wrap-around front porch (in truly usable proportions), you come into the foyer with an elegant staircase leading to the upstairs. Downstairs is…

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