Glebe Center

Glebe Center
Location 71-89 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates 38°52′18″N 77°6′8″W / 38.87167°N 77.10222°WCoordinates: 38°52′18″N 77°6′8″W / 38.87167°N 77.10222°W
Area 0 acres (0 ha)
Built 1940
Built by F&W Construction
Architect Mesrobian, Mihran
Architectural style Art Deco, Moderne
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 04000055[1]
VLR # 000-9415
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 11, 2004
Designated VLR December 3, 2003[2]

Glebe Center, also known as Glebe Shopping Center, is a historic shopping center located in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia. It was designed by noted Washington, D.C. architect Mihran Mesrobian and built in 1940. It is a one-story, "L"-shaped cinder-block building with a flat parapet roof and clad in a six-course, American-bond brick veneer with cast-stone decorative accents. It features large store-front windows, Art Deco decorative elements, and a central square tower surmounted by a glass-block clerestory capped by a pyramidal-shaped metal roof. It was built to serve the residents of the Buckingham apartment complex and Ashton Heights, as well as the many motorists traveling along Arlington Boulevard and North Glebe Road.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 05-12-2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. Laura V. Trieschmann and Carrie Albee (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Glebe Center". and Accompanying four photos

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