Carlin Hall Explained

Carlin Hall
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 16, 1993[1]
Designated Other1 Number:000-0039
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:5711 4th St., S., Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates:38.8631°N -77.1264°W
Builder:Bailey, Theodore
Architecture:Late Victorian
Added:August 12, 1993
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:93000833

Carlin Hall, also known as Curtis Hall, Carlin Community Hall, Glencarlyn School, Glencarlyn Recreation Center, is a historic community center located in the Glencarlyn section of Arlington, Virginia, US. It was built in 1892, and is a tall one-story, frame, Late Victorian cross-plan community hall. It measures approximately 45 feet wide and 30 feet deep. The standing seam metal gable roof is topped by a four-sided wood cupola. It originally served as a meeting place for the newly formed Glencarlyn civic association and the Episcopal church congregation, provided a place for a variety of community social events. The building housed an elementary school from the 1920s to 1950. In 1953, it was returned by Arlington County as a community center.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carlin Hall. Gail Baker. December 1992. and Accompanying photo