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.