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From YouTube: Arlington VA House History Workshop
Description
Arlington County Historic Preservation program manager Cynthia Liccese-Torres gives a workshop on how to research the history of your house using a combination of online resources and the holdings of the Center for Local History at the Arlington Public Library. Homes examined in depth are the Broadview and Lustron houses. This workshop was co-sponsored by the Arlington Historical Society, Preservation Arlington and the Arlington Public Library.
A
In
celebration
of
may
as
national
historic
preservation
month,
the
arlington
historical
society,
the
county's
historic
preservation,
program,
office
and
preservation
arlington,
are
excited
to
present
the
second
workshop
about
how
to
research
your
historic
house
in
arlington.
My
name
is
cynthia
lachaise
torres
and
I
am
the
county's
historic
preservation
program
coordinator.
A
A
In
this
workshop,
you
will
learn
insider's
tips
about
how
to
research
the
history
of
your
own
home,
neighborhood
and
historic
properties
in
general
throughout
the
county.
I
will
share
two
case
studies
of
two
very
different
historic
houses
as
a
way
to
walk
you
through
the
various
steps
of
the
research
process.
A
Afterwards,
please
be
sure
to
visit
the
center
for
local
history
at
central
library
to
explore
some
of
the
historic
maps
building,
permit
data
photo
archives
and
other
materials
that
you
will
learn
about
today.
To
pique
your
curiosity
here
is
a
quick
look
at
the
two
historic
houses
being
featured
as
case
studies.
A
The
first
is
broadview
a
single-family
residence
built
in
1881
in
what
is
now
the
waycroft
woodlawn
neighborhood
off
washington
boulevard
and
north
george
mason
drive
not
far
from
virginia
hospital
center.
This
one-of-a-kind
home
began
as
a
modest
traditional
eye
house
that
expanded
multiple
times
over
the
decades
and
evolved
into
one
of
the
most
high
style
examples
of
the
queen
anne
style
in
the
county.
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A
A
A
My
first
recommendation
is
that
when
you
get
started
start
with
the
5ws
the
who,
what
where
when
and
why
start
by
figuring
out
the
facts
that
you
already
know
about
your
property
and
then
making
a
list
of
the
things
that
you're
trying
to
figure
out,
and
secondly,
it's
important
to
train
your
eyes
to
look
for
the
details,
whether
you're,
trying
to
figure
out
how
a
property
evolved
over
time
or
if
you're,
looking
up
old,
deed
or
census
records,
pay
attention.
You
never
know
what
clues
you
might
find
in
any
step
of
the
process.
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Don't
hesitate
to
come
up
with
theories
of
your
own
to
help
you
try
to
solve
the
puzzles.
Sometimes
you'll
prove
yourself
wrong
before
you
make
all
the
pieces
fit
together.
Historic
resource,
historic
research
is
indeed
a
process,
so
I
would
encourage
you
just
to
be
patient
and
embrace
the
story
as
it
unfolds
to
you.
A
There
are
some
noticeable
differences,
though,
in
the
types
and
the
quantity
of
information
we
can
get
from
all
of
these
different
sources.
So
we'll
also
talk
about
how
to
make
the
best
use
of
the
most
obvious
information
and
how
to
keep
working
to
solve
the
puzzles.
It's
the
more
the
more
pre-work
that
you
can
do
before
you
actually
head
out
to
a
repository
the
better,
because
then
that
way,
you
can
figure
out
how
you
can
divide
and
conquer
and
best
use
your
time.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
we'll
be
looking
at
resources
at
the
county.
A
Courthouse
the
maine
county
building
at
courthouse
plaza
here
at
the
central
library
in
the
center
for
local
history,
as
well
as
various
sources
that
you
can
find
online
in
in
the
slides,
and
you
have
copies
of
all
of
them
in
your
in
your
packets.
I've
also
tried
to
include
where
I
could
different
hours
of
operation
addresses
websites,
and
things
like
that,
so
you
won't
have
to
take
as
detailed
notes
so
using
just
your
current
property
address
or
the
address
of
the
property
you're
interested
in
or
using
the
names
of
the
current
property
owner.
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Please
try
to
save
your
your
questions
to
the
end
and
I'm
happy
to
try
to
address
whatever
comments
you
have
so,
in
addition
to
the
county
courthouse
building,
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
resources
that
are
at
the
main
county
building
at
courthouse
plaza
in
that
building.
On
the
seventh
floor
in
suite
700
you'll
find
our
office
of
historic
preservation.
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You
can
come
anytime
we'd,
prefer
you
make
an
appointment
just
to
make
sure
that
one
of
us
is
there
to
help
you,
but
we
have
thousands
of
architectural
survey
records
on
thousands
of
buildings
in
dozens
of
neighborhoods
here
in
the
county.
We
also
have
a
wonderful
collection
of
maps
and
a
lot
of
the
maps
that
we
have.
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I
also
wanted
to
mention
my
colleagues
in
the
department
of
environmental
services
which
are
on
the
eighth
floor
of
the
county
building
and
there
you
can
find
different
types
of
subdivision
plot
maps.
You
can
find
drawings
and
maps
related
to
the
county's
roadways
utilities
and
when
those
were
installed,
things
of
that
nature.
A
I
could
probably
dedicate
an
entire
workshop
just
on
the
goodies
that
you
are
going
to
see
in
a
little
bit
here
at
the
the
center
for
local
history
and
on
this
slide
I've,
given
you
just
a
sample
of
the
types
of
resources
that
you
can
find
here
at
the
center
and,
given
my
first
hand,
experience
doing
research
here.
I
promise
you
that
if
john
judy
and
heather,
who
are
seated
in
the
back
of
this
room,
can't
find
what
you're
looking
for
then
it
probably
does
not
exist.
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Some
of
these
items
that
are
listed
here
we'll
go
over
in
a
bit
and
you'll
be
able
to
see
some
of
these
things
too.
After
after
my
talk
and
you're
able
to
go
visit
the
center
for
yourselves,
I
did
want
to
highlight
a
few
of
the
very
important
resources
that
the
center
has,
including
their
collection
of
neighborhood
directories,
phone
books
and
city
directories
like
hills,
pokes
and
hanes
that
date
throughout
the
20th
century.
A
You
can
also
look
at
historic
property
maps,
civil
war
era,
maps,
so
there's
quite
a
collection,
and
there
are
also
quite
a
a
detailed
collection
of
histories
about
arlington
neighborhoods,
especially
those
that
are
listed
in
the
national
register
of
historic
places.
You
can
find
these
not
only
on
the
state
historic
preservation
website,
but
also
on
the
county
website
and
many
of
arlington's
neighborhood
conservation
plans
that
are
done
through
the
planning
department
have
their
own
neighborhood
history
sections,
and
so
those
are
another
often
overlooked.
Source
of
historic
information.
A
It's
also
worth
mentioning
that
research
possibilities
are
seemingly
endless.
Don't
forget
you
can
reach
out
to
family
members
as
well
as
long-term
neighbors,
former
owners
of
your
property
and
consider
checking
out
these
additional
sources
here,
such
as
the
library
of
congress,
the
social
security
death
index,
as
well
as
the
library
of
virginia
to
really
try
to
round
out
your
search.
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A
A
It
is
architecturally
significant
for
its
representation
of
the
queen
anne
style
and
it's
historically
significant
for
its
association
with
robert
lacy,
who
was
a
patent
lawyer,
a
civil
war
veteran
and
a
superintendent
for
the
bureau
of
refugees.
Freedmen
and
abandoned
lands
in
lynchburg
locally
lacey
also
operated
one
of
arlington
county's
largest
farms
and
was
very
active
in
political
and
social
affairs,
and
in
november
of
2014
broadview
became
one
of
our
locally
protected
historic
properties.
A
So
here
are
a
few
historic
images
abroad
you
from
the
early
and
mid
19.
Excuse
me
the
early
and
mid
20th
century.
Thankfully,
both
the
former
and
the
current
owners
willingly
shared
a
lot
of
their
photographs
with
us
to
help
us
figure
out
some
of
the
clues
when
trying
to
understand
how
this
complex
property
evolved.
A
The
bottom
right
illustration
was
done
by
john
to
help
explain
the
various
construction
phases
of
the
house
and
believe
it
or
not.
The
earliest
section
is
the
smallest
piece
shown
in
red
and
while
the
other
stages
indicate
according
to
all
the
research
that
we
were
able
to
do
approximately
when
all
the
other
parts
of
the
house
were
constructed,
so
what
kind
of
records
did
we
analyze
to
help
us
figure
out
all
those
different
stages?
A
These
are
really
invaluable
and
would
be
very
helpful
to
you,
but
the
key
to
using
them
is
you
need
to
have
a
current
property
address,
because
that's
how
all
of
these
are
searchable
for
this
particular
card.
You
can
see
the
date
that
the
card
was
completed
up
in
that
upper
right
corner,
plus
the
owner's
name
at
the
time
and
the
property
address,
and
unfortunately,
there's
not
much
else
on
here.
A
A
The
red
arrow
on
the
map
at
the
left
indicates
the
future
location
of
the
broadview
property
and
then
the
1900
landowner
map
on
the
right
was
done
by
the
virginia
title
company
and
it's
one
of
my
favorite
county
historic
maps.
We
fight
over
the
office
copy
all
the
time
who's
you
know
whose
office
is
it
in?
A
A
John
and
my
staff
created
this
map
for
the
broadview
historic
district
designation
report,
and
I
included
it
here
to
show
you
just
what
I
mentioned,
how
you
can
use
this
as
an
overlay
with
the
current
gis
map
data.
So
now,
if
you
look
closely
there's
a
little
yellow,
yellow
polygon
right
there
in
the
middle,
that's
broadview,
and
so
you
can
see
how
the
the
property
has
been
subdivided
and
the
neighborhood
has
changed
over
time.
Other
fabulous
historic
map,
resources
that
you
can
find
here
at
the
center
include
sanborn
fire
insurance
maps.
A
A
The
right
image
is
a
close-up
of
this
same
map
sheet,
and
I
wanted
to
zoom
in
to
that
to
show
you
some
of
the
symbols
that
you
can
find
on
these
maps.
You
see.
The
large
letter
d
in
the
middle
of
the
house
indicates
that
this
particular
property
was
a
dwelling
and
the
numbers
that
you
see
indicate
the
number
of
stories.
A
The
dashed
line
on
the
right
side
shows
the
location
of
the
front
porch
and
at
the
beginning
of
this
map
book,
there
is
a
key
that
tells
you
what
all
the
different
symbols
and
things
are
so
make
sure
you
check
that
out.
As
a
point
of
comparison,
here's
another
sanborn
map
from
a
little
bit
later
in
time,
this
one's
from
1959-
and
I
wanted
to
show
you
this.
So
you
can
see
how
the
property
has
been
subdivided
as
the
surrounding
neighborhood
was
built
out,
and
so
broadview
here
is
located
inside
the
red
circle.
A
Here
are
two
examples
of
historic
aerial
photographs
from
the
collection
on
the
county
website.
These
are
from
1934
on
the
left
and
1983
on
the
right.
You
can
pretty
much
search
this
collection
of
photographs
by
decade
online
via
the
gis
mapping
center
some
years.
The
images
are
a
little
clearer
and
a
little
fuzzier
than
others,
but
they're
very
important
resources
to
help
you
piece
together,
especially
how
a
property
might
have
evolved
over
time
as
well
as
its
surroundings.
A
A
References
be
sure
you
take
note
of
those
deed
book
pages
and
numbers
in
advance
of
going
to
the
courthouse,
because
that
will
save
you
a
lot
of
time.
This
will
easily
get
you
started
and
from
these
current
real
estate
assessment
records,
you
can
also
view
historic
tax
information
about
your
property,
and
to
do
that,
I
wanted
to
show
you
the
first
page
from
broadview's
property
tax
card
and
to
find
this
card
for
your
property,
simply
go
to
the
general
information
page
on
the
search
screen
and
click
on
the
listing.
A
A
And
this
is
the
second
page
of
that
property
card
for
broadview,
which
gives
a
lot
more
information,
including
more
deed
references
as
well
as
some
information
about
the
building
itself.
There's
not
that
much
filled
out
on
this
card,
but
oftentimes
you
can
find
things
like
building
materials,
square,
footage
and
date
of
construction.
A
Keep
in
mind,
though,
that
any
construction
dates
that
you
see
on
either.
These
current
excuse
me
on
these
assessment
records
are
simply
just
one
point
of
reference
for
you,
and
I
say
this
with
caution,
especially
if
you
have
a
property
that
predates
that
1935
building
code
in
the
case
of
broadview
on
this
card.
It
says
that
the
house
was
built
in
1900,
but
that
we
know
that
by
looking
at
historic
maps
and
deeds
and
other
materials,
we
were
able
to
date
the
house
prior
to
that.
A
So
once
you've
taken
note
of
the
different
transactions
for
your
property
and
have
your
deed
book
references
handy,
the
next
logical
step
on
your
search
would
be
to
visit
the
county
courthouse
where
you
can
look
up
deeds,
mortgages
and
will
records
here
is
a
sample
deed
from
the
broadview
property,
and
I
know
it's
hard
to
read
and
you
don't
really
need
to
know
what
all
the
fine
print
says.
I
want
you
to
focus
on
where
the
red
arrows
are
on
the
page.
A
So
this
will
list
the
names
of
the
grantors,
who
are
the
sellers
of
the
property,
the
grantees,
who
are
the
purchasers
as
well
as
the
date
and
the
type
of
transaction,
the
middle
arrow.
At
the
middle
of
the
slide
points
to
the
legal
property
description,
you
don't
need
to
copy
this
down
necessarily
verbatim
every
single
time.
A
Everything
will
have
a
legal
property
description,
such
as
lot
18,
section
1
of
clarendon,
so
you
need
to
be
able
to
understand
the
different
descriptions
that
are
in
the
deed
in
order
to
help
you
find
additional
deeds
in
the
case
of
broadview,
that
property
description
is
quite
lengthy.
It
talks
about
meats
and
bounds
and
rocks
and
fences
and
different
boundary
markers,
but
both
those
types
of
references
are
also
very
common
and
again
it
helps
you
figure
out
how
a
property
has
changed
over
time.
A
The
last
arrow,
that's
toward
the
bottom
of
that
paragraph,
gives
you
clues
as
to
where
do
you
go
next?
More
often
than
not,
you'll
see
the
the
next
citation
listed
right
there,
for
you
saying
something
like
the
same
property
as
conveyed
to
mr
smith
from
mr
jones
and
this
deed
book.
I'd
say
more
times
than
not
that
information
and
that
clue
will
be
there
waiting
for
you.
All
you
have
to
do
is
copy
it
down.
A
If
you're
interested
in
finding
where
someone
was
buried,
there
are
a
few
very
useful
sources.
These
include
the
find
a
grave
website
which
you
may
or
may
not
be
familiar
with.
You
can,
search
by
name
and
or
locality,
there's
a
wonderful
genealogy
genealogical
index
to
arlington
cemeteries
that
you
can
view
here
at
the
center
for
local
history,
and
there
are
also
wonderful
sources
of
online
obituaries
and
historic
newspapers
that
you
can
find.
A
A
A
Census
records
are
just
a
wonderful
source
of
biographical
information.
Not
only
can
you
learn
everyone's
name
in
a
household,
you
would
learn
their
ages,
their
occupations
if
they
had
any
borders
or
tenants
living
there,
as
well
as
where
they
were
born
and
places
of
residence
over
time
and
the
1940
census
is
the
most
recent
one
that's
available
and
luckily
in
in
virginia
it
is
indexed.
So
if
you
haven't
searched
that
yet
I
would
strongly
encourage
you
to
do
so,
and
so
before
we
leave
broadview.
A
Much
like
the
historic
paper
trail.
The
buildings
themselves
hold
all
sorts
of
clues
that
can
help
you
analyze
and
connect
the
puzzle
pieces
the
photo
at
the
left,
john
and
our
staff
took
in
the
attica
broadview.
If
you
look
very
closely
at
the
top
of
the
picture,
you
can
see
remnants
of
the
original
I
house
roof
framing.
It
was
amazing
to
notice
that
this
still
existed
because
it's
been
covered
up
for
so
long,
and
so
it
helped
us
piece
together.
A
Okay,
so
let's
switch
the
quickly
switch
gears
and
dive
into
the
mid-20th
century
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
lustrons
and
I'll
have
to
confess
up
front,
it's
really
hard
for
me
to
hide
my
enthusiasm
about
these
houses,
so
I
could
probably
talk
on
and
on
about
them,
but
I
wanted
to
include
them
here
because
they
have
such
a
different
type
of
there's
a
different
paper
trail.
You
can
find
with
researching
a
property
like
this,
and
I
wanted
to
be
able
to
to
walk
you
through
that.
A
So
the
house
that
I
wanted
to
feature
originally
stood
on
south
12th
street
and,
like
I
said
it
was
built
in
1949
as
and
was
one
of
11
lustrons
that
we
had
here
in
the
county.
They
were
the
creative
genius
of
carl
strandland
who
really
thought
that
he
could
solve
the
national
housing
shortage
by
applying
assembly
line
production
methods
to
the
housing
construction
industry.
He
really
was
ahead
of
his
time
and
developed
a
very
innovative
prefab
all
steel
house,
but
unfortunately
the
venture
was
very
short-lived.
A
There
were
only
about
2
500
homes
built
in
about
an
18-month
period
between
1948
and
1950,
and
during
some
of
my
research
for
all
of
our
last
run
work
I
even
discovered
that
arlington
has
its
own
connection
to
the
lustron
corporation,
harold
denton,
who
had
served
as
the
company's
marketing
director
actually
lived
here
in
arlington.
He
moved
here
in
1960
and
stayed
until
he
died
in
2002,
so
we
have
our
own
connection
there.
A
This
is
my
favorite
slide.
Okay,
so
here
are
some
wonderful
photos
that
show
you
what
a
historic
lustron
looked
like.
You
can
see
at
the
upper
left
there,
the
customized
delivery
truck
that
was
packed
at
the
factory
in
the
order
that
you
would
need
everything
out
at
the
building
site,
and
then
I
just
love
the
center
photo.
That
shows
literally
the
thousands
and
thousands
of
house
parts
that
comprise
just
one
lustron
home
lustrons
offered
two
generously
sized
bedrooms,
one
bathroom
separate
living
and
dining
areas,
radiant
seat,
radiant
ceiling,
heating,
a
combination,
clothes
and
dishwasher.
A
I
think
those
were
very,
very
short-lived
and
lots
of
built-in
units
and
closet
space
and
all
of
this
and
under
1
100
square
feet.
They
were
cutting
edge
with
sleek
metal
interiors.
That
required
only
magnets
for
hanging
up
all
your
favorite
photographs
and
they
were
virtually
maintenance
free
with
personal
porcelain,
enamel
exteriors
that
you
could
simply
hose
down,
such
as
the
woman
in
the
heels
and
pearls
is
showing
you
there
on
the
bottom
photograph.
A
A
The
two
black
and
white
photos
on
the
slide
were
taken
by
the
national
park
services,
historic
american
building
survey,
as
we
were
documenting
the
house
before
it
was
disassembled
and
the
lustron
logo
on
the
right.
Every
house
had
one
of
those
it
was
located
in
the
utility
room
and
it
let
you
know
which
one
out
of
2500
your
particular
house
was.
A
If
you
want
to
learn
more
about
some
of
the
county's
efforts
to
document
and
disassemble
these
houses,
please
see
me
I
could
go
on
and
on,
but
I
won't
hear,
but
I
did
want
to
show
you
a
few
more
photographs.
The
one
at
the
left
shows
the
the
donor
of
the
property,
dr
cliff
crown,
when
we
interviewed
him
during
the
disassembly
process.
The
middle
shot
shows
opening
night
when
we
went
to
moma
back
in
2008
and
then
lastly,
is
a
is
a
now
shot.
A
So
if
any
of
you
ever
go
I'd
love
to
hear
what
you
think
about
it,
I
haven't
made
it
out
there
yet
one
day.
So
here
we
have
the
house
card
for
the
lustron
house
and
remember
how,
when
I
showed
you
the
card
for
broadview,
it
barely
had
any
information
on
it.
Well,
this
one
has
all
sorts
of
goodies
that
I
wanted
to
show
you
and
because
this
house
dated
to
1949,
we
have
the
historic
paper
trail
and
permit
record
for
this
house.
A
The
most
important
items
to
record
when
you're
looking
for
your
building
permit
are
the
approval
date
in
the
upper
corner
and
the
building
permit
number
that
you
you
find
towards
the
bottom,
and
just
so
you
know
too
many
of
these
cards
continue
on
to
more
than
one
page.
So
if
it
says
over,
it's
helpful
to
just
make
sure
that
you
have
both
sides
of
the
card.
A
So
here
we
have,
like,
I
said
the
original
building
permit.
You
can
see
the
building
permit
number
circled
there
at
the
top
left,
and
this
matches
the
number
that
we
had
on
our
house
card,
but
other
important
information.
You
can
see
the
name
of
the
original
owner
their
address
at
that
time,
as
well
as
the
building
contractor,
and
if
this
hadn't
been
a
lustron
most
likely.
The
architect
that
information
would
have
been
filled
out
as
well.
A
A
The
neighborhood
that
this
house
used
to
be
in
virginia
heights
was
listed
in
the
national
register
of
historic
places,
and
I
mentioned
that
because
that
means
that
that
particular
neighborhood
has
a
comprehensive
history.
That's
already
been
compiled,
so
you
wouldn't
have
to
come
up
with
any
of
that
information
on
your
own.
That's
available
and
arlington
has
over
17
single-family
neighborhoods
that
are
on
the
national
register
and
all
of
the
the
wonderful
historic
context
and
the
importance
and
the
significance
of
those
neighborhoods
all
that
information
has
already
already
been
collected.
A
So
as
you
dive
into
your
own
research,
hopefully
you
can
use
all
the
obvious
sources,
hopefully
some
of
the
ones
that
you've
already
know
about
and
then
others
that
you
may
have
learned
tonight.
But
I'm
encouraging
you
to
think
outside
the
box,
make
sure
you're
patient
and
you
really
never
know
what
you
might
uncover.
A
A
So
now
I
know
that
was
like
the
crash
course
historic
house,
research
101,
but
I
tried
to
hopefully
it's
not
as
daunting.
The
process
might
not
seem
as
daunting
to
you
as
you
did
when
you
first
walked
in
the
room,
and
I
really
would
encourage
you
to
find
your
stories
for
what
interests
you
in
the
county
and
we'd
love
to
hear
some
of
the
fascinating
things
that
you
discover.
So
thank
you.