Glebe Center
Glebe Center is located in District of Columbia
Glebe Center
Glebe Center is located in Virginia
Glebe Center
Glebe Center is located in the United States
Glebe Center
Location71-89 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates38°52′18″N 77°6′8″W / 38.87167°N 77.10222°W / 38.87167; -77.10222
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Built1940 (1940)
Built byF&W Construction
ArchitectMesrobian, Mihran
Architectural styleArt Deco, Moderne
NRHP reference No.04000055[1]
VLR No.000-9415
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 2004
Designated VLRDecember 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 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ↑ Laura V. Trieschmann and Carrie Albee (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Glebe Center" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos

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