Historic Preservation
The Historic Preservation Office provides for the identification, designation, and regulation of historic resources within the City of Alexandria. Our staff supports the City's two Boards of Architectural Review, the Old and Historic Alexandria District and the Parker-Gray District. We evaluate and provide recommendations for resources to be included in our collection of Local and Nationally designated historic districts. We analyze regulatory applications and evaluate proposed development plans to assess their impacts on historic resources. In addition, we provide public outreach with regular walking tours, lectures, and seminars to educate the public. Please contact our professional staff at 703.746.3833, Monday-Friday 8-5 p.m. and we will be happy to assist you.
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 City Council Endorses Architectural
Survey Pilot Program
The Department of Planning and Zoning is coordinating with the National Park Survey (NPS), the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR), the Historic Alexandria Foundation (HAF), and Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), to create a digital architectural survey of the Old & Historic Alexandria District. This national pilot project will create a digital survey platform for tablet computers that can be used by teams of trained volunteers to survey over 4,000 parcels in the historic district. Once tested, the software will be available through ESRI's website to historic preservation organizations through the country.
This project is grant funded and will result in no additional expense to the City. The Department expects to recieve notifications of awards from these agencies by the end of June 2012 with the first phase to begin immediately thereafter. Local survey results will be publicly available on the City's GIS website.
Proposed Survey Boundary Map | City Council Memo | City Council Webcast | Send a Message
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Is our property regulated by Alexandria's Board of Architectural Review?
Look it up on the List!
There are two historic districts and thirty-five, 100 Year Old Buildings locally designated and regulated in Alexandria. Two, separate Boards of Architectural Review (BAR) oversee the protection of the Old and Historic Alexandria District, the 100 Year Old Buildings and the Parker-Gray Historic District. The Boards must approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for all new construction and exterior alterations for structures designated which are visible from a public way. In addition, the Boards must approve a Permit to Demolish for proposed demolition of more than 25 square feet of material on a structure, regardless of the visibility from a public way.
The Boards of Architectural Review are:
Old and Historic Alexandria Board
The Old and Historic Alexandria BAR regulates the Old and Historic Alexandria District and the thirty-five, 100 Year Old Buildings. This BAR holds bi-monthly public hearings in the City Council Chambers at 7:30 p.m. on the 2nd floor of City Hall. To view the Old and Historic Board hearing schedule and application deadlines please click here.
Parker-Gray Board
The Parker-Gray BAR regulates the Parker-Gray Historic District. This BAR holds monthly public hearings in the City Council Chambers at 7:30 p.m. on the 2nd floor of City Hall. To view the Parker-Gray Board hearing schedule and application deadlines please click here.
Looking for information about the new Jefferson-Houston school?
To see informational presentation about the new Jefferson-Houston School please click here.
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Own a Piece of Alexandria's History!
The Carver Nursery School/ American Legion building
North Fayette Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
Price: $675,000
Lot size: 7,775 sq. ft.
Building size: 2,252 sq. ft.
Zoning: CRMU/M
Location: Locally regulated Parker-Gray Historic District
Additional details available here
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