Cherrydale Volunteer Firehouse Turns 100
Congratulations to the Cherrydale Volunteer Firehouse on turning 100 years old! This building was the first purpose-built firehouse in the County and the model for all the first firehouses in the area. It has served more than one civic purpose since it was built, offering not only fire safety services but civic services in the community room upstairs. A little known fact is that the building hosted the County’s first movie theater.
AHS Creates Arlington 1920 Photo “Storymap”
AHS Creates Arlington 1920 Photo “Storymap”
To commemorate the 2020 centennial of Arlington County‘s renaming, the Arlington Historical Society created a photo “storymap” showing images of homes, schools, stores, government buildings and transportation facilities that existed in 1920.
Click to View AHS Storymap
Clarendon Circle 1920 (LV on the Right)
Clarendon Circle 1920 (LV on the Right)
Click for Photo (Arlington Historical Society)
Pocahontas Avenue?
Pocahontas Avenue?
Interesting history note published in ARLNow…
When Arlington switched over to a more “rational” street naming system in 1934, Pocahontas Ave in Lyon Village was renamed N. Hancock St.