The Arlington Historical Society is raising $50,000 for a feasibility study to renovate its home at the Hume School (1805 S. Arlington Ridge Road).
What is now the Arlington Historical Museum was originally constructed in 1891, and is the oldest schoolhouse in Arlington. The school was turned over to AHS in the 1960s, and now needs renovations.
“The end result will be the creation of something sorely lacking in our Arlington County — an updated first-class museum reflecting our history, our accomplishments and the lives of those who have lived here,” said AHS member Frank O’Leary in an email. “If we do not start now, then when?”
O’Leary is also a trustee of the Warren G. Stambaugh Foundation, which is planning a virtual AHS fundraising event honoring Stambaugh, a former member of the House of Delegates who wrote the Virginians With Disabilities Act. The foundation will match funds raised for the AHS renovation project at the “I Remember Warren” event.
O’Leary said the AHS renovation will take a number of years to accomplish. Donations can be made on the AHS website.
“Our immediate objective is to raise $50,000 to fund the feasibility study of the existing structure, its deficiencies, and necessary improvements, and specific steps that must be undertaken to create a state-of-the-art local museum,” O’Leary said. “In short, as an immediate objective, we seek to create a detailed plan or ‘blueprint’ and then AHS will proceed on its enactment.”
The AHS to-do list includes:
- New drop-down ceilings on all floors, or the restoration of the original ceiling
- New windows
- New paint
- Climate-controlled storage for artifacts
- Americans with Disabilities Act access to the second floor
- Second floor display area
- Basement renovation for improved storage
- New exhibit cases
- Security upgrades
- New interpretive signs
Photo via Arlington Historical Society/Facebook
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