File:Elevations - Alexandria National Cemetery, Tool House, 1450 Wilkes Street, Alexandria, Independent City, VA HALS VA-2-A (sheet 3 of 3).tif

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Elevations - Alexandria National Cemetery, Tool House, 1450 Wilkes Street, Alexandria, Independent City, VA
Photographer
Schara, Mark
Title
Elevations - Alexandria National Cemetery, Tool House, 1450 Wilkes Street, Alexandria, Independent City, VA
Description
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Lavoie, Catherine, program manager; Pierce, Ryan, delineator; Price, Virginia Barrett, historian; Harrison, Michael, historian; National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, sponsor; Price, Virginia Barrett, transmitter
Depicted place Virginia; Independent City; Alexandria
Date 2012
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HALS VA-2-A (sheet 3 of 3)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The tool house was constructed in 1887; the design was used frequently by the Office of the Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army, based on the prevalence of similar buildings erected throughout the cemetery system. The one-story tool house was constructed of load-bearing brick masonry with a three-bay blind arcade across the north (front) elevation, and stepped parapets along the sides. Wood framing supported the shed roof, which sloped to the rear of the building. Rectangular in plan, the tool house contained a small public toilet room in the southeast corner, in addition to spaces for housing tools, coal, and other maintenance needs...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N47
  • Survey number: HALS VA-2-A
  • Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1927 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va2214.sheet.00003a
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