of the Wilson School Staff Presentation to LRPC March 31, 2015 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Proposed Local Historic District Designation of the Wilson School Staff Presentation to LRPC March 31, 2015

Introduction • Purposes of Presentation: Historic Preservation 101 – Understand the basics. 1. 2. Historic Overview of the Wilson School. 3. Historic Designation Process: Progress to date and next steps. Wilson School at 1601 Wilson Boulevard 2

Historic Preservation 101 • Types of historic designation: – Local historic districts • Protected via zoning overlay and design review process with HALRB • See §11.3 and 15.8 of ACZO • Arlington currently has 36 local districts – Listings in National Register of Historic Places • Honorific list without protections • Maintained by National Park Service • Arlington currently has 71 listings in National Register 3

Historic Overview • Oldest school building in County under APS ownership – Built 1910 as Fort Myer Heights School – Renamed in 1925 to honor former President Woodrow Wilson • Designed by architect Charles Morrison Robinson • 2 nd oldest extant school in County • Original architectural features: - Massing of original 1910 block - Materials (concrete and brick on exterior; tin ceilings on interior) - Spatial arrangement of front elevation - Frieze - Scrolled modillion cornice - Hipped roof 4

Historic Overview Wilson School Then… and Now… Image courtesy of Center for Local History, Arlington Public Library 5

Wilson School & WRAPS • WRAPS charge states: – “Consider the feasibility of incorporating architectural elements of the Wilson School building in the overall development.” • Draft Guiding Principle for Architecture/Historic Preservation states: – “Incorporate or reference architectural elements of the 1910 Wilson School building… in any buildings that succeed [it].” 6

Designation Process to Date • MoU between HALRB, APS, and County signed July 2004 (re: historic designation processes) • 1 st designation request received February 2007 ________________________________________ • 2 nd designation request received 11/17/14 • 1 st HALRB hearing 1/21/15 • School Board hearings – Info Item 2/5/15 – Action Item 2/17/15 • 2 nd HALRB hearing 2/18/15 • RTA approved by County Board 3/14/15 7

HALRB’s Proposed Boundary 8

Designation Process Next Steps • LRPC: March 31 • Planning Commission: April 6 • County Board Action: April 18 or 21 QUESTIONS? 9