A Guide to the Historical Commission of Falls Church Records, 1955-2012 Historical Commission of Falls Church Records Records Group 1-3

A Guide to the Historical Commission of Falls Church Records, 1955-2012

A Collection in
Mary Riley Styles Public Library
Collection Number Records Group 1-3

Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Mary Riley Styles Public Library
120 North Virginia Avenue
Falls Church, VA 22046
Phone: (703)-248-5030
Email:
URL: https://www.mrspl.org/

2023 ( CC0 1.0 )

Processed by: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Repository

Falls Church History Room, Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Collection Number

Records Group 1-3

Title

The Historical Commission of Falls Church Records, 1955-2012

Physical Characteristics

14 boxes

Language

Materials in this collection are in English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

The files were donated in two separate occasions – May 15, 2014, and April 24, 2019. The files in the Falls Church History Room were incorporated and continue to be added to the Historical Commission collection. There are no restrictions on the archives.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Historical Commission, upon a Resolution of the City Council, established the Mary Riley Styles Public Library, specifically its Falls Church History Room (or Virginia Room as it was called then) to hold, process, and make accessible the materials of the Commission.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description was completed in 2022 by Catherine Wilson.

Administrative History

The Historical Commission of Falls Church "provides information and advice on historical matters for the city government, develops criteria for the identification of historic buildings and sites, and makes recommendations on recognizing and preserving such structures and sites. The Commission identifies, collects, preserves, and displays the evidence and records of the city's history, and recommends measures for preserving city publications, displays and other materials of historic interest. It also proposes programs and projects involving city history. The Historical Commission advises the City Council, the City Manager, the Planning Commission, the Architectural Advisory Board, and other officials and bodies." Website: http://www.fallschurchva.gov/266/Historical-Commission

The Falls Church Historical Development Commission, formed in 1955, was the forerunner of the Historical Commission. The Historical Commission was designated an official commission of the City of Falls Church in 1965. The Falls Church Public Library, later the Mary Riley Styles Public Library, was designated the official repository of the Historical Commission papers.

Of special interest are the projects listed in Series 7 and the Archaeological Assessment in Series 9. There is a separate Record Group (1-9) containing records of the Historical Commission Historical Heritage Symposia, although some of those records are within these files in Series 10.

Scope and Content

Series 1: Incorporation/Organization

Series 2: Annual Reports

Series 3: Membership

Series 4: Meetings (Note: includes meeting announcements, agendas and minutes)

Series 5: Budget and Finance

Series 6: Correspondence

Series 7: Projects

Series 8: Archaeological Assessment

Series 9: Individual Reports on Houses in the Archaeological Assessment

Series 10: Symposiums

Series 11: Subject files

Series 12: Land Records

Series 13: Falls Church Public Library/Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Arrangement

Many files were housed in the Falls Church History Room of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library. Other files were donated by Maurice Ternan. These were organized by the archivist using the headings used by the Historical Commission and incorporated into the existing files as shown in the Scope and Content.

Contents List

*File contains photograph(s) **File contains a floppy disc ***File contains a DVD ****File contains slides

Series 1: Incorporation/Organization (Box 1)

File folder: 1
Falls Church Historical Development Commission, 1955-1956
File folder: 2
Charter and Resolutions, 1965-1976
File folder: 3
Collection/Acquisition Policy, 1974
File folder: 4
Collection Inventory (has index cards), 1978
File folder: 5
Collection Register, 1978
File folder: 6
Contracts, 1974-1977
File folder: 7
Copyrights, 1971-1972
File folder: 8
Gifts and Acquisitions, 1964-1966, 1976-1979
File folder: 9
Goals and Objectives, 1968-1980
File folder: 10
Resolutions and Agreements of the Historical Commission, City Council and the Library, 1965-1989
File folder: 11
Virginia Room Log Book, 1980-1989

Series 2: Annual Reports (Box 1)

File folder: 1
Annual Reports, 1960-61, 1966, 1967, 1969
File folder: 2
Annual Reports, 1970-1979
File folder: 3
Annual Reports, 1982-1985, 1989
File folder: 4
Annual Reports, 1993, 1997

Series 3: Membership

File folder: 1
AASLH Membership, 1976-1985
File folder: 2
Early Membership, 1965-1982
File folder: 3
Members, 1965-1980, 1993
File folder: 4
Members, Honorary, 1966, 1972
File folder: 5
Membership lists, 1965, 1976-1993

Series 4: Meetings (Box 1)

File folder: 1
Meetings, 1965
File folder: 2
Meetings, 1966
File folder: 3
Meetings, 1967
File folder: 4
Meetings, 1968
File folder: 5
Meetings, 1969
File folder: 6
Meetings, 1970
File folder: 7
Meetings, 1971
File folder: 8
Meetings, 1972
File folder: 9
Meetings, 1973
File folder: 10
Meetings, 1974

Series 4: Meetings (continued) (Box 2)

File folder: 11
Meetings, 1975
File folder: 12
Meetings, 1976
File folder: 13
Meetings, 1977
File folder: 14
Meetings, 1978
File folder: 15
Meetings, 1979
File folder: 16
Meetings, 1980
File folder: 17
Meetings, 1981
File folder: 18
Meetings, 1982
File folder: 19
Meetings, 1983
File folder: 20
Meetings, 1984
File folder: 21
Meetings, 1985
File folder: 22
Meetings, January-June 1986
File folder: 23
Meetings, July-December 1986
File folder: 24
Meetings, January-June 1987
File folder: 25
Meetings, July-December 1987
File folder:
Meetings,
File folder:
Meetings,
File folder:
Meetings,

Series 4: Meetings (continued) (Box 3)

File folder: 26
Meetings, 1988
File folder: 27
Meetings, 1989
File folder: 28
Meetings, 1990
File folder: 29
Meetings, 1991
File folder: 30
Meetings, 1992
File folder: 31
Meetings, January-June 1993
File folder: 32
Meetings, July-December 1993
File folder: 33
Meetings, January-June 1994
File folder: 34
Meetings, July-December 1994
File folder: 35
Meetings, January-June 1995
File folder: 36
Meetings, July-December 1995
File folder: 37
Meetings, 1996
File folder: 38
Meetings, 1997
File folder: 39
Meetings, 1998

Series 4: Meetings (continued) (Box 4)

File folder: 40
Meetings, 1999
File folder: 41
Meetings, 2000
File folder: 42
Meetings, 2001
File folder: 43
Meetings, 2002
File folder: 44
Meetings, 2003
File folder: 45
Meetings, 2004
File folder: 46
Meetings, 2005
File folder: 47
Meetings, 2006
File folder: 48
Meetings, January-June 2007
File folder: 49
Meetings, July-December 2007
File folder: 50
Meetings, 2008
File folder: 51
Meetings, January-June 2009
File folder: 52
Meetings, July-December 2009
File folder: 53
Meetings, 2010
File folder: 54
Meetings, 2011
File folder: 55
Meetings, 2012

Series 4: Meetings (continued) (Box 5)

File folder: 56
Meeting Agendas, 1996
File folder: 57
Meeting Agendas, 1997-2002
File folder: 58
Procedures, 1965-1989

Series 5: Budget and Finance (Box 5)

File folder: 1
Budget and Finance, 1963-1970
File folder: 2
Budget and Finance, 1970-1971
File folder: 3
Budget and Finance, 1971-1972
File folder: 4
Budget and Finance, 1972-1973
File folder: 5
Budget and Finance, 1973-1974
File folder: 6
Budget and Finance, 1974-1975
File folder: 7
Budget and Finance, 1975-1976
File folder: 8
Budget and Finance, 1976-1977
File folder: 9
Budget and Finance, 1977-1978
File folder: 10
Expenses and Capital Outlay Replacement Detail, [n.d.]
File folder: 11
Supplies, 1983-1986

Series 6: Correspondence (Box 5)

File folder: 1
Correspondence, 1965-1967
File folder: 2
Correspondence, 1968
File folder: 3
Correspondence, 1969
File folder: 4
Correspondence, 1970-1971
File folder: 5
Correspondence, 1972-1974
File folder: 6
Correspondence, 1975-1976
File folder: 7
Correspondence, 1977-1979
File folder: 8
Correspondence, 1980-1981
File folder: 9
Correspondence, 1982

Series 6: Correspondence (continued) (Box 6)

File folder: 10
Correspondence, 1983-1984
File folder: 11
Correspondence – Planning Commission, 1971-1977

Series 7: Projects (Box 6)

File folder: 1
Archaeology, 1972-1975, 1986
File folder: 2
Architectural and Historical Research Program on Pre-Civil War Houses in Falls Church, Proposal, 1970-1974
File folder: 3
Architectural Inventory, 1967-1975
File folder: 4
Barn Museum Feasibility Study,* 1969
File folder: 5
By Fence and Fireside, 1964, 1968, 1977
File folder: 6
Cherry Hill, 1965-1969
File folder: 7
Cherry Hill, 1970
File folder: 8
Cherry Hill, 1971
File folder: 9
Cherry Hill, 1972-1973
File folder: 10
Cherry Hill, February 1975
File folder: 11
Cherry Hill, March 1975
File folder: 12
Cherry Hill, April-December 1975
File folder: 13
Cherry Hill, 1976-1977
File folder: 14
Cherry Hill, Archaeology, 1970-1972
File folder: 15
Cherry Hill Barn, 1971
File folder: 16
Cherry Hill Barn, 1975-1976
File folder: 17
Cherry Hill Dedication, 1976
File folder: 18
Cherry Hill, Deed, 1955-1956, 1967-1968
File folder: 19
Cherry Hill, Dickey, Correspondence, 1972
File folder: 20
Cherry Hill, Dickey, Correspondence, 1973
File folder: 21
Cherry Hill, Dickey, Correspondence, 1974
File folder: 22
Cherry Hill, Dickey, Report, April 1973
File folder: 23
Cherry Hill, Dickey, Report, June 1973

Series 7: Projects (continued) (Box 7)

File folder: 24
Cherry Hill, Dickey, Specifications, 1974
File folder: 25
Cherry Hill, Fauber, 1966-1968
File folder: 26
Cherry Hill, Furnishings, 1974-1976
File folder: 27
Cherry Hill, Landscaping, 1975
File folder: 28
Cherry Hill, Michael & Michael, Architects, 1975
File folder: 29
Cherry Hill, Planning Commission, 1972-1975
File folder: 30
Cherry Hill, Uses and Functions, 1971-1981
File folder: 31
Cherry Hill, Uses and Functions, 1983-1986
File folder: 32
Descriptive Material – Belle Grove Plantation near Middletown, Virginia
File folder: 33
Descriptive Material – Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster, Maryland
File folder: 34
Descriptive Material – Dennis Historical Centers, South Dennis, Massachusetts
File folder: 35
Descriptive Material – Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown, New York
File folder: 36
Descriptive Material – National Capital Parks, DC, 1969
File folder: 37
Descriptive Material – National Colonial Farm, Bryan Point, Prince Georges County, Maryland
File folder: 38
Descriptive Material – Pennsylvania Farm Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
File folder: 39
Descriptive Material – Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
File folder: 40
Descriptive Material – Sloane-Stanley Museum and Kent Furnace, Kent, Connecticut
File folder: 41
General, 1970-1984, 1997

Series 8: Archaeological Assessment (Box 7)

File folder: 1
Application for 1994-1995 State Survey and Planning Funds
File folder: 2
Archaeological Assessment, 1994-1998
File folder: 3
Archaeological Assessment, 1999

Series 8: Archaeological Assessment (continued) (Box 8)

File folder: 4
Archaeological Assessment, 2000
File folder: 5
Archaeological Assessment, 1994
File folder: 6
Archaeological Assessment, January-April 1995
File folder: 7
Archaeological Assessment,** September 1995-September 1996
File folder: 8
Architectural Inventory, May 1, 1975
File folder: 9
Architectural Survey and Assessment in the City of Falls Church, October 18, 1994
File folder: 10
Architectural Survey and Assessment in the City of Falls Church, Community Meeting, February 7, 1995
File folder: 11
Architectural Survey and Assessment in the City of Falls Church, Draft Final Report Outline, June 30, 1995
File folder: 12
Architectural Survey and Assessment of the City of Falls Church, Draft Final Report, August 31, 1995
File folder: 13
Architectural Survey and Assessment of the City of Falls Church, Draft Final Report, August 31, 1995, with comments, November 6, 1995
File folder: 14
Architectural Survey and Assessment of the City of Falls Church, Draft Final Report, February 8, 1996
File folder: 15
Assessment of Archaeological Resources in the City of Falls Church, Virginia, Draft Report, September 27, 1999

Series 8: Archaeological Assessment (continued) (Box 9)

File folder: 16
Assessment of Archaeological Resources in the City of Falls Church, Virginia, Technical and Cost Proposal, August 31, 1998
File folder: 17
Chronologic Historic Register of Certified Structures, October 1990 and May 1993
File folder: 18
City of Falls Church Design Guidelines, Final Draft, July 2001
File folder: 19
Demolition of Certifiable Structures on 1969 Architectural Inventory
File folder: 20
Extant Archaeological Site Forms and Reports, City of Falls Church, Virginia, [n.d.]
File folder: 21
Inventory of Outbuildings on Official Register Sites, July 1992

Series 9: Individual Reports on Houses in the Archaeological Assessment (Box 9)

File folder: 1
Annandale Rd – E -- 303
File folder: 2
Broad St – E – 209, 225
File folder: 3
Broad St – E – 302, 312, 402, 513, 708
File folder: 4
Broad St – W – 509, 706, 715, 920
File folder: 5
Cherry St – N – 218, 223, 301, 412
File folder: 6
Columbia St – E – 214, 219, 407
File folder: 7
Fairfax St – E – 115
File folder: 8
Great Falls St – 300, 532, 539, 543
File folder: 9
Grove St – 311
File folder: 10
Jefferson St – E – 115, 215, 422
File folder: 11
Lawton St – 203
File folder: 12
Lincoln Ave – 313, 508
File folder: 13
Maple Ave – N – 310
File folder: 14
Maple Ave – S – 307
File folder: 15
Midvale St – 209
File folder: 16
Oak St – N – 303, 305, 502
File folder: 17
Oak St – S – 203, 206
File folder: 18
Park Ave – 312, 816, 905
File folder: 19
Parker Ave – 905
File folder: 20
Patterson St – 208
File folder: 21
Walden Ct – 502
File folder: 22
Washington St – N – 220, 258, 282, 333, 400 block
File folder: 23
Washington St – S – 121
File folder: 24
West St – N – 201, 301

Series 10: Symposiums (Box 9)

File folder: 1
First Historical Symposium, 1994
File folder: 2
Second Historical Symposium, 1995
File folder: 3
Fourth Historical Symposium, 1997
File folder: 4
Fifth Historical Symposium, 1998

Series 11: Subject Files (Box 10)

File folder: 1
400th Anniversary of Jamestown, Virginia,*** 2005-2007
File folder: 2
Archives Committee, 1986
File folder: 3
Big Chimneys,** 1999
File folder: 4
Big Chimneys,* 2002-2003
File folder: 5
Black History
File folder: 6
Blacksmith Shop and Historic Triangle
File folder: 7
Burke House, 6718 Montour Drive, Fairfax*
File folder: 8
Certified Local Government
File folder: 9
Cherry Hill, 1995-1999
File folder: 10
Cherry Hill Farm, Falls Church, Virginia (Tony P. Wrenn, January 1971)
File folder: 11
Cherry Hill Farm, Falls Church, Virginia (Tony P. Wrenn and Henry H. Douglas, July 1977)
File folder: 12
Church History Committee of Greater Falls Church, Church Histories*
File folder: 13
Church History Committee of Greater Falls Church, Minutes and Agendas, 1995-1997
File folder: 14
Citizens for Responsible Falls Church Development, 1996
File folder: 15
City Center Development
File folder: 16
City of Falls Church Street Map, [n.d.]

Series 11: Subject Files (continued) (Box 11)

File folder: 17
Civil War, Living History Demonstrations,* 1995-1997
File folder: 18
Civil War, Living History Demonstrations,* 1998-2003
File folder: 19
Civil War Trails in Northern Virginia, May 1996-February 1977
File folder: 20
Civil War Trails in Northern Virginia, March 1977-December 1998, 2000
File folder: 22
Civil War Trails in Northern Virginia Photographs*
File folder: 23
Council Minutes, 1973-1974
File folder: 24
The Courier of Historical Events, Northern Virginia Association of Historians, April 1981 and January 1984
File folder: 25
Crossman, Mrs. A. F., Plat showing Property, [1910?]
File folder: 26
Crossroads Area, Proposed Development Plan, March 1974
File folder: 26
Cultural Resources Committee, 1999-2001
File folder: 27
The Dulin Site: Excavation Report I: 1977-1978, July 1979
File folder: 28
Falls Church and Segregation in the 20th Century, M.J. Terman, June 2000
File folder: 29
Falls Church Organization List, January 1984
File folder: 30
Falls Church Parking and Circulation Plan, Maps 5-8, January 1965
File folder: 31
Falls Church Public Schools: Report on Instruction, 1962-1963
File folder: 32
Frady Park, October 2004
File folder: 33
Henderson, Edwin B.
File folder: 34
Henderson, Edwin B. II
File folder: 35
Henderson, James H. M.
File folder: 36
Henderson, Mary Ellen Meriwether****
File folder: 37
Henderson House*

Series 11: Subject Files (continued) (Box 12)

File folder: 38
Historic House Tours, 1986-2003
File folder: 39
Historic Preservation and Economic Development, 1995-1999
File folder: 40
Historic Structures (Certified List), 1990-1996
File folder: 41
Historic Trail Marker Program, 1993, 2006
File folder: 42
History in Education, 2000-2002
File folder: 43
History of Falls Church – “Stepping Stones” – short version, 1994-1995
File folder: 44
Interjurisdictional Park Task Force, 1995-2000 [Northern Virginia Boundary Stones]
File folder: 45
The Iron Worker, Fall Issue, 1950
File folder: 46
Lawton House,* April 1965
File folder: 47
Newspaper Clippings
File folder: 48
Oakwood Cemetery
File folder: 49
Podolnick, Dr. Nelson, Dedication, 2001
File folder: 50
Preservation Partners Task Force, 2006-2007
File folder: 51
Proctor House, 1995
File folder: 52
Proctor House {blueprints], 1996
File folder: 53
Publications
File folder: 54
Roll of White Voters Registered in the Town of Falls Church, [948]
File folder: 55
Roll of Women Voters, 1920-1921

Series 11: Subject Files (continued) (Box 13)

File folder: 56
Rolling Roads, 1994
File folder: 57
Scout House
File folder: 58
A Statistical Survey of Falls Church: Part I, A Comparison of the 1960 and 1970 Census, October 1975
File folder: 59
Task Force on Cultural Resources, 1999-2000
File folder: 60
Task Force on Cultural Resources, 2001
File folder: 61
Task Force on Cultural Resources, 2002-2003
File folder: 62
Tinner’s Hill, 1996-2006
File folder: 63
Tricentennial Committee, An Historical Guide and Map, 1993-1999
File folder: 64
Tricentennial Committee Planning, (1998-1999)
File folder: 65
Tricentennial Eve, 1998
File folder: 66
Veterans Honor Roll for the Falls Church Area, 1998
File folder: 67
Visitor Center/Museum Applications, 1994-1998
File folder: 68
Visitor Center/Museum Proposals, 1994-2002
File folder: 69
We the People, August 1972
File folder: 70
Whittier School Site, 1992-1997
File folder: 71
Wills, Inventories,[excerpts], 1833-1840

Series 12: Land Records (Box 14)

File folder: 1
Falls Church Land Ownership
File folder: 2
Land-Use History
File folder: 3
Northern Neck Grants, Falls Church Grants
File folder: 4
Northern Neck Grants, Gunnell, Henry, 1773/Land of Nathan Thompson & heirs, 1845-1870
File folder: 5
Northern Neck Grants, Gunnell, William, 1729
File folder: 6
Northern Neck Grants, Harrison, George, 1742
File folder: 7
Northern Neck Grants, Hurle, John, 1728
File folder: 8
Northern Neck Grants, Kidwell, Z[edekiah], 1837 and F.C. Triangle (1846-1879?)
File folder: 9
Northern Neck Grants, Pearson, Simon, 1724
File folder: 10
Northern Neck Grants Regan, [Michael], 1729
File folder: 11
Northern Neck Grants, South Falls Church
File folder: 12
Northern Neck Grants, Southeast Falls Church, William Gunnell and Thomas Harrison
File folder: 13
Northern Neck Grants, Trammell, John, 1729
File folder: 14
Northern Neck Grants, Wren, James, 1773/1778
File folder: 15
Profile, Before 1860
File folder: 16
Profile, 1870
File folder: 17
Profile, 1880
File folder: 18
Profile, 1900
File folder: 19
Profile, 1910
File folder: 20
Profile, 1920
File folder: 21
Profile, 1930
File folder: 22
Profile, 1940-1950
File folder: 23
Profile, After 1950

Series 13: Falls Church Public Library/Mary Riley Styles Public Library (Box 14)

File folder: 1
Agreements and Resolutions between the Board of Library Trustees and the Historical Commission, 1979
File folder: 2
Agreements and Resolutions between the Board of Library Trustees and the Historical Commission, 1980
File folder: 3
Correspondence, 1961, 1965-1978
File folder: 4
Correspondence, 1983-1987, 1990
File folder: 5
Reports, 1983-1985