– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – State Theatre The State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia opened in 1936. The first film shown was Thanks A Million starring Dick Powell. It operated as a popular movie until the late 1980’s when on November 27, 1988 the doors closed for the final time after showing Die Hard starring Bruce Willis. The...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Prince William County Courthouse The courthouse for Prince William County in Northern Virginia had been located in Brentsville, a few miles south of Manassas, since 1820. Moves began in 1872 to relocate the county seat to Manassas. This first attempt, and a second in 1888, both failed. However, in August 1892 a...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Town Crier A town crier was an officer of the court who made public pronouncements as required by the court. They would also make other public announcements in the streets. They were an important means of communication as a large number of the occupants and visitors to the town could not read or write....
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Charles Sumner School The Charles Sumner School was constructed in 1872. It was designed by Adolph Cluss who was also responsible for the nearby Franklin School which we looked at in an earlier post. Adolph Cluss expanded on his revolutionary design of the Franklin School, which was completed four years...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Pullman House The Pullman House was built in 1910 for Mrs George Pullman, the wife of the the sleeping car pioneer. This magnificent French Beaux-Arts style mansion seems to have been designed to make passers-by notice the building. The huge mansard roof with its arch-topped dormer windows in the large lower...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Ashland Covered Bridge The State of Delaware never had many covered bridges. Those it had were all located in the northern part of the state, in New Castle County, near the Pennsylvania line. The reason is simple: most of Delaware is tidal plain, and covered bridges have never been much use in the tidal plains...
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