Glebe Center

Historic commercial building in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Glebe Center
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register


38°52′18″N 77°6′8″W / 38.87167°N 77.10222°W / 38.87167; -77.10222
Area	0 acres (0 ha)
Built	1940 (1940)
Built by	F&W Construction
Architect	Mesrobian, Mihran
Architectural style	Art Deco, Moderne
NRHP reference No.	04000055^[1]
VLR No.	000-9415
Added to NRHP	February 11, 2004
Designated VLR	December 3, 2003^[2]

Glebe Center, also known as Glebe Shopping Center, is a historic shopping center located in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia. It was designed by Washington, D.C. architect Mihran Mesrobian, and built in 1940. It is a one-story, L-shaped cinder-block building with a flat parapet roof and clad in a six-course, American-bond brick veneer with cast-stone decorative accents. It features large store-front windows, Art Deco decorative elements, and a central square tower surmounted by a glass-block clerestory capped by a pyramidal-shaped metal roof. It was built to serve the residents of the Buckingham apartment complex and Ashton Heights, as well as the many motorists traveling along Arlington Boulevard and North Glebe Road.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
^ Laura V. Trieschmann and Carrie Albee (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Glebe Center" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos