PUBLIC "-//Mary Riley Styles Public Library//TEXT (US::VaFcSPL::VaFcSPL00005::Widening of Washington Street, 1958-1974)//EN" "VaFcSPL00005.xml" A Guide to the Widening of Washington Street, 1958-1974 Widening of Washington Street Record Group 1-8 Mary Riley Styles Public Library 2023(CC0 1.0)

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This finding aid was produced using a form and manually entry 2023-05-26 Description is in English Widening of Washington Street, 1958-1974 A Collection in Mary Riley Styles Public Library Record Group 1-8

Mary Riley Styles Public Library 2023 Catherine Wilson, Mary Riley Styles Public Library Mary Riley Styles Public Library Descriptive Summary Falls Church History Room, Mary Riley Styles Public Library Widening of Washington Street, 1958-1974 Record Group 1-8 1 box Materials in this collection are in English. Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

The files were donated in 2004 by City of Falls Church Clerk’s office.

 Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description was completed in July 2022.

 Biographical/Historical Note

In 1957 the City Council entered into a contract with the Virginia Department of Highways to widen Washington Street (Route 29-211) from East Fairfax Street to the north corporate limits. This was in lieu of making Maple Street a one-way road south and Washington Street one-way north. There was an additional project that continued the widening of Washington Street farther south to Cavalier Lane and Greenway Boulevard and later to Graham Road.

 Scope and Content

Most of the files contain correspondence with the property owners and with the State Department of Highways. These concern assessments of the property, rights-of-way, and property lists. There are also blueprints that list the property owners.

 Arrangement

Most of the files are correspondence and are arranged chronologically.

 Contents List

*Includes blueprints

1958 1-1 1960-1961, Resolution regarding location of telephone lines 1-2 January-March 1962 1-3 April-May 1962 1-4 June-August 1962 1-5 September- December 1962 1-6 January-May 1963 1-7 1963-1967* 1-8 1968-1969 1-9 Letters from Property Owners re: widening of Lee Highway between Cavalier Trail and Graham Road, October 1969 1-10 1970-1974 1-11 Blueprints of South Washington Street (Maple Avenue to Popular Drive), 1969 1-12