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Community & Social Center The new Original Mount Vernon Lifetime Center will be a vibrant hub built to create opportunity, create career pathways, connect different generations, and better integrate residents into the local Virginia economy. Achieved through the innovative transformation of a historic high school, this new hub will serve as a lasting thread through the fiber of Fairfax County’s civic landscape.
BUILDING BUILDING MASSING MASSING TIMELAPSE TIMELAPSE
EXISTING BUILDING EXISTING BUILDING
1939
1939
1944 saw construction two co st The above diagram,The provided above by diagram, the Virginia provided by the Virginia The originally constructed The originally Academic constructed Building Academic Building 1944ofsaw Department of Historic Department Resources of Historic (DHR), shows Resources (DHR), featured shows an iconic brick featured facade an iconic and historic brick facade cupola.and historic the Oldcupola. Shop building the(south) Old Shop an the Home ( additions to the OMVHS additions facility to the by year. OMVHS Thefacility by year. ThisThe portion primarily This housed portion classrooms primarily housed and classrooms and Economics theCottage Home Ec following study charts following building study massing chartsover building time. massing administrative over time. offices. administrative offices.
1951
1951
*1953
*1953
Additional classrooms were added to the east Additional classrooms were added toBy the1953, east several additions New Shop neighbored By 1953,completed several additions construction, completedThe construction, The NewitsShp arm of the Academic Building in 1951. This was toin 1951.including arm of the Academic Building This wasthe to theater, including gym, cafeteria, the theater, andgym, library. cafeteria, the andsouth library. side of the the property south sid in support a growing student supportpopulation. a growing student population.Additional classroom Additional space was classroom also constructed space was alsoEconomics constructedCottageEconomics also receive C south of the main Academic south of the Building. main Academic Building.to the west. to the west.
ORIGINAL MOUNT ORIGINAL VERNON MOUNT HIGH VERNON SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION AND RENOVATION ADAPTIVEAND REUSE ADAPTIVE REUSE
ADDITIONS OVER ADDITIONS TIME OVER TIME OMVHS STORYTELLING OMVHS STORYTELLING DEBRIEF DE
