Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection open for research.

Use Restrictions

No physical characteristics affect use of this collection.

Preferred Citation

Additional Loudoun County Architectural Surveys 2003 (M 011), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

County of Loudoun, Department of Planning, Leesburg, VA

Alternative Form Available

None

Accruals

County of Loudoun, Department of Planning, Leesburg, VA

Processing Information

This collection is a continuation of the Lewis/Edwards architectural surveys of Loudoun County, VA. Missing state numbers are unused, not missing.

Historical Information

The 747 files in this collection represent architectural surveys prepared for the Loudoun County Department of Planning by URS Corporation of Gaithersburg, MD in 2003.

The structures surveyed are in all sections of Loudoun County and represent domestic sites and buildings of numerous types: dwellings, agricultural buildings, commercial buildings, religious buildings, and a few old and disused roadbeds. Few of the agricultural buildings remain in major agricultural use as so many of the Loudoun County's farms have been subdivided. However, in many cases the owners have preserved the buildings and even put them to adaptive reuse. The buildings range from dwellings which originated as small log buildings that have had one or more additions over the centuries to buildings of the mid-twentieth century such as ramblers. Most are unpretentious and representative of a rural county with farm houses and related barns, sheds, etc.; small businesses and churches; and some mid-twentieth century dwellings not associated with agriculture and generally located in small hamlets and along roadsides.

Scope and Content

The collection includes 747 file folders covering sites and structures in all sections of Loudoun County and is in addition to the Lewis/Edwards files of historic sites. The surveys include a paper form listing address, tax map number, date of the site, Virginia Department of Historic Resources identification number, a brief description of each structure and a notation of its eligibility for the State and National Registers of Historic Places; photographs of the building(s); sketch maps of the site and any outbuildings; and a small copy of the area as shown on the relevant USGS map.

Also included are two volumes of text and two CDs. The first text volume explains the methodology of the survey and a history of Loudoun County that gives a historic context for the properties surveyed. The second volume consists of nine appendices and includes one CD containing the survey forms and one containing photographs of the properties. Selected properties are described and illustrated to represent the various historic periods and types of development. USGS maps showing locations of all the surveyed sites were also provided. These maps are available in a box in the Rust Archive with the maps of the Lewis/Edwards files.

Related Material

Lewis/Edwards Loudoun County Architectural Surveys; Leesburg Architectural Surveys; African American Architectural Surveys in Loudoun County, VA, 2004.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Bibliography

Other Finding Aid

Database searchable by State Department of Historic Resources numbers, addresses, and tax map numbers. Also available in printed format.

Technical Requirements

CD-Rom