V M D O Ca reer + Tec h n i c al Edu cati on
Preservation and revitalization of historic buildings for the purpose of expanding community access to resources, opportunities, and cultural experiences can be challenging. The Original Mount Vernon Welcome Center, located on the historic Mount Vernon grounds (aka George Washington’s estate), embodies this challenge and addressed it by illuminating pathways of opportunity for the community and embracing environmental responsibility at the same time. This community-centered campus will capture the historic stories of the building and the historic community’s past, while helping to write new stories filled with purpose for Fairfax’s residents. Within those stories, and within the walls of the reimagined campus, community members can learn more about who they are and who they have yet to be.
ELAPSE G TIMELAPSE
1939
1939
1944
1944
1947
1947
construction of two stand-alone additions: uilding nstructed Academic 1944 Building saw construction 1944 of twosaw stand-alone additions: Extensions to both the Extensions original Academic to both Building the original Academic Building oric c brick cupola. facade and thehistoric Old Shop cupola. building (south) the Oldand Shop thebuilding rst portion (south) of andand the the rstHome portion of Economics and Cottage the Home were Economics added inCottage were added in the Home Economics Cottage (west). ms arily and housed classrooms the Home and Economics Cottage (west). 1947 to expand the western 1947 to edge expand of thethe property. western edge of the property. ffices.
*1953
*1953
1954
1954
1963
1963
The New Shop neighbored its predecessor onstruction, additions completed The New construction, Shop neighbored its predecessor on OMVHS’s on most recent OMVHS’s additions featured most recent a kitchen additions featured a kitchen ater, d library. gym, cafeteria, the and south library. side of the property the south in 1954. side ofThe theHome property in 1954. ThetoHome addition the cafeteriaaddition (west), to a third the cafeteria annex (west), a third annex onstructed oom space was also Economics constructed Cottage also Economics received its Cottage nal addition also receivedbuilding its nal to addition connect thebuilding Old andto New connect Shops the (south), Old and New Shops (south), n Academic Building. to the west. to the west. and a T-shaped end toand the Gym a T-shaped Building end (east). to the Gym Building (east).
ADDITIONS OVERADDITIONS TIME OVER TIME SHEET: 5 HS STORYTELLING OMVHSDEBRIEF STORYTELLING DEBRIEF JAN.17.2022
SHEET: 5 JAN.17.2022
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