Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

1/1/1979 - 2/28/1979

Funding Totals

$10,000.00 (approved)
$10,000.00 (awarded)


Architects in Alexandria, 1750-1900

FAIN: GM-11795-78

Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (Alexandria, VA 22314-3229)
Susan A. Borchardt (Project Director: January 1979 to present)

To create an exhibit focusing on architects - professionals, gentlemen, carpenters - who worked in Alexandria, Virginia, in the years 1750 to 1900 and on the process of designing. Documents, photographs, prints, letters and artifacts will be displayed in such a way as to appeal to students of architecture and of the social life and culture of 18th & 19th century America.