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Arlington House Historic Structures Report, Vol.1 of 2. Historical Data Section, George Washington Memorial Parkway. This report has been prepared to satisfy the historical research needs as outlined in George Washington Memorial Parkway, Package No. 506, which requested the preparation of a historic structure report, historical data section for Arlington House, to cover the physical history of the Custis-Lee Mansion from 1802 to 1982. The purpose of the present study is to bring together available documentary evidence, including maps, plans, prints, and photographs, to facilitate the accurate restoration and interpretation of Arlington House as that structure appeared was utilized during the years from 1855 to 1861.

This report is based on intensive research in the collections of the National Archives, the Library of Congress, and the Washington National Records Center at Suitland, Maryland. As part of this work, a catalog of 184 maps and plans in the National Archives Cartographic Division of Arlington House and grounds covering the period from 1874 to 1965 was prepared. Copies of 97 of these plans were obtained. Copies of 12 photographs, new to the research files of the park, were also acquired. More than 1,000 pages of documents covering the physical history of the house from 1864 to 1933 were copied, and a duplicate set of these manuscripts was compiled in two volumes were placed in the park research files.

Arlington House Historic Structures Report, Vol.1 of 2. Historical Data Section, George Washington Memorial Parkway