Three years after Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia (HabitatNOVA) first reached out to Arlington County with a plan to reuse the Reeves Farmhouse, the plan is scheduled for review by the Arlington County Board tonight. The home, built in 1900, is a historic property that is currently vacant and owned by Arlington County. The
(Updated at 4:20 p.m.) A new proposal for the Reevesland farmhouse may be the compromise needed between the County Board and farmhouse supporters who don't want the farmhouse to be sold to a private party. Karl VanNewkirk, the president of the Arlington Historical Society, spoke at the Arlington County Board meeting on Saturday, informing the Board members
A group of Arlington residents held signs and sang before a County Board meeting to protest the decision to sell Reevesland farmhouse. The residents were unhappy with the Board's decision as well as what they described as a lack of transparency surrounding the hastily-called vote to sell. "The Arlington community was not informed about the
(Updated at 4:50 p.m.) After a pandemic-era hiatus, Habitat for Humanity has revived plans to turn a county-owned historic farmhouse into a group home. Habitat DC-NOVA and HomeAid National Capital Region are propose to restore the exterior of the Reeves Farmhouse in the Bluemont neighborhood, modernize and renovate the interior, construct two new, historically compatible
The two and a half acre of land where the Reevesland farmhouse sits was divided into two parcels one which will contain the farmhouse and one that will become a public park. The County Board's decision allows the county to preserve the view of the farmhouse while still being able to sell it to a private party,