Northern Virginia Hotel Corporation Records (MS178)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Patricia Walker, Branch Manager
Phone: (703) 746-1719
Phone: (703) 838-4577
Fax: (703) 706-3912
Preferred citation:

[Item identification], Northern Virginia Hotel Corporation Records, MS178, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2.53 Cubic Feet 6 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Item identification], Northern Virginia Hotel Corporation Records, MS178, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of: correspondence, minutes, bylaws, deeds, financial reports and records, business contracts, building reports, and newspaper clippings. Materials date from 1921 to 1947. The records document the initial planning, construction, and management of the George Mason Hotel.

Biographical / historical:

The Northern Virginia Hotel Corporation was incorporated in 1924 to "build, erect, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire, to manage, occupy, maintain and operate buildings for hotel purposes, apartment houses or office buildings." The principal officers, all residents of Alexandria, were: C. Page Waller, President and Director; Orlando H. Kirk, Vice President and Director; and J.T. Preston, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director. These records pertain exclusively to the construction and management of the 100-room George Mason Hotel, located at the corner of Prince and Washington Streets, in Alexandria, Virginia. The building no longer functions as a hotel; it currently serves as an office building.

Arrangement:

The collection includes the following series:

Series I: Correspondence

-Arranged alphabetically by subject or correspondent and chronologically within each folder.

Series II: Minutes

-Arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each folder.

Series III: Legal Records

-Arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each folder.

Series IV: Financial Records

-Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each folder.

Series V: Contracts

-Arranged alphabetically by contractor name.

Series VI: Reports

Series VII: Newspaper Clippings

Series VIII: Flyers

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard