The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1913, the Alexandria Water Company began construction of the Lake Barcroft Dam on Holmes Run to create a drinking water reservoir for the city of Alexandria. Construction of the dam was completed in 1915, putting a 620 million-gallon reservoir into service. In 1942, the company installed 24 gates at the top of the dam to raise the spillway elevation five feet, increasing the reservoir size to 800 million gallons.
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Start Lake Barcroft’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lake Barcroft’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Lake Barcroft is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lake Barcroft has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Southwest No. 8 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia in Seven Corners, 1.5 miles away.
Lake Barcroft and the nearest listed places
Closest to Lake Barcroft
Green SpringLincolnia · Colonial1.8mi
Carlin HallArlington · Building1.9mi
Ball-Sellers HouseArlington · Built 17602miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.