W.M. Schlosser is honored to be featured in GBA Architectural Products + Services projects of the year 2019. Together, we worked on the Arlington House in Arlington, VA that was awarded to us in April 2018. This was the former home of General Robert E. Lee, and it is now a part of the property where Arlington National Cemetery is today. This is what they had to say about this historic project:

“We participated in the rehabilitation of the Arlington House. This was the former home of General Robert E. Lee, and it is now a part of the property where Arlington National Cemetery is today. At the time it allowed the best view of the new national capital emerging in the city; today Arlington House prominently faces the Lincoln Memorial.

Made possible by a generous $12 Million donation by philanthropist, David M. Rubenstein, the memorial honors General Lee’s contributions in promoting peace after the Civil War. While many national monuments have a simple positive message, The Arlington House is complex.  The house doesn’t just celebrate blindly, but also exposes the complicated parts of American history. It brings up the debate between slavery and freedom, as well as loyalty and citizenship.

We installed a GlassWalk Floor System into the floors of the building. The glass panels help showcase how the barracks in the lower level looked during the 1800s. The GlassWalk floor creates more light in areas of the home that were not well lit, while giving visitors a new viewpoint. While the GlassWalk floor adds a new design element that would not have been used in the 1800s, the integrity of the classic design remains.”