Barcroft Neighborhood History Materials

Randy Swart's Collection of
Barcroft Neighborhood History

Histories

• A brief history of the neighborhood from the 1990 Neighborhood Conservation Plan
  
• A History of Barcroft by Mildred Handy Ritchie
  
• History of Barcroft School -- begun in 1940 and amended
  
• Barcroft School -- Sixth Grade 1952 Annual Review
  
• History of the Barcroft School and Civic League, by Charlotte Manning
  
• Comments on the Manning history and others by Mildred Handy Ritchie
  
• Barcroft: The Beginnings of a Suburban Neighborhood (1886 to 1920), Revised. By Elizabeth J. Walter (2010 revision)
  
• The Original Developers of Barcroft by Elizabeth Walter link to the Arlington Historical Magazine. Not in this collection.
• Student history paper on Barcroft by Barbara J. Perry
  
• Kathy Holt Springston's Barcroft brochure
  
• Carroll Wright's notes on Barcroft history
  

Documents and more

• Mildred Handy oral history interview
  
• Mildred Handy Ritchie's notebook.
  
• Mildred Handy Ritchie's second notebook.
  
• The Alexandria Gazette's announcement of Dr. John Barcroft's death in 1895.
  
• Presidents of the Barcroft School and Civic League
  
• Barcroft Neighborhood Conservation Plan 1990 (with a history section)
  
• Barcroft Neighborhood Conservation Plan 2008 (with a history section)
  
• Walking Town Meeting in Barcroft - 2001
  
• Neighborhood Conservation Plan history and demographic materials 1988
  
• Dr John Wolverton Barcroft's obituary
  
• A map of Barcroft in 1915
  
• A map of Barcroft in 1951 Note the streets not yet built at that time.
  
• A map of Barcroft in 2023
  
• A map of Barcroft yard sales on neighborhood yard sale day
  
• Original Barcroft Elementary School drawings
  
• Barcroft Elementary School 6th Grade Yearbook - 1951
  
• The Outhouse at the Barcroft Community House
  
• The 1948 Barcroft friendship quilt
  
• Barcroft Walkabout. A ten minute video walking tour of the neighborhood.
  
• Barcroft houses built by Walter O'hara, by Nora Howell.
  
• The letter from Arlington County documenting designation of the Barcroft Community House as a local Historic District.
  
• Holiday party program - old
  
• Holiday party program - 2012
  
• Our historic open house in 2023
  
• The Barcroft News - issues from 1903 and from 1972-2023
  
• The Barcroft Players - Theatrical group
  
• Photos
  
• Links to other pages
  

Updated on: May 15, 2026.