Arlington View in Arlington County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Albert I. Cassell
1895 - 1969
Albert Irvin Cassell designed the George Washington Carver Apartments, located on this site from 1943 to 2015. Cassell was a distinguished architect in the Washington, D.C. region known for his association with Howard University and his designs for academic buildings and affordable housing projects. In 1921, following his service in World War I, he became the second African-American to receive an architecture degree from Cornell University. Cassell was a planner, engineer, educator, and entrepreneur and served as Dean of the Howard University School of Architecture, where he developed a master plan for the campus. In addition to designing buildings at Howard University, Virginia Union College, and Morgan State University, Cassell also designed the Mayfair Mansions, the first federally subsidized housing project in Washington, D.C. Following his lead, his sisters and daughter received architecture degrees from Cornell.
Cassell's design for the George Washington Carver Apartments loosely followed the tenets of modernism, simplicity and integration with nature. The complex of nine buildings was arranged in a park-like setting and was representative of the mid-twentieth century garden apartment type of architecture typical throughout Arlington County.
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Location. 38° 51.783′ N, 77° 4.428′ W. Marker is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County. It is in Arlington View. Marker is at the intersection of South Quinn Street and 13th Street South, on the right when traveling north on South Quinn Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1300 S Quinn St, Arlington VA 22204, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. George Washington Carver Cooperative Apartments (here, next to this marker); History of Bocce Ball (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Selina Gray (about 600 feet away); Harry W. Gray House (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. John's Baptist Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Site of Arlington Chapel (approx. ¼ mile away); Freedman's Village (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Freedman’s Village (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arlington.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 16, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 323 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 16, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
