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Reserve Hill and George Saegmuller
George Nicholas Saegmuller was a native of Germany who came to live in Washington in 1870. He was an inventor of scientific instruments including the Seagmuller Solar Attachment for use in surveying and a telescopic bore sight for heavy naval guns.
Saegmuller married Maria Jane Vandenberg {h} of "Reserve Hill" on Little Falls Road, and they lived in the family home there with Mrs. Saegmuller's parents, eventually inheriting the property. The house is currently owned by the Knights of Columbus who use it as a meeting hall and headquarters.
Read more about Saegmuller - and the school pictured in this photo - on Our Back Pages.
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Reserve Hill and George Saegmuller
George Nicholas Saegmuller was a native of Germany who came to live in Washington in 1870. He was an inventor of scientific instruments including the Seagmuller Solar Attachment for use in surveying and a telescopic bore sight for heavy naval guns.
Saegmuller married Maria Jane Vandenberg {h} of "Reserve Hill" on Little Falls Road, and they lived in the family home there with Mrs. Saegmuller's parents, eventually inheriting the property. The house is currently owned by the Knights of Columbus who use it as a meeting hall and headquarters.
Read more about Saegmuller - and the school pictured in this photo - on Our Back Pages.
- From Our Back Pages: When Cows Were Local
Dairy farming in Arlington? Why yes, Virginia, there once was such a thing. In fact, Arlington was home to a number of dairy farms in years past, with one of the best known being the Reeves farm. Purchased in 1866 as a 160-acre farm by William H. Torreyson,...
- From Our Back Pages: The Lyon's Den
Does this building look familiar? Lyonhurst, or Missionhurst as it is now known, is a Spanish Mission-style stucco house originally built in 1907 as a residence for Frank Lyon, an early developer in the County. Lyon had traveled a great deal and was influenced...
- Around The Library: Weekly Update For Sept. 30 - Oct. 5
Welcome back to Around the Library - a weekly roundup of postings from our Library program blogs, including Our Back Pages, Tots To Tweens and TATAL. The Virginia Room: Our Back Pages: Stories, Scenes and Events from Arlington's Past Haunted Arlington:...
- Back To School
Even for those of us without a direct connection to schools, the beginning of a school year changes the rhythm of our lives. At the Public Library, evenings and weekends get busier. Groups that have not met in the library?s meeting room all summer begin...
- 2013 Summer Reading Program Starts June 1
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