The Ball-Sellers House is a historic home located in the Glencarlyn section of Arlington, Virginia. It is the oldest structure still standing in Arlington. Historians and archaeologists estimate that the one room log cabin was built in approximately 1750 and by the first property owner John Ball. Ball bought the property in 1742 and settled it with his wife and five daughters. The original section consist of the log cabin and one-story frame lean-to ell. A two-story wing was added to the original structure in 1885.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The house is a historic house museum operated by the Arlington Historical Society. It is open to the public free on Saturdays 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm from April through October.
The Society also operates the Arlington Historical Museum in the historic Hume School.
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- Ball-Sellers House - Arlington County Historical Society
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