Al's Motors is a historic automobile dealership building located in the Ballston neighborhood of

Arlington, Virginia Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is situated in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from the District of Columbia, of which it was once a part. The county ...

. It was built in 1948, and is a two-story masonry building in a high-style Streamline Moderne style. There is a one-story service garage with a barrel-vaulted roof. The building features rounded corners, a metal-and-glass curtain wall opening onto the automobile showroom, overhanging aluminum cornice, and red string courses mimicking racing stripes along the parapet. The property was renovated in 2001-2002 for use as a health club. an
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in 2003.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Moderne architecture in Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1948 National Register of Historic Places in Arlington County, Virginia Auto dealerships on the National Register of Historic Places 1948 establishments in Virginia Transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia {{ArlingtonCountyVA-NRHP-stub