Editing Falls Church, Virginia (section)

===Cultural institutions===
[[File:Mary Riley Styles Public Library.jpg|alt=Falls Church Public library|thumb|Mary Riley Styles Public Library]]
[[File:The State Theatre.jpg|thumb|The State Theatre]]
The Falls Church Village Preservation and Improvement Society was founded in 1885 by Arthur Douglas and re-established in 1965 to promote the history, culture, and beautification of the city. The Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation was founded in 1997 by Edwin B. Henderson II to preserve the Civil Rights and African American history and culture. Falls Church is where the first rural branch of the NAACP was established stemming from events that took place in 1915, when the town passed a segregation ordinance by creating segregated districts in the town. The ordinance was not enforced after the U. S. Supreme Court ruling in ''[[Buchanan v. Warley]]'' in 1917. The Mary Riley Styles Public Library is Falls Church's public library; established in 1899, its current building was constructed for the purpose in 1958 and expanded in 1993 and 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mrspl.org/about/about-us | title=About Us &#124; Mary Riley Styles Public Library }}</ref> In addition to its circulating collections, it houses a local history collection, including newspaper files, local government documents, and photographs. The [[State Theatre (Falls Church, Virginia)|State Theatre]] stages a wide variety of live performances. Built as a movie house in 1936, it was reputed to be the first air-conditioned theater on the east coast. It closed in 1983; after extensive renovations in the 1990s, including a stage, bar, and restaurant, it re-opened as a music venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestatetheatre.com/venue_info/history.xml |title=The State Theatre – History |publisher=Thestatetheatre.com |date=November 27, 1988 |access-date=May 14, 2012}}</ref>