Arlington Forest Historic District

The Arlington Forest Historic District is a national historic district located at Arlington County, Virginia. It contains 810 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in a subdivision in South Arlington and two sites in North Arlington.

Arlington Forest Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	Bounded by Carlin Springs Rd., George Mason Dr., Henderson Rd., Aberdeen St., Columbus St., Granada, Galveston and 2nd, Arlington County, Virginia
Coordinates	38°52′14″N 77°07′08″W
Area	219.2 acres (88.7 ha)
Built	1939 (1939)-1948
Built by	Meadowbrook Construction Company
Architect	Robert O. Scholz
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Historic Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830-1960 MPS
NRHP reference No.	05001344[1]
VLR No.	000-7808
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 2, 2005
Designated VLR	September 8, 2004[2]

The district was developed in four stages between 1939 and 1948, known as Southside, Northside, Greenbrier, and Broyhill's Addition. In the first phase, from 1939 to 1946, Meadowbrook, the builder, collaborated with locally prominent architect Robert O. Scholz to design the modest two-story brick homes with minimal Colonial Revival detailing. The district is characterized by orderly rows of detached two-story, single family dwellings with minimal Colonial Revival style decorative detailing.

The district is representative of a mid-20th century planned mixed use community in Arlington County.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
3. Cynthia A. Liccese-Torres (May 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Arlington Forest Historic District" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

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