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Historic district in Virginia, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Columbia Forest Historic District is a national historic district located at Arlington County, Virginia. It is directly east of the Virginia Heights Historic District. It contains 238 contributing buildings in a residential neighborhood in South Arlington. They were built in two phases beginning in 1942 and ending in 1945, and consist of 233 single-family dwellings contracted by the Federal government to house the families of young officers and ranking officials. They are two-story, two- and three-bay, paired brick or concrete block dwellings in the Colonial Revival-style. They were built under the direction of the Army Corps of Engineers by the Defense Housing Corporation.[3]
Columbia Forest Historic District | |
Location | Bounded by 11th, S. Edison, S. Dinwiddie, S. Columbus, S. George Mason, and S. Frederick St., Arlington, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°51′09″N 77°6′41″W |
Area | 48 acres (19 ha) |
Built | 1942 | -1945
Built by | Army Corps of Engineers; Johnson, Jesse |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 04000047[1] |
VLR No. | 000-9416 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 11, 2004 |
Designated VLR | December 3, 2003[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
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