Columbia Forest Historic District
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Columbia Forest Historic District | |
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| 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 / 38.85250°N 77.11139°WCoordinates: 38°51′09″N 77°6′41″W / 38.85250°N 77.11139°W |
| Area | 48 acres (19 ha) |
| Built | 1942-1945 |
| Built by | Army Corps of Engineers; Johnson, Jesse |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference # | 04000047[1] |
| VLR # | 000-9416 |
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| Added to NRHP | February 11, 2004 |
| Designated VLR | December 3, 2003[2] |
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]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ↑ Jana E. Riggle and Laura V. Trieschmann (October 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Columbia Forest Historic District" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map Archived September 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
