Bounded by Carlin Springs Rd., George Mason Dr., Henderson Rd., Aberdeen St., Columbus St., Granada, Galveston and 2nd, Arlington, Virginia. County/parish: Arlington.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 02, 2005. NRIS 05001344.
810 contributing buildings. 3 contributing sites.Also known as:
Arlington Forest is a neighborhood located at Arlington County, Virginia, United States. A substantial portion of the neighborhood is a national historic district, the Arlington Forest Historic District. At the time of its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, the historic district contained 810 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in a subdivision in South Arlington and two sites in North Arlington.
The Arlington Forest neighborhood 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 the locally prominent architect Robert O. Scholz to design the two-story brick homes with Colonial Revival detailing. The neighborhood is representative of a mid-20th century planned community in Arlington County. It was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register in 2004 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77834749