Bet. Ft. Hunt Rd. and Accotink Place, inc. Shenandoah, Tauxemont, Namassin, Westmoreland and Gahant Rds. and Bolling, Alexandria, Virginia. County/parish: Fairfax.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 09, 2006. NRIS 06000033.
71 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Tauxemont Historic District is a national historic district located near Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia. It encompasses 71 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in a World War II-era subdivision near Alexandria.
In 1941, developer Robert Davenport and architect Alexander Knowlton as part of 20 original families created a cooperative and purchased the land for housing development. It was developed in three sections between 1941 and 1955. The basic Tauxemont house is a cinder block one-story, side-gable-roofed rectangular starter house. Included in the district are 10 Lustron houses. Some houses have additions designed by architect Charles M. Goodman, who Davenport had been working with on nearby Hollin Hills.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district of state-level significance in 2006.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680498