Columbia Forest Historic District

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
Columbia Forest Historic District is located in District of Columbia
Columbia Forest Historic District
Columbia Forest Historic District is located in Virginia
Columbia Forest Historic District
Columbia Forest Historic District is located in the United States
Columbia Forest Historic District
LocationBounded by 11th, S. Edison, S. Dinwiddie, S. Columbus, S. George Mason, and S. Frederick St., Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates38°51′09″N 77°6′41″W
Area48 acres (19 ha)
Built1942 (1942)-1945
Built byArmy Corps of Engineers; Johnson, Jesse
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.04000047[1]
VLR No.000-9416
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 2004
Designated VLRDecember 3, 2003[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[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 May 12, 2013.
  3. 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


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