Columbia Forest Historic District | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Nocat: | yes |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 3, 2003[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 000-9416 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | Bounded by 11th, S. Edison, S. Dinwiddie, S. Columbus, S. George Mason, and S. Frederick St., Arlington, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.8525°N -77.1114°W |
Built: | -1945 |
Builder: | Army Corps of Engineers; Johnson, Jesse |
Architecture: | Colonial Revival |
Added: | February 11, 2004 |
Refnum: | 04000047 |
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.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.