| Penrose Historic District | |
| Nrhp Type: | hd |
| Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
| Designated Other1 Date: | December 3, 2003[1] |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 000-8823 |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Location: | Roughly bounded by Arlington Blvd., S. Courthouse Rd., S. Fillmore St., S. Barton St. S, and Columbia Pike, Arlington, Virginia |
| Coordinates: | 38.8686°N -77.0856°W |
| Built: | -1943 |
| Architecture: | Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| Added: | November 15, 2004 |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Refnum: | 04000112 |
The Penrose Historic District is a national historic district located at Arlington County, Virginia. It contains 486 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 2 contributing object in a residential neighborhood in South Arlington. The area was created with the integration of 12 distinct subdivisions platted between 1882 and 1943. The dwelling styles include the late-19th and early-20th-century vernacular, Queen Anne, Italianate, and Colonial Revival farm dwellings. A notable number of these dwellings are prefabricated kit or mail-order houses.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.