Colonial Village (Arlington, Virginia)
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Wilson Blvd., Lee Hwy., N. Veitch St. and Queens Lane, Arlington, Virginia |
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| Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
| Built | 1935-1940 |
| Architect | Warwick, Harvey; Ring, Gustave; Multiple |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Garden Apartments, Apartment Houses and Apartment Complexes in Arlington County, Virginia MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 80004170[1] |
| VLR # | 000-0013 |
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| Added to NRHP | December 9, 1980 |
| Designated VLR | September 16, 1980[2] |
Colonial Village is a historic garden apartment complex located at Arlington County, Virginia. It contains 226 contributing buildings built in four stages between 1935 and 1940. The buildings hold approximately 1,055 apartments. The brick Colonial Revival-style buildings are situated around courtyards with clusters of five and seven buildings to larger groupings of up to thirteen. Colonial Village was the first Federal Housing Administration-insured, large-scale, rental housing project erected in the United States.[3] The complex has been converted to condominiums.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
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Categories:
- Neighborhoods in Arlington County, Virginia
- Unincorporated communities in Virginia
- Washington metropolitan area
- Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia
- Residential buildings completed in 1940
- National Register of Historic Places in Arlington County, Virginia
- 1935 establishments in Virginia
- Northern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Arlington County, Virginia geography stubs
