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Westover Historic District

Coordinates: 38°52′58″N 77°8′11″W / 38.88278°N 77.13639°W / 38.88278; -77.13639
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Westover Historic District
Westover Baptist Church
Westover Historic District is located in District of Columbia
Westover Historic District
Westover Historic District is located in Virginia
Westover Historic District
Westover Historic District is located in the United States
Westover Historic District
LocationBounded by McKinley Rd., N. Washington Blvd., N. 16th St., N. Jefferson St., N. 11th St. and N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates38°52′58″N 77°8′11″W / 38.88278°N 77.13639°W / 38.88278; -77.13639
Area173.4 acres (70.2 ha)
Built1939 (1939)-1957
Built byKeene, E. Ray; Mace Properties, et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Moderne
MPSGarden Apartments, Apartment Houses and Apartment Complexes in Arlington County, Virginia MPS
NRHP reference No.06000345[1]
VLR No.000-0032
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 2, 2006
Designated VLRMarch 18, 2006[2]

The Westover Historic District is a national historic district located at Westover, Arlington County, Virginia. It contains 383 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a residential neighborhood in northern Arlington. The neighborhood was constructed in five phases between 1939 and 1957: Westover Apartments, Westover Hills, Keene's Addition to Westover, Westover Park, and Mason's Addition to Westover. The neighborhood consists of Colonial Revival-style single-family dwellings, twin houses, duplexes, and multi-family garden apartments. Also in the district are a shopping center, the Claude A. Swanson Junior High School, the Westover Baptist Church, and Swanson Park.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  3. ^ Laura V. Trieschmann; Patti Kuhn; Megan Rispoli & G. Ellen Jenkins (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:Westover Historic District" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map