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United States historic place
Colonial Village
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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LocationRoughly bounded by Wilson Boulevard, Lee Hwy., N. Veitch St. and Queens Lane, Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates38°53′39″N 77°4′59″W / 38.89417°N 77.08306°W / 38.89417; -77.08306
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Built1935 (1935)-1940
ArchitectWarwick, Harvey; Koenig, Francis
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSGarden Apartments, Apartment Houses and Apartment Complexes in Arlington County, Virginia MPS
NRHP reference No.80004170
VLR No.000-0013
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 9, 1980
Designated VLRSeptember 16, 1980

Colonial Village is a historic garden apartment complex located at Arlington County, Virginia, United States. 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. The complex has been converted to condominiums split into three phases (Colonial Village I, Colonial Village II, and Colonial Village III) and two apartment complexes: Colonial Village Apartments and Colonial Village West.

Background

The Arlington County Board designated the garden apartment complex to be a local historic district on December 5, 1978. The National Park Service listed the Village on the National Register of Historic Places on December 9, 1990.

It was ranked as the best neighborhood to live in America in 2024.

See also

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. ^ Virginia Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory —Nomination Form: "Colonial Village"" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  4. "Arlington County Virginia: Historic Resources Inventory - Colonial Village" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Colonial Village". Projects and Planning. Arlington County, Virginia government. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  6. Tanner, Jeremy (March 26, 2024). "Virginia neighborhood ranked best place to live in the US, study finds". abc 8News. Nexstar Media Inc. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

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Municipalities and communities of Arlington County, Virginia, United States
County seat: Court House
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