{"nrhp_refnum":"04000109","name":"Lee Gardens North Historic District","other_names":["000-9411","Woodbury Park Apartments"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2300-2341 N. 11th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.885519998000035,"lon":-77.08638660654321,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-02-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ten-acre garden apartment complex at 2300-2341 N. 11th Street in the Clarendon-Courthouse area of Arlington, Virginia, built in 1949-1950. It consists of thirty attached masonry structures forming seven three-story buildings, designed by Mihran Mesrobian.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is a well-preserved example of post-World War II garden apartment planning in Arlington County, with large open spaces and small-scale buildings. It reflects the influence of Federal Housing Administration standards and the housing demand of returning servicemen and federal workers. It is also significant as the work of architect Mihran Mesrobian in a Colonial Revival style with Art Deco and Moderne touches.","narrative":"Lee Gardens North is a ten-acre garden apartment complex in the Clarendon-Courthouse neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, built in 1949-1950. Thirty attached brick structures form seven three-story buildings arranged around courtyards, walkways, playgrounds and a crescent-shaped parklet along North 11th Street. Architect Mihran Mesrobian designed both the buildings and the landscape, while F&W Construction built them for developers Melvin Schlosberg and Fred Schnider. The design is Colonial Revival, with red brick, blonde brick quoins and string courses, half-hipped entry porticoes, and Art Deco and Moderne details such as floral concrete panels and wrapped corner windows. The complex answered the postwar housing shortage, aimed mainly at government employees with families, and offered 359 units. Mesrobian followed many Federal Housing Administration design standards, including service walks and shared entry halls. Its generous open space, light and air made it a strong example of garden apartment planning, and it was listed for both its planning and its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1949-1950","architect_builder":"Mihran Mesrobian (architect); F&W Construction Company (builder); developers Melvin Schlosberg and Fred Schnider","architectural_style":"Mixed: Art Deco, Moderne, and Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as multiple dwellings; renovated around the turn of the 21st century with reconstructed porticoes, vinyl replacement windows and altered apartment interiors. A leasing office operates on site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.833426-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/6785/41678536/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000109.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000109/141b6f6345-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000109/141b6f6345-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_Gardens_North_Historic_District_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Farragutful</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_Gardens_North_Historic_District_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678536","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Gardens_North_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712695"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/lee-gardens-north-historic-district-04000109/"}