{"nrhp_refnum":"06000033","name":"Tauxemont Historic District","other_names":["VDHR File No. 029-5199"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bet. Ft. Hunt Rd. and Accotink Place, inc. Shenandoah, Tauxemont, Namassin, Westmoreland and Gahant Rds. and Bolling","address_restricted":false,"city":"Alexandria","county":"Fairfax (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":38.746159891000076,"lon":-77.05466133312935,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A planned residential district of about 50 acres south of Alexandria in Fairfax County, Virginia, begun in 1941 as a cooperative of government employees. It holds about 100 original one-story houses built in three sections, plus a community building, tennis courts and a ball field.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for community planning because the houses were sited to disturb the natural contours and tree cover as little as possible. It is also significant for architecture as an early expression of the Modern Movement, including ten prefabricated aluminum houses from the postwar housing effort. Additions by architect Charles Goodman link it to the later Hollin Hills development.","narrative":"Tauxemont is a wooded residential community about three miles south of Alexandria, Virginia, started in 1941 by a group of government employees building affordable homes together. Its roughly 100 original houses were built in three sections. Most are one-story concrete block houses with low-pitched gable roofs, designed by architect Alexander Knowlton and later extended by developer Robert Davenport. Houses were angled on their lots to preserve trees and hillside contours, and the neighborhood never added sidewalks, curbs or streetlights. Shared facilities include community wells, a preschool and community building, tennis courts and a ball field. Ten houses in the third section are prefabricated aluminum, a postwar attempt to convert wartime factories to housing. In the late 1940s several owners hired architect Charles Goodman to design glass-filled additions, which anticipated the Hollin Hills development. The district was listed for its community planning and Modern Movement architecture between 1941 and 1955.","period_of_significance":"1941-1955","architect_builder":"Robert Davenport, Alexander Knowlton, Charles Goodman","architectural_style":"Modern Movement","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a residential community, with a school, sports facilities and park; the original wells remain functional.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.137679-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/6804/41680498/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/06000033.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000033/832d428104-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000033/832d428104-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Slowking4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tauxemont_001.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Slowking4</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:Tauxemont_001.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680498","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauxemont_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713288"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fairfax/tauxemont-historic-district-06000033/"}