{"nrhp_refnum":"06000345","name":"Westover Historic District","other_names":["000-0032"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by McKinley Rd., N. Washington Blvd., N. 16th St., N. Jefferson St., N. 11th St. and N. Fairfax Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.88540325200006,"lon":-77.13624513753103,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-05-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential neighborhood of about 418 primary resources on 143.363 acres in northwestern Arlington County, Virginia, built in phases from 1939 and centered on Washington Boulevard and Patrick Henry Drive.","why_significant":"The district is significant for architecture and community planning and development. It is a largely intact example of an FHA-insured suburb built by Mace Properties, with Colonial Revival single-family houses, twin houses, duplexes and garden apartments in a planned layout of winding streets, yards and shared open space.","narrative":"Westover is a planned residential neighborhood in northwestern Arlington County, Virginia, covering about 143 acres and roughly 418 primary buildings. It grew in phases beginning with the Westover Apartments in 1939, followed by Westover Hills, Keene's Addition and Westover Park through the 1940s. Most of the buildings were put up by Mace Properties with mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration. The streets are lined with two-story brick Colonial Revival single-family houses, twin houses, duplexes and garden apartments, designed by architects including Adolph Thelander and Harry Ormston. Buildings sit back from winding streets and cul-de-sacs, leaving generous yards, courtyards and open space. A commercial area along Washington Boulevard includes a shopping center, a junior high school and a church, with a park and pedestrian paths nearby. The neighborhood was recognized for its architecture and for its role as an example of mid-twentieth-century suburban community planning, with a period of significance from 1939 to 1948.","period_of_significance":"1939-1948","architect_builder":"Keene, E. Ray; Mace Properties; Mims, Speake, and Co.; Ormston, Harry E.; Stephens, A.S.J.; Thelander, Adolph F.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival; Modern Movement/Moderne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still largely residential, with a shopping center, junior high school, church and parks; many houses have replacement windows and some have additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.639495-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/6785/41678538/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/06000345.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000345/703a540287-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000345/703a540287-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westover_Baptist_Church.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:Westover_Baptist_Church.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678538","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westover_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713518"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/westover-historic-district-06000345/"}