{"nrhp_refnum":"08000065","name":"Virginia Heights Historic District","other_names":["000-9701"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by 10th Pl. S., S. Frederick St. & S. George Mason Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.849669059000036,"lon":-77.11397355811498,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-02-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Virginia Heights Historic District is a residential neighborhood on the southwestern edge of Arlington County, Virginia, on the Fairfax County line. It combines four small subdivisions of houses built between about 1947 and 1953.","why_significant":"The visible portion of the nomination presents the district as a collection of post-World War II suburban housing types, including FHA-style Colonial Revival houses, twin dwellings by Modernist architect Charles Goodman, ranch houses and prefabricated houses such as Lustrons. It is part of the multiple property listing Historic Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830-1960. The Section 8 statement of significance is not included in the supplied text.","narrative":"Virginia Heights is a mid-twentieth-century neighborhood on the southwestern edge of Arlington County, Virginia, directly on the Fairfax County line. It brings together four small subdivisions: Section Four of Columbia Forest, High Point, Virginia Heights and Frederick Hill. Tree-lined curving streets and cul-de-sacs shape the layout. The district records three phases of development. In 1947 the Lindsey Construction Company built twenty-six brick Colonial Revival houses based on Federal Housing Administration designs. In 1951 architect Charles M. Goodman designed twenty-one twin dwellings at High Point, built by Nathan Shapiro. From about 1950 onward, builders such as Old Dominion Development Corporation put up Cape Cod-type and ranch houses. Five prefabricated houses also stand here, including three Lustron houses from 1949. The district contains 117 contributing and 59 noncontributing resources, mostly houses with later garages or sheds. Many have replacement windows and siding, though the overall plan and housing types remain readable.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Charles M. Goodman (architect) and Nathan Shapiro (developer) for the High Point twin dwellings; Lindsey Construction Company; Old Dominion Development Corporation; Andrew J. Pratt; A.K. Waterval; L.M. Downing; Reynolds Construction","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Modern Movement","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current function remains domestic (single dwellings, twin dwellings and secondary structures). Many houses have replacement windows and siding, 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 02:52:02.579862-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/08000065.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000065/6790e87ed0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000065/6790e87ed0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_Heights_Historic_District_02.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:Virginia_Heights_Historic_District_02.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77834755","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Heights_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713456"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/virginia-heights-historic-district-08000065/"}