{"nrhp_refnum":"08000910","name":"Glencarlyn Historic District","other_names":["000-9704"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington Blvd., 5th Rd. S., Glencarlyn Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.86341743950007,"lon":-77.12327937119585,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Glencarlyn is a planned residential neighborhood in western Arlington County, Virginia, platted in 1887 as Carlin Springs and bounded by Arlington Boulevard, South Carlin Springs Road, 5th Road South and Glencarlyn Park. It includes over 360 residential buildings, one commercial building, a park, a cemetery, a library, a church and a meeting hall.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Glencarlyn as Arlington County's first planned residential subdivision, laid out as a single platted neighborhood that kept its original lot pattern. Its buildings span the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with the heaviest development after World War II. It also holds the county's oldest extant building, the Ball-Sellers House (c. 1742), and the second largest collection of Queen Anne-style dwellings in the county.","narrative":"Glencarlyn is a residential neighborhood in western Arlington County, Virginia, laid out in 1887 by William W. Curtis and Samuel S. Burdett as Carlin Springs. It was Arlington's first planned residential subdivision, with equally sized rectangular lots, and it grew over many decades rather than under one developer. The district holds more than 360 residential buildings, a single commercial building, Glencarlyn Park, the Carlin Family Cemetery, the library, St. John's Episcopal Church and Carlin Hall. Its oldest building is the Ball-Sellers House, begun as a one-room log structure around 1742 and the oldest extant building in the county. It preserves a rare surviving clapboard roof. Earlier, the Carlin family ran a popular excursion destination here, reached by railroad. Houses range from Queen Anne and Colonial Revival examples of the 1880s and 1890s to Craftsman bungalows and many post-World War II homes. The district is notable for its cohesive plan, its architectural range and its early history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival; Craftsman/Bungalow; Modern Movement","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most resources are single-family dwellings still in residential use. Carlin Hall, the library, the church, the park and the cemetery remain as current functions, and a commercial building stands on South Carlin Springs Road.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.558526-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/08000910.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000910/41e736a782-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000910/41e736a782-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GLENCARLYN_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_ARLINGTON_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GLENCARLYN_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_ARLINGTON_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77834761","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glencarlyn_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712371"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/glencarlyn-historic-district-08000910/"}