{"nrhp_refnum":"09000688","name":"Arlington Ridge Park","other_names":["U.S. MarineCorps War Memorial(000-9707-0001/000-1233)","Netherlands Carillon(000-9707-0002/000-1239","Nevius Tract"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"NW corner of N. Meade St. and Marshall Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.89165440450006,"lon":-77.0693191054128,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture","Landscape Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 27.5-acre federally owned commemorative park on a ridge above the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia, within the George Washington Memorial Parkway. It holds the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (dedicated 1954) and the Netherlands Carillon (dedicated 1960).","why_significant":"The park is nominated as a nationally significant commemorative landscape with two major memorials, each set in its own landscape treatment. The Marine Corps memorial is a bronze statue by Felix de Weldon based on the Iwo Jima flag-raising photograph, while the carillon was a Dutch gift in gratitude for American aid. The site also forms the western terminus of the National Mall view-shed and draws more than 1.4 million visitors a year.","narrative":"Arlington Ridge Park is a 27.5-acre commemorative landscape on a ridge overlooking the Potomac River, bordered by Arlington National Cemetery to the south and part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. It was long known as the Nevius Tract. The northern section holds the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, dedicated in 1954, whose seventy-eight-foot bronze statue by Felix de Weldon is based on Joe Rosenthal's photograph of the second flag-raising on Iwo Jima. Horace Peaslee designed its formal, symmetrical site plan. The southern section holds the Netherlands Carillon, a Modernist steel tower designed by Joost W.C. Boks and given by the people of the Netherlands in gratitude for American aid in World War II. Its setting is an informal landscape of lawns, trees, and tulip beds. A planned central Freedom Shrine was never built. The park hosts ceremonies, parades, and concerts, and draws more than 1.4 million visitors annually.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Felix de Weldon (sculptor); Horace Peaslee (architect, Marine Corps memorial site plan); Edward F. Neild (statue base); Joost W.C. Boks (architect, Netherlands Carillon)","architectural_style":"Modernist (Netherlands Carillon); formal symmetrical landscape for the Marine Corps memorial; architectural classification listed as N/A","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used as a commemorative and recreational park, with ceremonies, carillon recitals, and the Marine Corps Marathon finish line.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.444967-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_DC/09000688.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000688/dc0e574ddd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000688/dc0e574ddd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Slowking4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arlingtonridgepark001.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:Arlingtonridgepark001.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117691503","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_Ridge_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711975"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/arlington-ridge-park-09000688/"}