{"nrhp_refnum":"10000092","name":"Buckingham Historic District Boundary Increase","other_names":["VDHR File Number 000-0025"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by and including N. Thomas St., 4th St. N. , N. Pershing Dr., and N. George Mason Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"N/A","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.873143148000054,"lon":-77.10829915897537,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Buckingham Historic District in Arlington County, Virginia, covering sixteen two-story Colonial Revival brick apartment buildings known as Buckingham Village 3, built between about 1939 and 1940 by the Geran Construction Company.","why_significant":"The buildings are part of the Buckingham garden-apartment complex, which was planned as a unified park-like setting following Federal Housing Administration principles. The form marks Criteria A and C, citing Architecture, Community Planning and Development, and Landscape Architecture. All sixteen buildings contribute to the district's 1937 to 1953 period of significance.","narrative":"Sixteen two-story brick apartment buildings in Arlington County, Virginia, make up Buckingham Village 3, an addition to the Buckingham Historic District. Bounded by North Pershing Drive, North George Mason Drive, 4th Street North and North Thomas Street, the buildings were erected around 1939 and in 1940 as part of the third and fifth phases of the larger Buckingham complex. Architects Allan F. Kamstra and Albert Leuders carried forward the plan set by Henry Wright after his death, and the Geran Construction Company built them. The Colonial Revival buildings have six-course American-bond brick walls, hipped roofs that are mostly slate, cast stone sill courses and wood entry surrounds with pediments. They are arranged around U-shaped and H-shaped courtyards with mature trees and walking paths, leaving most of the land open. They are listed for their architecture and for their role in the community planning and landscape design of a garden-apartment development. The buildings remain in apartment use today.","period_of_significance":"1937-1953","architect_builder":"Henry Wright (overall design); Allan F. Kamstra and Albert Leuders (architects of later phases); Geran Construction Company (builder); landscape design by H.E. Van Gelder","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is multiple dwelling; the buildings are still used as apartments, with replacement windows and doors and some asphalt roofing over original slate.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.986846-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/6785/41678544/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/10000092.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000092/9107a2f555-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000092/9107a2f555-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buckingham_Apartment_Complex,_Bounded_by_George_Mason_Drive,_Henderson,_Glebe,_%26_Arlington,_Virginia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buckingham_Apartment_Complex,_Bounded_by_George_Mason_Drive,_Henderson,_Glebe,_%26_Arlington,_Virginia.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04000048","name":"Buckingham Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/buckingham-historic-district-boundary-increase-04000048/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678544","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712102"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/buckingham-historic-district-boundary-increase-10000092/"}