{"nrhp_refnum":"11000548","name":"Highland Park-Overlee Knolls","other_names":["Fostoria/VDHR File Number OOO-9703"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 22nd St. N., N. Lexington St., 16th St. N., N. Longfellow St., McKinley Rd., I-66 & N. Quantico St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.88755972000004,"lon":-77.14542703163507,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential suburban historic district of about 180.7 acres in northwest Arlington County, Virginia, roughly five miles west of Washington, D.C. It was developed from 1890 into the late 1950s and early 1960s through eight subdivisions, additions and resubdivisions.","why_significant":"The district shows the growth of a commuter suburb from the Fostoria subdivision of 1890 through the World War I and World War II housing booms. Its buildings range from Queen Anne and Italianate houses to Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Tudor Revival and Modern Movement houses. They reflect the influence of Federal Housing Administration standards and speculative builders. The criteria and period of significance fall in the truncated portion of the text.","narrative":"Highland Park-Overlee Knolls is a residential neighborhood of 180.7 acres in northwest Arlington County, Virginia, about five miles west of Washington, D.C. Development began in 1890 with the Fostoria subdivision and continued until the late 1950s and early 1960s, as several large parcels were subdivided and resubdivided by multiple developers and speculative builders. The neighborhood holds roughly 718 properties, mostly single-family houses, along with commercial buildings, a church, a former school, garages, sheds and landscaped parks. Earlier buildings include Queen Anne houses and a vernacular I-house. Later construction includes Colonial Revival, Craftsman bungalow, Tudor Revival, Cape Cod, ranch and split-level houses. World Wars I and II increased the demand for housing near the capital, and Federal Housing Administration guidelines shaped the modest, mass-produced forms of the mid-twentieth century. Together the buildings document the evolution of a middle-class commuter suburb across about seventy years.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Bernard Noland (built the Rachal Maynard House, 1906); Colin C. MacPherson (6204 18th Street North, 1942); Snell Construction Company; Parkhurst Development Company","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Queen Anne, Italianate); Colonial Revival; Tudor Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman; Modern Movement","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely in continued use as a residential neighborhood, with some commercial buildings, a church, a former school and parks.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.844708-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/11000548.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000548/0ececfa96b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000548/0ececfa96b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highland_Park-Overlee_Knolls_Historic_District_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77834763","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Park%E2%80%93Overlee_Knolls","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712535"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/highland-park-overlee-knolls-11000548/"}