{"nrhp_refnum":"12000239","name":"Dominion Hills Historic District","other_names":["Vdhr File Number: 000-4212"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by N. Four Mile Run Dr., N. McKinley Rd., N. Larrimore, N. Madison, N. Montana Sts., & 9th St. N.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.87708098600007,"lon":-77.13951081214287,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-04-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 102-acre residential subdivision in western Arlington County, Virginia, about five miles southwest of Washington, D.C., platted in 1942 and built between 1945 and 1948 by two merchant-builder companies, Benson & Vest and Mace Properties, Inc.","why_significant":"The neighborhood is a cohesive example of post-World War II suburban development for working and middle-income families. It shows the mass production, standardization and repetition of style, form, materials and setbacks typical of merchant builders. It is described as one of the few Arlington neighborhoods that consistently followed this pattern, and it keeps high integrity of design, setting, feeling and association.","narrative":"Dominion Hills is a 102-acre residential neighborhood in western Arlington County, Virginia, about five miles southwest of Washington, D.C. Platted in 1942, it was not built until April 1945 because of wartime shortages, and construction finished in about three years. Two merchant builders worked side by side: Benson & Vest built 67 houses in the Paisley section, and Mace Properties built the large majority of the rest. Every house is a modest two-story Colonial Revival dwelling, with symmetrical windows, side-gabled roofs, brick or brick-and-shingle walls and, on many, wooden door surrounds. Only a handful of house models were used, and Mace varied its houses mainly through entry detailing. Curving streets, cul-de-sacs, consistent setbacks of about 30 feet and standardized lots follow the rolling terrain. The district was recognized as an unusually consistent example of large-scale, standardized postwar suburban building, and it keeps strong integrity despite siding replacements and a few houses lost to Interstate 66.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Benson & Vest; Mace Properties, Inc.","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Remains an exclusively residential neighborhood in current single-dwelling use; some houses have replacement siding, and a few were lost or rebuilt due to Interstate 66 and later redevelopment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.034573-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/12000239.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000239/6759b86b0f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000239/6759b86b0f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dominion_Hills_Historic_District_01.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:Dominion_Hills_Historic_District_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77834753","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Hills_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16962287"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/dominion-hills-historic-district-12000239/"}