Arlington Heights Historic District

Arlington Heights is a 177-acre residential neighborhood in central Arlington County, Virginia, roughly four miles west of Washington, D.C. It grew from twenty-five subdivisions platted between 1909 and 1978, beginning with modest single-family houses on former farmland. Development came in two phases, before and after World War II, as middle-class commuters moved in to meet wartime housing demand. The district holds more than 900 resources on 610 properties, mostly single and twin dwellings, along with garden apartments, a high-rise apartment building, a synagogue, a parsonage, a middle school with community center, and two parks. Colonial Revival is the dominant style, making up well over 70 percent of the housing built after 1935. Craftsman bungalows, American Foursquares, Tudor Revival houses, Cape Cods and ranch houses also appear, including two Sears mail-order bungalows from the 1920s. Despite replacement siding and small additions, the neighborhood retains its overall integrity and its historic character.