Buckingham Historic District Boundary Increase

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.