Dominion Hills Historic District

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.