Lyon Village Historic District

Lyon Village is a residential neighborhood of about 191 acres in northern Arlington County, Virginia, lying north of Clarendon between Wilson Boulevard and Lee Highway. Its first section was platted in 1923 by Frank Lyon on land bought from the heirs of Robert Cruit, with tree-lined streets, traffic circles and curving roads serving lots of less than an acre. Later blocks added a grid pattern from the 1930s to the 1950s, and the earlier communities of Aurora Heights and Clarendon were absorbed into the boundaries. The district contains 1,074 contributing resources, mainly single-family houses in Colonial Revival, Craftsman bungalow, Tudor Revival and other styles, many in modest or simplified forms. The oldest building is the Cruit Farmhouse of about 1846. Developer Frederick Westenberger built many brick Colonial Revival houses in the 1930s. Apartment buildings, churches, a park and a community building support the housing along the edges.