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Located in the Ballston-Virginia Square neighborhood of Arlington County, the Monroe Courts Historic District is part of a significant Washington, D.C. commuter suburb. During the 1930s the D.C. area grew significantly as people arrived to fill civil service jobs opened by the federal government’s New Deal programs. Constructed in 1938 by Clarence Gosnell, Inc. in concert with architect John D. Cobb, the Colonial Revival-style Monroe Courts offered affordable row houses of high quality to house an influx of new suburban residents. Due in part to zoning that soon prohibited row houses after the construction of Monroe Courts, the Monroe Courts Historic District stands out as one of the few early- to mid-20th-century row house developments in Arlington County.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Programs
DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
