000-7808

Arlington Forest Historic District

VLR Listing Date

09/08/2004

NRHP Listing Date

12/02/2005

NRHP Reference Number

05001344

The subdivision comprising the Arlington Forest Historic District, a commuter suburb of Washington D.C., reveals the innovative trends for suburban planning and house designs of the World War II era advocated by the Federal Housing Administration. Begun in 1939, completed in 1946, Arlington Forest incorporated curvilinear streets and cul-de-sacs, ample lots, community parklands, and a neighborhood shopping center. Homeowners were enjoined to restrictive covenants. The Arlington Forest community was developed by Meadowbrook, Inc., a leading mid-20th-century builder in the Washington, D.C., area, under the direction of Monroe Warren. Meadowbrook collaborated with locally prominent architect Robert O. Scholz to design orderly rows of modest-sized, two-story, brick homes with minimal Colonial Revival detailing, differentiated by alternating roof shapes, placement of main entrances and porches, the mixed use of brick and weatherboard, and dissimilar fenestration. In 1948, the last section of the Arlington County subdivision, Broyhill’s Addition, was completed by another well-known regional builder, M.T. Broyhill & Sons. M.T. Broyhill & Sons teamed up with local architect J. Raymond Mims, to create homes in the Arlington Forest Historic District compatible to those of Meadowbrook in materials, form, and architectural style.

Last Updated: August 11, 2023

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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark

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