Westover Historic District

Historic district in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Westover Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register

Westover Baptist Church
38°52′58″N 77°8′11″W / 38.88278°N 77.13639°W / 38.88278; -77.13639
Area	173.4 acres (70.2 ha)
Built	1939 (1939)-1957
Built by	Keene, E. Ray; Mace Properties, et al.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Moderne
MPS	Garden Apartments, Apartment Houses and Apartment Complexes in Arlington County, Virginia MPS
NRHP reference No.	06000345^[1]
VLR No.	000-0032
Added to NRHP	May 2, 2006
Designated VLR	March 18, 2006^[2]

The Westover Historic District is a national historic district located at Westover, Arlington County, Virginia. It contains 383 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a residential neighborhood in northern Arlington. The neighborhood was constructed in five phases between 1939 and 1957: Westover Apartments, Westover Hills, Keene's Addition to Westover, Westover Park, and Mason's Addition to Westover. The neighborhood consists of Colonial Revival-style single-family dwellings, twin houses, duplexes, and multi-family garden apartments. Also in the district are a shopping center, the Claude A. Swanson Junior High School, the Westover Baptist Church, and Swanson Park.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
^ Laura V. Trieschmann; Patti Kuhn; Megan Rispoli & G. Ellen Jenkins (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:Westover Historic District" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map