Colonial Village (Arlington, Virginia)
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Colonial Village
| nrhp_type =
| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1_date = September 16, 1980{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|accessdate=May 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|archive-date=September 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}
| designated_other1_number = 000-0013
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image = Colonial Village (Arlington, Virginia) 01.JPG
| caption =
| location= Roughly bounded by Wilson Boulevard, Lee Hwy., N. Veitch St. and Queens Lane, Arlington, Virginia
| coordinates = {{coord|38|53|39|N|77|4|59|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = United States District of Columbia street#USA Virginia#USA
| built = {{Start date|1935}}-1940
| architect = Warwick, Harvey; Koenig, Francis
| architecture = Colonial Revival
| added = December 9, 1980
| area = {{convert|40|acre}}
| mpsub = [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Arlington/000-8825_Garden_Apts_Arlington_MPD_2003_final_nomination.pdf Garden Apartments, Apartment Houses and Apartment Complexes in Arlington County, Virginia MPS]
| refnum = 80004170{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
Colonial Village is a historic garden apartment complex located at Arlington County, Virginia, United States. It contains 226 contributing buildings built in four stages between 1935 and 1940. The buildings hold approximately 1,055 apartments. The brick Colonial Revival-style buildings are situated around courtyards with clusters of five and seven buildings to larger groupings of up to thirteen. Colonial Village was the first Federal Housing Administration-insured, large-scale, rental housing project erected in the United States. The complex has been converted to condominiums split into three phases (Colonial Village I, Colonial Village II, and Colonial Village III) and two apartment complexes: Colonial Village Apartments and Colonial Village West.{{Cite web|url=https://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2014/07/Historic-Resources-Inventory-HRI-Fact-Sheet-Colonial-Village.pdf|title=Arlington County Virginia: Historic Resources Inventory - Colonial Village}}
Background
The Arlington County Board designated the garden apartment complex to be a local historic district on December 5, 1978.{{cite web|url=http://projects.arlingtonva.us/projects/colonial-village/|title=Colonial Village|work=Projects and Planning|publisher=Arlington County, Virginia government|accessdate=March 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519123054/http://projects.arlingtonva.us/projects/colonial-village/|archive-date=May 19, 2016|url-status=dead}} The National Park Service listed the Village on the National Register of Historic Places on December 9, 1990.{{cite web|author=Virginia Landmarks Commission Staff|url=https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/VLR_to_transfer/PDFNoms/000-0013_Colonial_Village_1980_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory —Nomination Form: "Colonial Village"|date=May 1980|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|access-date=December 4, 2023}}
It was ranked as the best neighborhood to live in America in 2024,{{cite news |last1=Tanner |first1=Jeremy |title=Virginia neighborhood ranked best place to live in the US, study finds |url=https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/virginia-neighborhood-ranked-best-place-to-live-in-the-us-study-finds/ |access-date=September 1, 2024 |work=abc 8News |publisher=Nexstar Media Inc. |date=March 26, 2024}} and again in 2025.{{cite news |last1=Egitto |first1=Dan |title=Arlington again ranks among the best ‘cities’ to live in America |url=https://www.arlnow.com/2025/03/25/arlington-again-ranks-among-the-best-cities-to-live-in-america/ |access-date=April 20, 2025 |work=ARLnow |date=March 25, 2025}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.colonialvillagei.com/ Website for Colonial Village I: A Condominium]
- [http://www.colonialvillages.org/ Website for Colonial Village II: A Condominium]
- [http://www.colonialvillageiii.com/ Website for Colonial Village III: A Condominium]
- [http://www.wesleypropertymanagement.com/colonial-village Website for Colonial Village Apartments: Wesley Housing Development Corporation]
- [http://www.colonialvillagewestapts.com/ Website for Colonial Village West: Apartment Homes]
{{Arlington County, Virginia}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}
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Category:Neighborhoods in Arlington County, Virginia
Category:Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Category:Arlington County Historic Districts
Category:Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1940
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Arlington County, Virginia
Category:1935 establishments in Virginia
Category:Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
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