Built 1937 (1937)-1941 | Area 50 ha | |
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Location Bounded by 11th, S. Edison, S. Dinwiddie, S. Columbus, S. George Mason, and S. Frederick St., and later expanded with boundary increases Arlington, Virginia Built by Paramount Communities Inc. Architect Wright, Henry; Kamstra, Allan Foeke; Lueders, Albert MPS Garden Apartments, Apartment Houses and Apartment Complexes in Arlington County, Virginia MPS | ||
The Buckingham Historic District is a national historic district located at Arlington County, Virginia. It contains 151 contributing buildings in a residential neighborhood in North Arlington. They were built in six phases between 1937 and 1953, and primarily consist of two- and three-story, brick garden apartment buildings in the Colonial Revival-style. There is a single three-story brick building that was built in the International style. The buildings are arranged around U-shaped courtyards. The district also includes a community center, four single family dwellings, three commercial buildings and two commercial blocks.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, and expanded in 2004 and 2010.
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Buckingham Historic District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA