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Built
  
1890 (1890)-c. 1960

VLR #
  
000-9703

Added to NRHP
  
18 August 2011

NRHP Reference #
  
11000548

Area
  
73 ha

Highland Park-Overlee Knolls

Location
  
Roughly bounded by 22nd St. N., N. Lexington St., 16th St. N., N. Longfellow St., McKinley Rd., I-66 & N. Quantico St., Arlington, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Queen Anne, Italianate, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Tudor Revival, and Modern Movement

MPS
  
Historic Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830-1960 MPS

Highland Park-Overlee Knolls, also known as Fostoria, is a national historic district located at Arlington County, Virginia. It is directly east of the Virginia Heights Historic District. It contains 681 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in a residential neighborhood in North Arlington. The first subdivision was platted in 1890 and known as Fostoria. Later subdivisions were platted including Over-Lee Knolls (1926), Section Two Over-Lee Knolls (1927), Richmond Hill Section Three (1946), Richmond Hill Section Four (1947) and Highland Park Village (1947). It primarily consists of single family dwellings in a number of popular architectural styles including Queen Anne, Italianate, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Tudor Revival, and Modern-style. Also located in the district is Parkhurst Park (1939). The houses were built by multiple developers and speculative builders.

Map of Highland Park, Arlington, VA 22205, USA

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

References

Highland Park-Overlee Knolls Wikipedia


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