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Tauxemont Historic District

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Built
  
1941 (1941)-1955

NRHP Reference #
  
06000033

Area
  
20 ha

Architectural style
  
Modern Movement

VLR #
  
029-5199

Added to NRHP
  
9 February 2006

Tauxemont Historic District

Location
  
Between Fort Hunt Rd. and Accotink Place, inc. Shenandoah, Tauxemont, Namassin, Westmoreland and Gahant Rds. and Bolling, near Alexandria, Virginia

Architect
  
Davenport, Robert; et al.

Tauxemont Historic District is a national historic district located near Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia. It encompasses 71 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in a World War II-era subdivision near Alexandria. It was developed in three sections between 1941 and 1955. The basic Tauxemont house is a cinder block one-story, side-gable-roofed rectangular starter house. Included in the district are 10 Lustron houses. Some houses have additions designed by noted architect Charles Goodman.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

References

Tauxemont Historic District Wikipedia