Buckingham Historic District

This article is about the historic district in Arlington County, Virginia. For the historic district in Buckingham County, Virginia, see Buckingham Courthouse Historic District.

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.^[4]

Buckingham Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Buckingham Apartment Complex, HABS Photo
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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
Coordinates	38°52′30″N 77°6′20″W / 38.87500°N 77.10556°W / 38.87500; -77.10556Coordinates: 38°52′30″N 77°6′20″W / 38.87500°N 77.10556°W / 38.87500; -77.10556
Area	123.1 acres (49.8 ha)
Built	1937 (1937)-1941
Built by	Paramount Communities Inc.
Architect	Wright, Henry; Kamstra, Allan Foeke; Lueders, Albert
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
MPS	Garden Apartments, Apartment Houses and Apartment Complexes in Arlington County, Virginia MPS
NRHP reference No.	98001649, 04000048 (Boundary Increase), 10000092 (Boundary Increase)^[1]
VLR No.	000-0025
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 21, 1999,^[3] February 11, 2004 (Boundary Increase),^[2] March 23, 2010 (Boundary Increase)^[2]
Designated VLR	December 2, 1998^[2] December 3, 2003^[2] December 17, 2009^[2]

The Arlington County government gave legal protection to some of the Buckingham buildings (those in Villages 3–12 and in the commercial area) by designating them in 1993, 1994 and 2007 as components of the County's Buckingham Village Historic District, a local historic district.^[5][6] However, other historic Buckingham buildings, including those in Villages 1 and 2, have been demolished.^[5] The National Park Service listed the Buckingham Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 and expanded the listing in 2004 and 2010.^[3][5]

See also

List of Arlington County Historic Districts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "000-0025 Buckingham Historic District". Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
3. "Buckingham Historic District". National Register of Historic Places: NPGallery Digital Asset Management System: Asset Metadata. United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
4. (1) Ryan, Marie (Paradigm Development Company) (July 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Buckingham Historic District: DHR File No. 00-0025" (PDF). Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
   (2) Trieschmann, Laura V.; Albee, Carrie (EHT Traceries) (November 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Buckingham Historic District (Boundary Increase): DHR File No. 00-0025" (PDF). Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
   (3) Trieschmann, Laura; Weishar, Paul (EHT Traceries, Inc.) (October 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Buckingham Historic District (Boundary Increase 2009): VDHR File Number 000-0025" (PDF). Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2018-11-12. and . Archived from the original on 2005-10-03. and (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-26.
5. (PDF). Historic Resources Inventory–Essential Properties. Arlington County, Virginia government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
6. "Buckingham Village Historic District". Projects & Planning. Arlington County, Virginia government. from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2017-05-03.

External links

• . Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-11-12. 18 photos, 29 data pages, and 4 photo caption pages.
• . Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2018-11-12. 9 photos, 2 data pages, and 2 photo caption pages.
• . Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-11-12. 19 photos, 32 data pages, and 3 photo caption pages.