Local Historic Districts

Arlington’s Local Historic Districts include the 1785-era Ball-Carlin Cemetery in Glencarlyn, the Joseph Fisher Post Office in Clarendon and the Green Valley Pharmacy in Nauck. Our local historic buildings, sites and neighborhoods capture distinct and irreplaceable aspects of our history and architectural heritage. Local Historic Districts are designated by the County Board when there is sufficient historic merit. The term “historic district” includes both individual and collections of historic buildings, sites or objects.

Apply here to request the study of properties for local historic district designation.

The Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) makes decisions about Certificate of Appropriateness (CoA) requests based on either design standards for individual local historic districts or standards established by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior. The Arlington County Zoning Ordinance states that unless local historic districts have approved design guidelines in place, then the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards will be used to guide rehabilitation efforts (e.g., the Standards for Rehabilitation, Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes, or the Standards for Archaeological Documentation.

• A-Z List of Local Historic Districts and Sites

Cemeteries

• Ball-Carlin Cemetery (1785)
• Ball Family Burial Grounds (1814)
• Robert Ball Sr. Family Burial Ground (1854) | Design Guidelines
• Calloway Cemetery (1891) | Design Guidelines
• Mount Salvation Baptist Church (1892) | Design Guidelines
• Travers Family Graveyard (1830)
• Walker Chapel and Cemetery (1871)

Commercial Buildings

• Green Valley Pharmacy (1942) | Design Guidelines
• Dan Kain Building (1946) | Design Guidelines 

Community Buildings

• Barcroft Community House (1907)
• Carlin Community Hall (1892)
• Clarendon Citizens Hall (1921)

Forts

• Fort C.F. Smith (1863)
• Fort Ethan Allen (1861)
• Fort Ethan Allen Trench (1861)

Garden Apartment Complexes

• Colonial Village (1934) | Window Replacement Guidelines(PDF, 210KB)
• Buckingham Villages (1937-1953 | Design Guidelines; Signage Guidelines
• Cambridge Courts (1943) | Design Guidelines

Houses

• Alcova (1860)
• Anderson House (1916) | Design Guidelines(PDF, 2MB)
• Ball-Sellers House (1760)
• Broadview (1881) | Design Guidelines
• George Crossman House (1892)
• Dawson Bailey House (1856)
• Eastman-Fenwick House (1876) | Design Guidelines
• Fraber House (1913) | Design Guidelines
• Glebe House (1854-1857)
• Glenmore (1910)
• Harry Gray House (1881)
• The Hermitage (1931) | Design Guidelines
• Reevesland (ca. 1900)
• Washington/Torreyson Farm House (ca. 1879) | Design Guidelines

Industrial Structures

• Benjamin Elliott’s Coal Trestle | Design Guidelines

Institutional Buildings

• Arlington Post Office (1937) | Signage Guidelines
• Cherrydale Volunteer Fire House (1919)

Natural Elements

• Brandymore Castle (rock formation)

Neighborhoods

• Maywood Neighborhood Historic District (1909) | Design Guidelines(PDF, 22MB)

Places of Worship

• Lomax African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church (1922)

Schools

• Clarendon (Maury) School (1910) |Design Guidelines
• Hume School (1891)
• Stratford School (1950) |Design Guidelines
• Swanson Middle School (1939) | Design Guidelines