Monroe Courts Historic District
Historic district in Virginia, United States
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The Monroe Courts Historic District is a national historic district located at Arlington County, Virginia. It contains 39 contributing buildings in a residential neighborhood in northern Arlington. They were built in 1938, and consist of four groups of two-story, two-bay, rowhouse dwellings in a vernacular Colonial Revival-style. They were built for a middle-class clientele in a fast-growing commuter suburb of Washington, D.C.[3]
LocationBounded by 10th St N, N. Monroe St., Washington Blvd. and N. Nelson St., Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates38°53′09″N 77°6′18″W
Area2.4 acres (0.97 ha)
Built1938
Monroe Courts Historic District | |
Monroe Courts, June 2009 | |
  Location within District of Columbia  Location within Virginia  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Bounded by 10th St N, N. Monroe St., Washington Blvd. and N. Nelson St., Arlington, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°53′09″N 77°6′18″W |
| Area | 2.4 acres (0.97 ha) |
| Built | 1938 |
| Architect | Cobb, John D.; Gosnell, Clarence W. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Historic Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830-1960 MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000064[1] |
| VLR No. | 000-4105 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 21, 2008 |
| Designated VLR | December 5, 2007[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]