Fairlington, Virginia

Fairlington Historic District
Fairlington, Virginia is located in Northern Virginia
Fairlington, Virginia
Fairlington, Virginia is located in Virginia
Fairlington, Virginia
Fairlington, Virginia is located in the United States
Fairlington, Virginia
LocationRoughly bounded by Quaker Lane, King St., I-395, S. Walter Reed Dr., and S. Abingdon St., Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates38°50′5″N 77°5′35″W / 38.83472°N 77.09306°W / 38.83472; -77.09306
Area322 acres (130 ha)
Built1942
ArchitectFranzheim, Kenneth; et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.99000368[1]
VLR No.000-5772
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 29, 1999
Designated VLRDecember 2, 1998[2]
Apartment building in South Fairlington

Fairlington is an unincorporated neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia, located adjacent to Shirlington in the southernmost part of the county on the boundary with the City of Alexandria. The main thoroughfares are Interstate 395 (Shirley Highway), which divides the neighborhood into North and South Fairlington, State Route 7 (King Street) and State Route 402 (Quaker Lane).

The neighborhood consists of primarily of a mix of townhouse and condominium apartments built in the 1940s as the largest housing project financed by the Defense Homes Corporation during World War II. Fairlington is listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and on the Virginia Landmarks Register.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-12-05.