Columbia Forest Historic District

Columbia Forest Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	Bounded by 11th, S. Edison, S. Dinwiddie, S. Columbus, S. George Mason, and S. Frederick St., Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates	38°51′09″N 77°6′41″W / 38.85250°N 77.11139°W / 38.85250; -77.11139Coordinates: 38°51′09″N 77°6′41″W / 38.85250°N 77.11139°W / 38.85250; -77.11139
Area	48 acres (19 ha)
Built	1942 (1942)-1945
Built by	Army Corps of Engineers; Johnson, Jesse
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	04000047
VLR #	000-9416
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 11, 2004
Designated VLR	December 3, 2003

The Columbia Forest Historic District is a national historic district located at Arlington County, Virginia. It is directly east of the Virginia Heights Historic District. It contains 238 contributing buildings in a residential neighborhood in South Arlington. They were built in two phases beginning in 1942 and ending in 1945, and consist of 233 single-family dwellings contracted by the Federal government to house the families of young officers and ranking officials. They are two-story, two- and three-bay, paired brick or concrete block dwellings in the Colonial Revival-style. They were built under the direction of the Army Corps of Engineers by the Defense Housing Corporation.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.