Lyon Park Historic District

Lyon Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	Roughly bounded by 10th St. N, Arlington Blvd., and N. Irving St., Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates	38°52′45″N 77°5′26″W
Area	284.4 acres (115.1 ha)
Built	1919 (1919)
Architect	Lyon, Frank; Sunderland, Walter, et al.
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, et al.
NRHP reference No.	03000437[1]
VLR No.	000-7820
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 12, 2003
Designated VLR	May 19, 2003, March 10, 2008[2]

The Lyon Park Historic District is a national historic district and upper-class neighborhood located in Arlington County, Virginia. It contains 1,165 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a residential neighborhood in North Arlington. The area was platted between 1919 and 1951. The dwelling styles include a variety of architectural styles, ranging from Craftsman-style bungalows dating from the 1920s to Colonial Revival-style buildings dating from the 1930s and 1940s. A number of Queen Anne style dwellings erected prior to the platting of Lyon Park are also present.[3] It was developed by Frank Lyon.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

Footnotes

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. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
3. Jana E. Riggle (June 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lyon Park Historic District" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
4. "000-7820 Lyon Park Historic District". dhr.virginia.gov. November 12, 2003. Retrieved January 25, 2022.