Garden
Apartments
Fairlington
Fairlington
- Buckingham
- Colonial Village
- Fairlington
Fairlington Garden Apartments
Contractor: Thompson Starrett Company
Brickwork subcontractor: Jack Kelly (father of Grace Kelly)
- Originally called The Seminary Ridge Project.
- The largest housing project in the United States at the time of construction.
- 3,439 apartments; average cost per unit to build was $10,300.
- Clusters of units in varying patterns.
- 62 building types.
- Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
- Sold to private owners in 1947, then converted to condominiums in the 1970s.
Links and Sources
- Baker, Gail. "Garden Apartments: Three Case Studies in Virginia." CRM, No. 5, 1999. http://www.fairlington.org/bakergail.pdf
This
article discusses the history of garden apartments in Arlington,
Virginia and efforts to preserve them. It covers Fairlington,
Buckingham, and Colonial Village.
This is an independently maintained webpage about the Fairlington
garden apartments community. It contains information about the
history of Fairlington but also a good deal about living in the
condominiums today.
Fairlington has been divided into areas run by several separate
condominium associations. This website is maintained by the
association that runs "North Fairlington," which is located on the
north side of I-395 and contains a large portion of the units in
Fairlington overall.
- Arlington County Neighborhoods website for Fairlington-Shirlington.
This website has information
about the Fairlington-Shirlington neighborhood, including a long
history, demographics, and a lot about the planning and development of
the area over time. As for Buckingham, you can download a
pdf file of the
Neighborhood Conservation Plan (this one is a little older; it dates
to 1987).
Fairlington's apartment-style buildings have one entry leading to multiple units.
The townhouse-type buildings have units with individual doors.
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