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| subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_name2 = Arlington |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |population_as_of = 2000 |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_ft = |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_type = region:US_type:city |latd = 38|latm = 53 |lats = 13|latNS = N |longd = 77|longm = 8|longs = 22|longEW = W |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 22205 |area_code = 703 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} Westover is a neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places〔http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Arlington/000-0032_WestoverHD_photographs.htm〕 centered on Washington Boulevard between North McKinley Road and North Longfellow Street. A true model of mid-century Urbanism, Westover remains a pedestrian friendly neighborhood which sees its residents walk to shops, work, and public transportation.〔http://www.commuterpage.com/art/villages/westover2.htm〕 The neighborhood is between the Ballston Station and the East Falls Church Stations, both part of the Washington DC Metro and is serviced by many Metro Buses. ==History== During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the area that was to become Westover was agricultural in nature, not unlike much of what is now Arlington County at the time. In the mid-nineteenth century, the property was owned by Nicholas Febrey, a civic leader in Arlington and one of the largest landholders in the area.〔http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Arlington/000-0032_WestoverHD_2006_NRfinal.pdf〕 In the 1890s, small communities began to develop along newly established electric railways which serviced the area, as real estate developers began subdividing the land.〔C.B. Rose, Jr., Arlington Virginia, A History (Arlington, Virginia: Arlington Historical Society, 1976)〕 One such community was Fostoria, developed by the Fostoria Land and Development Company in 1890, which took advantage of the Washington, Arlington, and Falls Church Electric Railway. The railroad provided passenger service from Rosslyn to East Falls Church and ran along Four Mile Run.〔Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co., 1900〕 By 1907, the neighborhood was known as Highland Park - the earliest houses constructed in the Westover area are located within this community.〔G.M. Hopkins' Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington, D.C., 1878. Nan Netherton, Donald Sweig, Janice Artemel, Patricia Hickin, and Patrick Reed, Fairfax County, Virginia: A History, commemorative ed. (Fairfax County, Virginia: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, 1991)〕 A measure of the development in the area at the time, the Walter Reed Elementary School was constructed in 1938 on McKinley Road, originally a section of Febrey farmland. Though Westover had seen significant development over the previous half century, in 1938, when the school was constructed, the area was still largely undeveloped.〔"New School Dedicated at Highland Park," The Washington Post, 19 November 1938〕 By that time, most of Westover was owned primarily by Ashton C. Jones and his wife, Margaret Rucker. Jones deeded the land to the local development company, Mace Properties, Inc., which was owned by Miles A. Mace. In turn, Mace Properties developed the majority of the buildings located in the Westover Historic District between 1939 and 1948.〔Ames and McClelland, "Historic Residential Suburbs"〕 Following the principles set forth by the FHA and responding to the need for affordable housing, Mace developed several neighborhoods in Arlington County in the early twentieth century which provided economical housing to the growing population. Mace, who lived in Arlington County, was a real estate broker.〔According to the 1930 United States Census, Mace lived on Glebe Road with his wife, father, mother, and mother-in-law〕 He was just twenty-six years old when he began to play a role in developing the community of Over-Lee Knolls—adjacent to Westover to the northwest and today considered part of greater Westover. The Over-Lee Knolls neighborhood was advertised in 1926 as "Virginia's Ideal Suburb" which emphasized value and quality construction.〔The Washington Post, 10 October 1926〕 In October 1938, Arlington County approved the rezoning of , which allowed Mace Properties to construct large multi-family apartment buildings.〔"Arlington Zone Changed for Big Apartments," The Washington Post, 30 October 1938.〕 In April 1939, Mace Properties announced that it had received FHA approval for low-cost multi-family rental housing. The first of these constructed was a of 152 unit garden-style apartment building〔http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/CPHD/Documents/817011.02%20HC%20item%203.1.pdf〕 which cost Mace a total cost of $600,000 to build. In 1940, the FHA-backed Westover Hills project was announced. Westover Hills was hailed as the "most ambitious building program in Mace Properties' () history." The dwellings, including single-family houses, twin houses, and garden apartments, were designed by Thelander and Washington, D.C. architect Harry E. Ormston.〔"Westover Hills New Arlington Home Project," The Washington Post, 16 June 1940〕 During 1940, the Westover Shopping Center was constructed—a 13-store retail center along Washington Boulevard between Longfellow and McKinley Streets.〔The Arlington Journal, February 2, 1978〕 The shopping center initially included a Safeway grocery store,〔Arlington Sun February 7, 1941〕 a "five and dime" store, and a pharmacy. In 1958, county planners noted that the center's "retail sales per store () higher... than in any of the five nearby competing neighborhood or community centers.〔Advance Planning Section of the Arlington County Office of Planning, A Study of the Westover Shopping Center, April 1958〕" However, by the late seventies, the center's physical condition and sales had declined. In 1978, the Arlington County Board allocated $50,000 in business and neighborhood conservation funds to supplement $250,000 worth of exterior renovation work planned by the center's owners.〔The Arlington News, February 16, 1978〕 Today, Westover is a residential suburban community and its overall character remains predominately unchanged. The shopping center continues to provide a mix of retail offerings to the community. Residences in the neighborhood are still composed mostly of modest, pre-World War II single family homes and garden style apartment complexes such as the Westover Apartments. Like those in most older suburban neighborhoods, the dwellings in Westover have been adapted to fit modern-day needs and growing families. In many instances, porches have been enclosed and/or enlarged for additional bathrooms.〔http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Arlington/000-0032_WestoverHD_2006_NRfinal.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Westover, Arlington, Virginia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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