Cultural Landscape Report: Arlington House
Urban Heritage Project Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Mason R, Lester M, Frisbie M. 2025. Cultural Landscape Report: Arlington House. 850/197552. National Park Service. National Capital Regional Office, Washington, DC
The purpose of this modified Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) for Arlington House is to help the National Park Service (NPS) develop an informed and consistent approach to managing change of the cultural landscape located in Arlington, Virginia. Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial (Arlington House), encompasses 16.08 acres of land managed by the National Park Service, surrounded by Arlington National Cemetery (which is managed by the US Department of the Army). The Arlington House site includes: an early 19th century plantation house; two living quarters for enslaved families; a front plaza along the east façade, overlooking Arlington National Cemetery, the Potomac River, and Washington, D.C.; a rear work yard; a flower garden; a kitchen garden; a museum; a bookstore and comfort station; and NPS administration buildings, in addition to various circulation, small-scale features, and vegetation. Twelve acres of forest, known as Arlington Woods, are located west of the main developed area, and included within the site’s administrative boundaries as well as the study area boundaries for this CLR.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Urban Heritage Project Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania; Mason, Randall; Lester, Molly; Frisbie, Meg
- Date of Issue
- 2025-06
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ARHO , GWMP
- Keywords
- Architecture, Arlington National Cemetery, Commemoration, Custis-Lee Mansion, domestic, Education, Estate, Freedman's Village, George Hadfield, George Washington Parke Custis, Historic Preservation, historic site, Lee Mansion, Military, Rehabilitation, residential, Slaves Quarters, Temple-Form, The Civil War