Arapaho Hills
a.k.a. 5AH.3316
Bounded by Arrowhead, W. Berry, & S. Manitou Rds., S. Lowell Blvd., Littleton, COArapaho Hills is eligible for listing as a National Register Historic District for its local significance during the period 1955 to 1964 (dates of construction) under Criterion A in the area of Social History, reflecting new patterns in the post-World War Il period and their influence on the development of new forms of suburban residential subdivisions. It is further locally significant under Criterion C in the areas of Architecture and Community Planning and Development for its association with a group of local Modernists in design, architecture, and construction and for its demonstration of the distinctive characteristics of a unique type and period - Modernism in suburban residential development in the post-World War II period. This nomination falls within the historic contexts and registration requirements outlined in both the nationwide Historic Residential Suburbs MPDF and the Historic Residential Subdivisions of Metropolitan Denver 1940-1965 MPDF. Arapaho Hills can be considered a domestic subdivision among the subtypes developed in the latter.
Local significance of the district:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
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