Calvert Manor is a historic

apartment An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ma ...

building located at 1925-1927 North Calvert Street in

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. It was designed by noted

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architect

Mihran Mesrobian Mihran Mesrobian ( hy, Միհրան Մեսրոպեան; 10 May 1889 – 21 September 1975) was an Armenian-American architect whose career spanned over fifty years and in several countries. Having received an education in the Mimar Sinan Fine Art ...

and built in 1948, in the Moderne style. Mesrobian was also the builder and owner of Calvert Manor. The three-story

garden apartment An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ...

building is constructed of concrete block with red brick facing, highlighted by light-colored cast stone, cement brick details, and vertical bands of glass block. an
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References

External links

Arlington Historical Society listing for Calvert Manor - has a nice color photo showing the intricacy of the brickwork on the facade

Calvert Manor, 1925-27 N. Calvert Street, Arlington, Arlington County, VA
at the

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(HABS) Apartment buildings in Virginia Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Buildings and structures in Arlington County, Virginia Residential buildings completed in 1948 Streamline Moderne architecture in Virginia Art Deco architecture in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Arlington County, Virginia Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia {{ArlingtonCountyVA-NRHP-stub