Dominion Hills Walkabout
First settled by Native American tribes and then colonized by English settlers in the 1600s, this area remained largely rural from the Civil War through the early 1900s. The bucolic countryside was forever changed when Merwin A. “John” Mace bought land here in 1945. Naming it Dominion Hills, Mace built 420 homes by 1951. Today, Dominion Hills boasts 612 homes, two commercial buildings, and access to some of Arlington’s most popular recreational facilities, all nestled within this arrowhead-shaped west Arlington neighborhood.
Length: Approximately 2 miles
Terrain: Hilly, with winding streets, wide boulevards and paved trails
Car-Free Access: Metrobus 2ABC or 1E, by bicycle on the Four Mile Run Trail
PRINTABLE MAP/FLIER IS AVAILABLE HERE:
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Acknowledgements: Created with the Dominion Hills Civic Association
Dominion Hills News You Can Use
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Comments
- Bert Mount
- March 6, 2012, 12:21 PM
What a great idea and video. I was born in Arlington (OK - D.C. actually, but we lived in Arlington) in 1946 (wow I'm old) and lived there until around the mid to late sixties. I saw George Lincoln Rockwell lying dead on the sidewalk before they had even covered him up and I met Shirley McLaine (sp?) when she was famous & visiting her parents. I just want to point out that I don't remember the Civil War. That video sure brings back alot of memories.
- Sandy (Rhodes) Lessard
- March 6, 2012, 5:18 PM
Thank you for the research, time, and effort it took to compile this video. My brother and I grew up in a home on Livingston St.(from the early 1950s)and though the area has changed considerably, I remember much of what was portrayed in years past. I spent many hours as a part of the swimming team and was amused with your recount of the history of what we knew as the clubhouse and residence of our swimming coach. We attended Ashlawn Elementary School the first year it opened. My brother played baseball on the fields and I took tennis lessons at the area at the bottom of the hill and to the right on Wilson Blvd. Our Mom served as the Secretary of the Dominion Hills Association years ago. In those days all of our parents were actively involved with their children's interests. There were neighborhood picnics and Halloween parties held at BonAir Park. Your neighbors were also your friends. As per one of our neighbors, the person who shot Rockwell ran through our back yard during his escape (we were on vacation at the time and saw it on the national news). Many memories for us...and may later generations also enjoy this video.
- Michelle Hardy (Burgess)
- March 8, 2012, 4:25 PM
I grew up in Arlington. My dad, aunt and uncle grew up in Dominion Hills. I went to Ashlawn 4th - 6th grade, swam at the pool, had parties at the "club house", watched fireworks on the hill, went sledding at McKinley. The BEST memories. I live in Florida but SO miss Arlington, Virginia. It will forever be "home" to me.
- André M. Smith
- May 5, 2012, 12:15 PM
You might like to alert your readers to another bit of local Dominion Hills lore, which began only two years after Mr Mace commenced the creation of this community in 1945.
See http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=24924 and scroll down to the recollections entitled
Additional comments.
1. Memories of a W&OD Railroad Employee
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André M. Smith, Bach Mus, Mas Sci (Juilliard)
Diploma (Lenox Hill Hospital School of Respiratory Therapy)
Postgraduate studies in Human and Comparative Anatomy (Columbia University)
Formerly Bass Trombonist
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra of New York,
Leopold Stokowski’s American Symphony Orchestra (Carnegie Hall),
The Juilliard Orchestra, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Orchestra, Baltimore Opera Company,Department of Agriculture Symphony Orchestra, Department of Commerce Symphony Orchestra, etc.
