Arvine Heights Historic District, Historic residential district in Rochester, United States.
Arvine Heights Historic District is an exclusively residential section of Rochester's Nineteenth Ward, with 61 contributing buildings, 37 of them houses. The dwellings were built between about 1920 and 1942 in Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Bungalow/American Craftsman styles, modest designs aimed at middle-class buyers.
Arvine Heights took shape between about 1920 and 1942 as an exclusively residential section of Rochester's Nineteenth Ward. Its 61 contributing buildings, 37 of them houses, were modest designs aimed at middle-class buyers in a newly developing part of the city. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The district's houses were built for middle-class buyers in Rochester's Nineteenth Ward, and their styles vary from lot to lot: Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Bungalow/American Craftsman. Walking the streets, a visitor can compare porches, gables and rooflines that mark each house's style.
The district can be explored on foot without any entry fees, with views of the homes available from public streets throughout the area. The best way to see the architecture is to walk slowly through the neighborhood and observe the details of each building.
Of the 61 contributing buildings, 37 are residences; the rest are outbuildings such as garages. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015, so its period of development, about 1920 to 1942, is documented street by street.
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