Cherrydale, Virginia

Cherrydale is a neighborhood in northern Arlington, Virginia. Centered around an intersection called Five Points, it is bounded by North Taylor Street, North Utah Street, Interstate 66, Langston Boulevard, North Pollard Street, Vacation Lane, Lorcum Lane, and Military Road.

Originating as a small agricultural community at the intersection of Langston Boulevard and Military Road following the Civil War, Cherrydale grew into a streetcar suburb of Washington, D.C. after the arrival of the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad (GF&OD) in the early 1900s. Rapid development occurred through to the 1950s, by which point Cherrydale had an established series of community organizations and a commercial district along Langston Boulevard. During the Civil rights movement, Cherrydale was the site of a sit-in at two local lunch counters that contributed to the desegregation of Arlington County businesses in June 1960. Stratford Junior High School, located on Vacation Lane and now called Dorthy Hamm Middle School, was the first school in the state of Virginia to desegregate in 1959. As one of Arlington's earliest 20th century suburbs that has retained much of its historic architecture, Cherrydale was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 2003. The neighborhood's historic firehouse, built in 1919, was added separately to the Registry in 1995.