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<small>''"Arlington" was the name of the estate founded in 1802 by George Washington Parke Custis, the son of President Washington's step-son, John Parke Custis. It was built as a tribute to the first president, and took the name of the Custis family estate in the tidewater area. The house was inhabited by General & Mrs Robert E. Lee until Lee entered the service of the Confederacy in 1861. In 1864 United States General Montgomery Meigs converted the estate into a military cemetery, now known as Arlington National Cemetery. The name derives from "Harlington", a village and parish in Bedfordshire which was called "Herlingdone" in the Domesday Book (1086). The name translates roughly to "Herala's Hill"; Herala being the name of a Viking clan that settled the area around AD 900.''</small> | |||
Revision as of 00:21, 14 February 2007
Arlington can refer to any of the following:
- Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens
- Arlington-West End neighborhood of Birmingham
- Arlington Park, a historic district in Arlington-West End
- Arlington Properties, a developer
- Streets:
- Arlington Avenue, a street in Birmingham
- Arlington Avenue (Bessemer), a street in Bessemer
- Arlington Crescent, a street in Birmingham
- Arlington Drive, a street in Minor
- Arlington Drive, off Mimosa Road in Shelby County
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"Arlington" was the name of the estate founded in 1802 by George Washington Parke Custis, the son of President Washington's step-son, John Parke Custis. It was built as a tribute to the first president, and took the name of the Custis family estate in the tidewater area. The house was inhabited by General & Mrs Robert E. Lee until Lee entered the service of the Confederacy in 1861. In 1864 United States General Montgomery Meigs converted the estate into a military cemetery, now known as Arlington National Cemetery. The name derives from "Harlington", a village and parish in Bedfordshire which was called "Herlingdone" in the Domesday Book (1086). The name translates roughly to "Herala's Hill"; Herala being the name of a Viking clan that settled the area around AD 900.