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How it Began
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The Beginning
Most of Lyon Village was originally part of Robert Cruit's estate, which was purchased in 1846 and 1847 as a weekend and holiday retreat and later used as a dairy farm. The property was purchased by Frank Lyon in 1923 and divided into lots for real estate development. Approximately thirty-seven percent of the existing homes in Lyon Village were built in the 1920's, another thirty-six percent in the 1930's, and the remainder since 1940.
The first Lyon Village Neighborhood Conservation Committee was formed in 1970. It drafted a fifty page plan which outlined the neighborhood's needs in the areas of traffic control, sidewalks, curbs, and gutters. However, the Committee's ideas concerning neighborhood conservation were several years before their time. Repeated efforts by Lyon Villagers finally resulted in the approval of a comprehensive neighborhood conservation plan for Lyon Village by the Arlington County Board in 1978.
Lyon Village also has a civic association (www.lyonvillage.org) that, along with neighboring civic associations, has been very active in the development of the sector plan for the Court House, Clarendon, and Virginia Square Metro station areas. These civic groups have helped to devise plans that will provide an exciting framework for development that will be compatible with established neighborhoods such as Lyon Village.
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