In 1906, John Roll McLean, former publisher of The Washington Post, built the Great Falls and Old Dominion railway to connect Washington, DC with the settled areas of the Virginia countryside just north of Arlington. The railway encouraged the population in these areas to blossom, and in 1910 the community of McLean was formed, named after the eponymous stop on the railway station. Today, McLean is a wealthy and thriving CDP (census-designated place) suburb, with approximately 48,000 people calling it home.
Home to many diplomats and high-ranking officials, as well as executives working at the nearby headquarters of major companies like Booz Allen Hamilton, Hilton, Freddie Mac, Capital One, USA Today, and Primus Telecom; McLean’s neighborhoods are elegant and spacious. Upscale single-family homes dominate the landscape of sought-after neighborhoods like Ashley, Ballantrae Farms, Chesterbrook Estates, Hill View Estates, Langley, Salona Village, The Reserve, Walter Heights, and Woodside Estates. Stately color palettes, subtle blending with the landscape, and tasteful use of space and texture are the signature style of McLean interiors and exteriors.
Due to the history of its development, the area features a lot of all-brick construction, from classic all brick colonials to brick townhouse neighborhoods in areas like Cedar Cluster, Bryn Mawr, and the Hamptons. When the area was first becoming developed in the 1950s and 1960s, brick masonry denoted strength, high quality, and reliability in construction. In the intervening years, many developers have chosen to continue the now-classic simplicity of all brick construction, or to expand upon the classic theme but mix in other building and finishing materials like stucco, stone, and siding. The combination of masonry construction (or masonry facades) and mature landscaping that is common throughout McLean gives the neighborhoods a luxurious, secure, and well-established feel.
McLean is a stable area, and historically the homes in its neighborhoods have increased their property value drastically. This has led to a steady increase in the development of luxury, custom homes in the McLean area. Redevelopment has been slowly transforming many neighborhoods into showcases of multimillion dollar mansions and sub mansions. While some of these newer buildings have a modern look, many have gone for some form of neoclassical architecture, elaborating and modernizing the classic brick colonial theme that first established the keystone style of McLean.
If you are buying, selling, building, or redecorating a home in McLean, Virginia, take a moment to experience the Blue Door Painters tour of McLean real estate, and to hear what some of our cherished McLean customers have to say about Blue Door Painters work in your neighborhood.
Tour By Neighborhood
Northern McLean
Beaufort Park, Braewood, Hansborough, Heather Hill, Langley Farms, Langley Forest, Langley Fork Lane, Langley Oaks, Linganore, Live Oak Drive, Merryhill, Old Dominion Garden, Parkview Hills, Potomac Overlook, Reid’s Grove, River Oaks, Rivinus, Saigon Road, Walter Heights
Western McLean
Ashley, Byrnwood Estates, Condon Manor, Dominion Villa, Elmwood Estates, Encore, Evans Mill Pond, Foxhall, Greenway Heights, Hallcrest Heights, Lewinsville Square, Lillian Court, Maplewood, McLean Chase, McLean Commons, McLean Corner, McLean Country Estates, McLean Court/McLean Terrace, McLean Hamlet, McLean Hills, McLean Hundred, McLean Hunt, McLean Place, McLean Ridge, McLean Station, Millwood in McLean, Morgan at McLean, Park Crest, Regency, Spring Hill Farm, Spring Meadows, Spring Woods, Summerwood, Swinks Mill Acres, The Fountains, The Reserve, The Ridings, The Rotonda, Timberly South, Wilshyre, Woodhaven, Woodlea Mill, Woodside Estates
Central McLean
Ballantrae Farms, Beverly Manor, Bryn Mawr, Cedar Cluster, Evans Farm, Hamel Hill, Hamptons, Madison, McLean Broyhill Estates, McLean Cove, McLean Crest, McLean House, McLean Manor, McLean Village, Old Dominion Square, Salona Village, Stoneleigh, The Ashby, The Palladium
Eastern McLean
Basil Road, Chain Bridge Forest, Chalice Crest, Chesterbrook Hills, Chesterbrook Woods, Downscrest, Evermay, Gates, Gelston Circle, Georgetown Place, Hastings Estates, Langley, Lynwood, McClean’s Gold Coast, Merrywood on the Potomac, Potomac Hills, Ranleigh, The Dogwoods at Langley, Wrennwood
Southern McLean
Aerie, Birchwood, Cedars of McLean, Chesterbrook, Devon Park, El Nido, Franklin Park, Grace Manor at Minor Hill, Grass Ridge, Kent Gardens, Solitaire, Southridge, Sunny Side, The Colonies, The Westerlies, Vistas
McLean Homes: Painting to Match the Style
Single Family Homes in McLean: The Classic Colonial
While the neighborhoods of McLean, Virginia feature a wide variety of traditional and contemporary architectural styles, including single family homes, townhouses, and condominium garden-style buildings and high rises, the most commonly found style of home on the streets of McLean is the traditional colonial single-family home. Painting and decorating these classic structures, in keeping with the stately sophistication of the McLean ambience, is an exciting challenge.
Colonial homes are multi-story single-family homes with the floors stacked directly on top of each other. In most suburban neighborhoods, colonial homes are two stories high, with four to eight windows. Typically constructed of brick and/or siding, the facades of colonials tend to be symmetrical, with an equal number of windows arranged on each story (although some will have a window in place of the door on upper stories). The roof slopes down to meet the facade, and the chimney, if any, is usually at either end of the building. The majority of the colonial homes in McLean use brick as the primary building material; some painted, others in its natural state. The interiors of colonials tend to have a defined living room, dining room, and kitchen on the main floor, with bedrooms arranged upstairs along a hall at the top of an open staircase.
Repainting and remodeling a traditional or neo-colonial requires attention to the natural details of the architecture, as well as the ambience of the neighborhood. The opportunities for accent colors are sparse on the facade of a colonial, since the trim is minimal; the best way to achieve curb appeal is to work out a subtle, sophisticated color scheme that focuses on the brick or siding itself, the window trim, and the shutters, if there are any. Painting your shutters a new color is the easiest way to harness the power of accent colors on classic brick colonials; Blue Door Painters offers advice on the impact that the color of your shutters has on the impression of your home as seen from the curb. Using your door or a skylight gable, if you have one, to establish an accent color, is another neat trick for working with the colonial exterior to achieve curb appeal.
McLean colonials are primarily constructed of classic brick in its natural colors; if you are considering painting the brick for the first time, make sure to get the right primer and to take all the necessary care in the prep phase of the project. Many of the colonials in McLean were built in the 1950s and 1960s, and the masonry needs to be cleaned and primed thoroughly before it will be ready to receive a paint job. Choose subtle, elegant color schemes to maintain the stately feel of McLean’s neighborhoods.
For the interior of traditional McLean colonials, pay attention to the separation of space that is natural to the home’s floor plan, and create your design accordingly. A colonial offers the opportunity to truly tweak your decor from room to room so that it suits the intention of that room. Warm colors in the kitchen and dining room stimulate appetite and conversation, while sophisticated neutrals or cool colors in the living room and bedrooms encourage relaxation. Many homes in McLean are built prior to 1978, so make sure to take the EPA recommended lead paint safety precautions, or contact a certified lead-safe contractor like Blue Door Painters.
McLean Neighborhoods with Classic Colonial Homes
Aerie, Ashley, Ballantrae Farms, Basil Road, Beaufort Park, Beverly Manor, Birchwood, Braewood, Bryn Mawr, Byrnwood Estates, Cedars of McLean, Chain Bridge Forest, Chesterbrook Hills, Chesterbrook, Chesterbrook Woods, Condon Manor, Devon Park, Dominion Villa, El Nido, Elmwood Estates, Evermay, Foxhall, Franklin Park, Gelston Circle, Georgetown Place, Grace Manor at Minor Hill, Greenway Heights, Hamel Hill, Hansborough, Heather Hill, Langley Farms, Langley Forest, Langley, Langley Oaks, Linganore, Live Oak Drive, Lynwood, McLean Country Estates, McLean Hamlet, McLean Hunt, Old Dominion Garden, Parkview Hills, Potomac Hills, Potomac Overlook, Ranleigh, Reid’s Grove, River Oaks, Rivinus, Salona Village, Solitaire, Southridge, Sunny Side, Swinks Mill Acres, The Dogwoods at Langley
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Northern McLean
– Beaufort Park is a 20-year old development of traditional brick colonial homes on the westbound side of Georgetown Pike just before the Beltway.
– Braewood is a community of single-family homes located just north of Dead Run Stream Park. Originally developed in the 1950s, Braewood has been partially developed in the intervening years, and now features an array of popular styles such as ramblers, split-foyers, split-levels, and traditional colonials.
– Hansboroughis located at the intersection of Balls Hill Road and Old Dominion Drive. Continuously developed since the 1950s, Hansborough contains a wide variety of styles including ramblers, cape cods, craftsman’s split-levels, and traditional colonials.
– Heather Hillis just inside the Capital Beltway, in between Balls Hill Road and the Cooper Intermediate School Site. The single family homes in Heather Hill are all in classic brick and siding colonial or tudor styles, and were built in the late 1970s.
– Langley Farmsis in between Georgetown Pike and Dolley Madison Boulevard in McLean, Virginia. It contains large single family homes in classic historic styles (like colonial, English Tudor, and New England) on large lots, including Hickory Hill, previously home to Robert F Kennedy. Construction in Langley Farms is ongoing, with deluxe custom homes currently under development.
– Langley Forest is a highly popular neighborhood of single family homes north of Georgetown Pike, south of the intersection between the Capital Beltway and the GW Parkway. It includes classic styles like cape cods, ramblers, and colonials, as well as more modern development of multimillion dollar mansions.
– Langley Fork Lane is a private road north of Georgetown Pike featuring four custom-built luxury homes with exotic architectural details like slate or dimensional asphalt roofing, and pre-cast window surrounds.
– Langley Oaks is close to the northernmost arc of the GW Parkway. It is a neighborhood of traditional colonials built from 1975 to 1985.
– Linganore is off of Georgetown Pike, just outside the capital beltway. It features seventeen unique brick or stucco colonials built in 1985.
– Live Oak Drive is just north of the intersection of the capital beltway and the GW Parkway. It features upscale contemporaries and colonials on large scenic lots.
– Merryhill is on Dolly Madison Blvd, just nort of downtown McLean. It is an exclusive neighborhood consisting of 18 all-brick Georgian style townhouses built in 1989.
– Old Dominion Garden is at the intersection of Balls Hill Road and Old Dominion Drive. Originally developed in the 1950s, Old Dominion Garden has been partially redeveloped in the intervening years, and as a result it features a wide range of architectural styles including cape cods, ramblers, colonials, and upscale classic-contemporary mansions.
– Parkview Hills is near Georgetown Pike and the intersection of the Capital Beltway and the GW Parkway. It is a community of single family homes. Originally developed in the 1960s, Parkview Hills features traditional colonials sprinkled with more recently developed custom homes.
– Potomac Overlook is near the Potomac River, just west of Scotts Run Nature Preserve. Bordering the preserve, Potomac Overlook features scenic single-family homes mixing cape cods, contemporaries, and traditional colonials with modern luxury custom homes.
– Reid’s Grove is in between Georgetown Pike and Dolley Madison Blvd, next to the Dead Run Stream Valley Park. Originally developed in the 1940s, Reid’s Grove has been partially redeveloped in the intervening years, and as a result it features a wide range of architectural styles from arts & crafts, contemporaries, and split-foyers to traditional colonials and modern custom luxury homes.
– River Oaks is north of Georgetown Pike, near the intersection of the Capital Beltway and the GW Parkway. The community features single-family homes, and was continuously developed since the 1950s, creating a collection of colonials, ramblers, split-levels, and contemporaries constructed primarily of brick and siding.
– Rivinus is a community of single-family homes near Georgetown Pike and Boyle Lane. It contains a wide variety of styles, including colonials, ramblers, and recently constructed multi-million dollar mansions.
– Saigon Road is in between Georgetown Pike, Swinks Mill Road, and the Capital Beltway. It is a neighborhood of roomy single family homes of a variety of styles located on large, 2-5 acre wooded lots.
– Walter Heights is in between Georgetown Pike and Dolley Madison Boulevard. Originally developed in the 1920s, Walter Heights has been continually redeveloped, resulting in a mixture of single-family styles including bungalows, ramblers, split-levels, split-foyers, cape cods, contemporaries, and colonials.
Western McLean
– Ashley is on Georgetown Pike and Old Dominion Drive near Bellview Road. It features a variety of architectural styles including contemporaries, 21st century log homes, and traditional brick colonials.
– Byrnwood Estates describes a community of five elegant brick colonial and clapboard single-family homes located on Byrnwood Court off of Spring Hill Road.
– Condon Manor is near Spring Hill and Lewinsville Roads, just outside the Capital Beltway. Most of the homes in Condon Manor were built in the 1980s, but some have been recently redeveloped and are in a range of styles, from ramblers to traditional colonials.
– Dominion Villa is just northwest of downtown McLean, near Dolley Madison Blvd. Originally built in the 1960s, Dominion Villa has been partially developed in the intervening years, and now features an array of brick and siding single family homes in popular styles such as ramblers, split-levels, and traditional colonials.
– Elmwood Estates is close to the Beltway, at the intersection of Old Dominion Drive and Balls Hill Road. It is a community of single-family homes on large lots (1-2 acres) that has been continuously developed since the late 1950s. Current construction styles include rambler, split-levels, traditional colonials, contemporaries, and recently developed multi-million dollar mansions.
– Encore is a gated community of condominiums right next to Tysons Corner and 495 in the southwestern corner of McLean.
– Evans Mill Pond is an organized community of Williamsburg style brick garage townhouses just off of Balls Hill Road to the west of downtown McLean.
– Foxhall is a small enclosed neighborhood of large single-family homes on medium to large lots. Most construction is in a classic large-home style, like colonial, neocolonial, or contemporary, and constructed of traditional brick, stone, and siding. Foxhall is located east of the beltway, near Spring Hill Road.
– Greenway Heights is a neighborhood consisting primarily of brick colonials situated on 1/2 acre homesites. It is outside the beltway, in between Georgetown Pike and Old Dominion Road just west of Spring Hill Road.
– Hallcrest Heights is a townhouse community near the intersection of the Capital Beltway and the Dulles Toll Road. Townhouses are 3 levels, constructed entirely of brick, and designed in the traditional Williamsburg town home style with plenty of parkland and common areas.
– Lewinsville Square is a townhouse community at the intersection of Great Falls Street and Dolley Madison Boulevard. Townhouses are 3 or 4 bedrooms, with all brick exteriors.
– Lillian Court is in the heart of Tysons Corner, just outside the beltway from downtown McLean. It features upscale condominiums in modern multistory enclaves.
– Maplewood is a gated community of large, brick and stone or stucco single-family homes on small lots, mixing the single-family home and the townhouse feel. Maplewood is off of Lewinsburg Road, near the intersection of the Capital Beltway and the Dulles Toll Road.
– McLean Chase is near Scotts Run Community Park and the Capital Beltway. It is a low-rise condominium neighborhood with small, one and two-bedroom units.
– McLean Commons is an all-brick townhouse community at the intersection of Great Falls Street and Chain Bridge Road. Townhouses are large and arranged around a forested central common area.
– McLean Corner is an all-brick townhouse development near the intersection of Great Falls Street and Chain Bridge Road.
– McLean Country Estates is off of Spring Hill Road, near Old Dominion Drive. It features brick colonial single family homes on medium-size lots.
– McLean Court/McLean Terrace are brick townhouses overlooking a landscaped courtyard near the corner of Chain Bridge Road and Great Falls Street.
– McLean Hamlet is a neighborhood just northwest of the intersection between the Capital Beltway and the Dulles Toll Road. It was continuously developed from 1965 to 1995, and features a mixture of traditional brick colonials and ramblers.
– McLean Hills is a neighborhood off of Magarty Road consisting of garden-style, mostly brick condominiums built in the 1960s.
– McLean Hundred is outside the beltway, just east of Leesburg Pike and south of Lewinsville Road. McClean hundred homes are classic, roomy single-family residences, constructed of brick, stucco, and stone and framed by mature landscaping.
– McLean Hunt is just west of Timberley Park, outside the beltway and west of downtown McLean. The community was developed in the 1960s and consists of classic brick ramblers and colonials.
– McLean Place is on Spoleta Lane near Magarity Lane. It is an all-brick four-story townhouse community.
– McLean Ridge is just south of the Dulles Toll Road near the intersection with Dolley Madison Blvd. It is an all-brick four-story townhouse community.
– McLean Station is a neighborhood of single-family homes built in the early 1980s. It is near Balls Hill Road, west of downtown McLean, and it is consistently developed with cedar-sided contemporary-style homes.
– Millwood in McLean is a neighborhood of elaborate all-brick single family homes built in 1990. It is north of Old Dominion Road and just west of Swinks Mill.
– Morgan at McLean is a luxury condominium building south of the Dulles Toll Road’s intersection with Dolley Madison Boulevard.
– Park Crest is a high rise condominium building north of Tyson’s Corner and south of the Dulles Toll Road.
– Regency is a high rise condominium building located just east of the Capital Beltway in between Tysons Corner and Scotts Run Community Park.
– Spring Hill Farm is in the southeast quadrant of the intersection between Old Dominion Drive and Spring Hill Road. It is a new development in progress to consist of brand new single family homes in modern craftsman style.
– Spring Meadows is a neighborhood of single-family homes on Spring Hill Road in between Old Dominion Drive and Lewinsville Road.
– Spring Woods is a neighborhood of single-family homes on Spring Hill Road in between Old Dominion Drive and Lewinsville Road.
– Summerwood is a neighborhood to the west of Spring Hill Road, in between Old Dominion Drive and Lewinsville Road. It contains single family home from a variety of styes, most built in the 1980s and on medium large lots (averaging about 1 acre).
– Swinks Mill Acres is a community of all-brick single family homes arranged around a cul-de-sac in between Old Dominion Drive and Lewinsville Road, west of downtown McLean and the Capital Beltway.
– The Fountains is a garden-style and mid-rise condominium community located north of Tysons Corner, near the intersection of the Dulles Toll Road and International Drive.
– The Reserve is north of Old Dominion Drive, just outside the Capital Beltway in McLean. It is an upscale neighborhood of single-family custom mansions constructed in a variety of creative contemporary styles.
– The Ridings is a community of single-family all-brick homes near the intersection of Old Dominion Road and Spring Hill Road.
– The Rotonda is a gated community of high-rise condominiums off of International Drive just north of Tysons Corner.
– Timberly South is a neighborhood south of Timberly Park, north of Lewinsville Road, and west of the Capital Beltway in McLean, Virginia. The neighborhood features single family classic brick colonials on small, -1/2 acre lots.
– Wilshyre is just west of McLean Hamlet Park, north of the Dulles Toll Road. Wilshyre is a relatively modern development consisting of brick-front colonials with two-car garages.
– Woodhaven is a community of single family homes in between Brook Road, Lewinsville Road, and Spring Hill Road. The homes are from a variety of styles, including contemporaries, ramblers, split-levels, and traditional colonials.
– Woodlea Mill is a neighborhood near Spring Hill Road. It features large single-family homes in a unique contemporary style.
– Woodside Estates is a neighborhood on Brook Road in between Leesburg Pike and Old Dominion Road. It features single family homes from a wide array of styles, from contemporaries to classic colonials.
Central McLean
– Ballantrae Farms is a small neighborhood of about 30 homes just outside of central McLean near Dolley Madison Boulevard.
– Beverly Manor is a centrally located community of single family homes just north of McLean’s center on Dolley Madison Boulevard. Originally developed in the 1940s, Beverly Manor has been partially redeveloped in the intervening years, and as a result it features a wide range of architectural styles from traditional colonials, tudors, and victorians, to standard contemporaries, to historically inspired neo-tudor and neo-victorian construction.
– Bryn Mawr is close to the heart of McLean, near the 5-acre Bryn Mawr Park across from the Chain Bridge Corner Shopping Center. The neighborhood includes single-family homes built in cape cod, California contemporary, split-level, and traditional colonial styles, as well as 3-level California contemporary style townhouses and several recently built multi-million dollar homes.
– Cedar Cluster is a collection of luxury 1987 all-brick townhouses off of Chain Bridge Road in central McLean.
– Evans Farm is a gated community between Chain Bridge Road and Dolley Madison Blvd, just west of downtown McLean. Evans Farm contains a mixture of single-family homes, townhouses, and multi-family/small condominium units, all constructed in a similar classic style that complements the historical inn and farmhouse. The historic buildings that were the original constructions on the property have now been converted into community buildings.
– Hamel Hill is just south of Chain Bridge Road, slightly south of downtown McLean. It contains 11 traditional colonial single family homes on 1/3 acre homesites.
– Hamptons is a townhouse community in downtown McLean. Townhouses are all-brick garage residences built in the late 1980s.
– Madison is an all-brick townhouse community just north of downtown McLean. The homes are 3 to 4 floors with elegant courtyards.
– McLean Broyhill Estates is in between Dolley Madison Boulevard, Chain Bridge Road, and Lewinsville Road, just west of downtown McLean. It is a popular community featuring ranchers, ramblers, and split-levels in shady neighborhoods with mature trees.
– McLean Cove is near Davidson Road and Chain Bridge Road. It is an all-brick townhouse community with spacious homes and pre-cast windows.
– McLean Crest is on Dolley Madison Boulevard near downtown McLean. It is a townhouse community with all brick, modern-style townhouses with two-car garages and large windows.
– McLean House is a centrally located 12-story condominium building in downtown McLean.
– McLean Manor is in downtown McClean, near the intersection of Chain Bridge Road and Westmoreland Street. The homes in McLean Manor are single-family residences, including a mixture of ramblers built in the 1950s and newer development in a collection of styles.
– McLean Village consists of both townhouses and single family homes, all constructed in classic brick, and is located close to downtown McLean.
– Old Dominion Square is on McLean Drive off of Old Dominion Drive. It is an all-brick townhouse community.
– Salona Village is south of Dolley Madison Boulevard and east of downtown McLean, and is a popular neighborhood of single-family homes. Originally developed in the 1950s, Salona Village has been partially redeveloped in the intervening years, and as a result it features a wide range of architectural styles. The most common styles are ramblers and traditional colonials, but recent development in the popular neighborhood has led to an increase in custom luxury homes.
– Stoneleigh is a community of all-brick townhouses at the intersection of Westmoreland Road and Chain Bridge Road.
– The Ashby is a high-rise condominium building in downtown McLean.
– The Palladium is a high-rise luxury condominium building in downtown McClean.
Eastern McLean
– Basil Road is a highly desired location between Route 123 and the GW Parkway featuring both historic and contemporary single family homes in a variety of architectural styles, as well as vacant wooded lots. There are older, smaller single family homes in rambler, colonial, and cape cod style, as well as multi-million custom contemporary mansions.
– Chain Bridge Forest is a community of medium-sized single family homes on small (1/3 acre) lots that spans the border between McLean and Arlington County. Chain Bridge Forest homes were originally developed in the 1960s and many have been individually redeveloped, leading to an attractive potpourri of styles, ranging from traditional ramblers and colonials to contemporary split-levels and mini spanish or tudor European-style villas.
– Chalice Crest is near Kirby and Chesterbrook Roads, in the western corner of McLean, developed in 2006 by a contemporary architecture and development firm, Sekas. Homes in Chalice Crest are spacious contemporaries with 2 or 3-car garages.
– Chesterbrook Hills is near Chesterbrook Road, east of Old Glebe. It is a community of contemporaries and traditional colonials developed in the late 1960s.
– Chesterbrook Woods is a dense neighborhood near the GW Parkway in the western corner of McLean. Originally developed in the 1950s, Chesterbrook Woods has been partially redeveloped in the intervening years, and now features an array of popular styles such as ramblers, contemporaries, and traditional colonials.
– Downscrest is nestled in between Dolley Madison Blvd and the GW Parkway, just west of the Parkway, near the George HW Bush Center for Central Intelligence. Downscrest features upscale single-family homes in traditional, contemporary, and neotraditional multistory styles.
– Evermay is at the intersection of Dolley Madison Boulevard and Georgetown Pike. The neighborhood has been continuously developed since the 1970s, and contains single-family homes ranging in style from split-levels to traditional colonials.
– Gates is a gated, mid-rise neighborhood of converted apartments located right at the intersection of the Capital Beltway and the Dulles Toll Road. Most buildings are three to five floors, constructed of traditional brick and siding, and were built in the early 1990s but remodeled and converted into condominiums in 2005.
– Gelston Circle is just outside the beltway, north of Old Dominion Road and just off Swinks Mill Road. The neighborhood features single-family homes ranging in style from ramblers to traditional colonials.
– Georgetown Place is outside the Beltway, near Spring Hill Road in between Old Dominion Drive and Georgetown Pike. The neighborhood contains 20 classic brick colonial single family homes on large lots ranged around a peaceful cul-de-sac.
– Hastings Estates is a brand new development-in-progress of upscale single-family homes located just off of Kirby Road, slightly west of Chain Bridge Forest. Homes are designed in one of three classic contemporary mansion styles, with brick, stone, and siding exteriors.
– Langley is in between the GW Parkway and the Potomac River. The scenic neighborhood features a range of single family home styles, from classic cape cods, ramblers, and colonials to recently built multi-million dollar mansions.
– Lynwood is off of Dolley Madison Boulevard, northeast of downtown McLean. The neighborhood contains elegant brick colonials on medium-sized, 1/2 acre homesites.
– McClean’s Gold Coast is the neighborhood in between Chain Bridge Road and the Potomac River, east of the GW Parkway. There are only a few properties in that location, with a substantial amount of land and luxury single-family home construction.
– Merrywood on the Potomac is a private townhouse community on Chain Bridge Road, east of the GW Parkway, featuring spacious all-brick townhouses.
– Potomac Hills is near the intersection of Kirby Road and Chesterbrook Road. Originally developed in the 1950s and 1960s, Potomac Hills has been partially redeveloped in the intervening years, and as a result it features a wide range of architectural styles from traditional colonials to ramblers and split-levels.
– Ranleigh is just west of the intersection between Chain Bridge Road, Kirby Road, and the GW Parkway. The neighborhood contains traditional brick and siding colonials on 1/2 acre homesites.
– The Dogwoods at Langley is a community of single family homes ranging from contemporary to classic colonial. It is located in between the GW Parkway and Chain Bridge Road, just south of the intersection between those two roads in eastern McLean.
– Wrennwood is in between Chesterbrook Road, Old Dominion Drive, and N Glebe Road. The single-family homes in the neighborhood of Wrennwood are mostly ramblers, split-levels, and colonials, with a scattered collection of newly developed craftsman-style homes.
Southern McLean
– Aerie is just north of Kent Gardens Park. It is a community of brick colonial-style single family homes.
– Birchwood is in the south of McLean, between Kirby Road and Old Chesterbrook. The neighborhood has developed gradually, leading to an organic mixture of ramblers, traditional colonials, and other unique architectural styles.
– Cedars of McLean is in the southern stretch of McLean, near Lewinsville Road and Old Dominion Drive. Developed in the 1980s, Cedars of McLean features large, spacious single-family homes on heavily wooded 1/2-acre home sites. The homes are in a range of classic multistory architectural styles, including colonial, neocolonial, and neo-tudor.
– Chesterbrook is a neighborhood of single family homes in the south of McLean near Kirby Road, that features a variety of architectural styles including ramblers, colonials, split-levels and split-foyers, and new arts-and-crafts style construction.
– Devon Park is a community of single-family homes located just off Westmoreland Street south of downtown McLean and close to Kirby, Longfellow, and Pimmit Run Stream Valley Parks. Originally built in the 1950s, Devon Park has been partially developed in the intervening years, and now features an array of brick and siding homes in popular styles including ramblers, split-levels, and traditional colonials.
– El Nido is a large community of roughly 1200 single family homes bounded by Kent Gardens Park, Westmoreland Street, Kirby Road, and Old Dominion Road. Originally built in the 1950s and 1960s, El Nido has been partially developed in the intervening years, and now features an array of popular styles such as ramblers, split-foyers, split-levels, and traditional colonials.
– Franklin Park is a historical neighborhood south of Kirby Road which has been continuously developed since its establishment in 1909. Many creative developers have contributed unique styles to Franklin Park, leading to a range of single family home styles including craftsman, rambler, traditional rambler and colonial, contemporary, exotic contemporary, and neohistorical.
– Grace Manor at Minor Hill is a community of single family homes including several recently built multi-million colonial style mansions. Grace Manor at Minor Hill is in the historic Franklin Park area, northwest of Powhatan Street.
– Grass Ridge is near Kent Gardens Park, south of downtown McLean. Primarily built in the 1950s, architectural styles in the Grass Ridge community include bi-levels, contemporaries, ramblers, and split-levels with classic brick and siding exteriors.
– Kent Gardens is a neighborhood of smaller single-family homes near Westmoreland Street just south of Kent Gardens Park. Most of the construction in Kent Gardens is small brick cape cods on 1/4-acre lots, with a few craftsman-style and colonial homes mixed in.
– Solitaire is a community of traditional colonial single family homes located in between Chesterbrook Road, Kirby road, and Old Dominion drive in southern McLean. Developed in the 1980s, Solitaire homes have brick exteriors with cedar shake-style roofs.
– Southridge is a community of single family homes in southern McLean, near Westmoreland Street and Great Falls Street. Originally developed in the 1960s, Southridge has been partially redeveloped in the intervening years, and as a result it features a wide range of architectural styles including traditional colonials, split-levels, and classic ramblers.
– Sunny Side is just off of Great Falls Street, close to the Dulles Toll Road. Originally developed in the 1960s, Sunny Side contains a mixture of colonials and split-foyer single family homes.
– The Colonies is just south of Scotts Run Community Park. Containing a mixture of condominiums and apartment buildings, The Colonies is a gated community.
– The Westerlies is just west of the Dulles Toll Road and northeast of Scotts Run Community Park. It features contemporary style townhouses with brick, stucco, and siding exteriors.
– Vistas is south of the intersection of Great Falls Street and Chain Bridge Road, consisting of stylish patio-style contemporary townhouses with mature landscaping and brick and siding exteriors.