English: Looking northeast across the courtyard of Court #1 of the Columbarium Complex at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States. The photographer has just emerged from the southern entrance. A low wall of niches is in the center of the image. The fountain of the courtyard can just be seen to the left.

The 14-acre, rectangular columbarium site is approximately 700 feet from north to south and 800 feet from east to west. The site was previously divided in an east-west direction by Nimitz Drive (now no longer in existence). Columbarium Court #1, with 5,026 niches, opened in April 1980. It did not originally contain a fountain, but one was added later. Court #2, which contained another 5,026 niches, opened in 1984. Each court is 118 feet wide and 175 feet long, and contains about 20,650 square feet of space.

Each columbarium court has a foundation of granite. The exterior walls are built by constructing wooden forms, into which concrete is poured. The exterior walls are then clad in limestone. The interior walls are made of precast concrete, clad in marble. The walkways are covered in flagstone. Each niche accommodates two urns and is sealed with a marble plaque.