Glen Burnie | |
![]() Glen Burnie in 2019 | |
Location | 801 Amherst St., Winchester, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°11′13″N 78°10′43″W / 39.18694°N 78.17861°W |
Area | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
Built | 1794 |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 79003305[1] |
VLR No. | 138-0008 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 10, 1979 |
Designated VLR | June 19, 1979[2] |
Glen Burnie is a historic home located at Winchester, Virginia. It consists of a 2+1⁄2-story central section built in two sections about 1794, with flanking two-bay, two-story wings built in 1959. It is a brick dwelling in the Georgian style.[3]
Built in 1794 by Robert Wood, son of James and Mary Wood. James founded Frederick Town (later Winchester) in 1744.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
The house is now part of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.
Gallery
[edit]- Interior
- Interior
- Fireplace
- Gardens
- Teahouse
- Bamboo maze
- Family cemetery
- Pink Pavilion
- Mercurius by Giambologna
- Pond and grounds
- Stream
- Garden sculpture
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (June 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Glen Burnie" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ^ "Glen Burnie Historic House and Gardens". Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
External links
[edit] Media related to Glen Burnie (Winchester, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons
- Glen Burnie, 801 Amherst Street, Winchester, Winchester, VA: 19 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey