Glebe House (Arlington, Virginia)

The Glebe
The Glebe in 2009
Glebe House (Arlington, Virginia) is located in District of Columbia
Glebe House (Arlington, Virginia)
Glebe House (Arlington, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Glebe House (Arlington, Virginia)
Glebe House (Arlington, Virginia) is located in the United States
Glebe House (Arlington, Virginia)
Location4527 17th St., N.,
Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates38°53′30″N 77°7′4″W / 38.89167°N 77.11778°W / 38.89167; -77.11778
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1857
Architectural styleOctagon Mode
NRHP reference No.72001381[1]
VLR No.000-0003
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 23, 1972
Designated VLRJuly 6, 1971[2]

The Glebe House, built in 1854–1857, is a historic house with an octagon-shaped wing in Arlington County, Virginia.[3] The Northern Virginia Conservation Trust holds a conservation easement to help protect and preserve it.[4] The name of the house comes from the property's history as a glebe, an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest.[5] In this case, the Church of England established the glebe before the American Revolutionary War.[5]

A historical marker that the Arlington County government erected near the house in 1969 states that the glebe was a 500-acre (200 ha) farm that was:

... provided for the rector of Fairfax Parish, which included both Christ Church, Alexandria, and the Falls Church. The Glebe House, built in 1775, stood here. It burned in 1808 and was rebuilt in 1820, as a hunting lodge; the octagon wing was added about 1850. Distinguished persons who have occupied the house include the Rev. Bryan Fairfax (8th Lord Fairfax), John Peter Van Ness (Mayor of Washington), Clark Mills (sculptor), Caleb Cushing (first U.S. Minister to China), and Frank Ball (state senator).[6]

The house is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, with number 000-0003.[7] The National Park Service listed the house on the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972.[3][8] The Arlington County Board designated the building as a local historic district on January 7, 1984.[3]

The house is located near Glebe Road (Virginia State Route 120), a major road through Arlington County, which also takes its name from the historic glebe lands of Fairfax Parish.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ a b c "Glebe House". Projects and Planning. Arlington County, Virginia government. Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  4. ^ "Conserving Arlington's Treasured Land". Arlingon County. Northern Virginia Conservation Trust. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  5. ^ a b c Gowen, Annie (2006-08-03). "A Landmark Once Again Becomes a Home". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  6. ^ Vincent, Kevin (2012-07-01). ""The Glebe of Fairfax Parish" marker". HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  7. ^ "Arlington County (Northern Region)". Historic Registers. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  8. ^ Levy, Benjamin (National Park Service) (1973-06-27). "The Glebe" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Nomination Form. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2012-07-25. and accompanying photo


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