Glen Burnie (Palmyra, Virginia) Explained

Glen Burnie
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 14, 2000[1]
Designated Other1 Number:032-0017
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.8669°N -78.2575°W
Builder:John Hartwell Cocke
Added:August 2, 2000
Refnum:00000893

Glen Burnie is a historic home located near Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia. It was built in 1829, and is a two-story, three-bay, cruciform plan, gable-roofed brick structure with gable-end chimneys. The house was designed by General John Hartwell Cocke for Elizabeth Cary. The house has an eclectic mix of late Federal and Greek, Gothic, and Jacobean revival features. It has a mousetooth cornice, unusual pivoting windows, projecting towers and one-story porches on the south and north facade. Also on the property is the contributing Glen Burnie cemetery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

The property at Glen Burnie currently houses a small Eastern Orthodox monastery, the home to two monks.[3] [4] One monk is an Iconographer and has a workshop and studio on the property at Glen Burnie.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Glen Burnie. Marvin F. Moss. February 2000. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos
  3. Web site: Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese/Skete of St Maximos the Confessor. 25 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Interview with Marvin Moss. 14 October 2014. 25 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Palmyra Monk creates Icons. 22 December 2016. 25 June 2021.