Glen Burnie (Winchester, Virginia) Explained

Glen Burnie
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 19, 1979[1]
Designated Other1 Number:138-0008
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:801 Amherst St., Winchester, Virginia
Coordinates:39.1869°N -78.1786°W
Architecture:Georgian
Added:September 10, 1979
Refnum:79003305

Glen Burnie is a historic home located at Winchester, Virginia. It consists of a -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.[2]

Built in 1794 by Robert Wood, son of James and Mary Wood. James founded Frederick Town (later Winchester) in 1744.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The house is now part of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.

External links

19 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Glen Burnie. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . June 1979 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  3. Web site: Glen Burnie Historic House and Gardens. Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. 20 May 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101220133733/http://shenandoahmuseum.org/press_room/press_detail.php?news_ID=15. 20 December 2010.