Glennville Adobe Explained

Location:7977 Highway 155, Woody, California, in Kern County, California
Designation1:California
Designation1 Offname:Glennville adobe
Designation1 Date:October 17, 1951
Designation1 Number:495
Coordinates:35.7266°N -118.7007°W

The Glennville Adobe is a California Historical Landmark number 495 in Kern County, California. The house is the oldest in Kern County, built about 1858. The adobe became a California State Historical Landmark No. 495 on October 17, 1951. The house is located at 7977 Highway 155, Woody, California. The house was built by Thomas Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald owned a trading post nearby on an Indian trail when he built the adobe brick house.[1] Since the 1950s the Glennville Adobe has been used as a Fire Department substation.[2] Woody is a small town 7 miles west of the larger town of Glennville, California, north of Bakersfield, California.

NO. 495 GLENNVILLE ADOBE - This is Kern County's oldest residence, built before the Civil War by Thomas Fitzgerald as a trading post at the junction of two Indian trails. The present Greenhorn Road follows the east-west trail (later the McFarland Toll Road) to the Kern River mining districts. The town was named in 1857 after James Madison Glenn, an early settler. [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: California parks, Glennville adobe . 2020-12-02 . 2020-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201225021128/https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/495 . live .
  2. https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt7h4nd5d3/ calisphere.org
  3. Web site: californiahistoricallandmarks.com # 495 . 2020-12-02 . 2021-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210419033506/https://www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com/landmarks/chl-495 . live .