Glendower State Memorial

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Location Lebanon, Ohio
Coordinates 39°25′47.5″N84°12′36″W / 39.429861°N 84.21000°W / 39.429861; -84.21000
Built1836
ArchitectBennett, Amos
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 70000521 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1970

Glendower, now known as Glendower Historic Mansion and Arboretum, is a historic Greek Revival style house located at 105 Cincinnati Avenue, U.S. Route 42, Cincinnati Avenue, in Lebanon, Ohio. It was built in 1836 by Amos Bennett for John Milton Williams, a Lebanon merchant, and named for Owain Glyndŵr (often anglicised as "Owen Glendower"). It has been called "one of the finest examples of Residential Greek Revival architecture style in the Midwest." [2]

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On November 10, 1970, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Current use

From 1944 through 2007, Glendower was operated and maintained by the Ohio Historical Society. On December 3, 2007, it was transferred to the Warren County Historical Society, which ran the site until August 2022 as a museum. [3]

Glendower sold in the fall of 2022 to a private buyer but the sale fell through when the buyer backed out and went on sale again in January 2023, with all restrictive Governor Deed covenants that limited its use removed. [4]

The grounds of Glendower were often used by Civil War reenactors.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Glendower Historic Mansion and Arboretum". Warren County Historical Society. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  3. "Historic site in Warren County to close; non-profit cannot afford to maintain". WKEF. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  4. "Iconic Glendower mansion in Warren County is on the auction block again". WCPO 9 Cincinnati. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

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