Glen Burnie (Palmyra, Virginia)

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Glen Burnie
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Location U.S. Route 15, 0.25 miles (0.40 km) north of Palmyra, Virginia
Coordinates 37°52′1″N78°15′27″W / 37.86694°N 78.25750°W / 37.86694; -78.25750 Coordinates: 37°52′1″N78°15′27″W / 37.86694°N 78.25750°W / 37.86694; -78.25750
Area150 acres (61 ha)
Built1829 (1829)
Built byJohn Hartwell Cocke
NRHP reference No. 00000893 [1]
VLR No.032-0017
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 2, 2000
Designated VLRJune 14, 2000 [2]

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. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]

The property at Glen Burnie currently houses a small Eastern Orthodox monastery, the home to two monks. [4] [5] One monk is an Iconographer and has a workshop and studio on the property at Glen Burnie. [6]

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References

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