Grelen
Grelen | |
 Rear, facing Old Rapidan Road | |
  Location within Virginia  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 15149 Grelen Dr., near Orange, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°17′01″N 78°07′00″W / 38.28361°N 78.11667°W |
| Area | 418 acres (169 ha) |
| Built | 1935-1936 |
| Architect | Walter Dabney Blair, et al. |
| Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000049[1] |
| VLR No. | 068-0341 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 13, 1998 |
| Designated VLR | July 2, 1997[2] |
Grelen is a historic home located near Orange, Orange County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1935–1936, and consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, brick Georgian Revival style main block flanked by 1+1⁄2-story brick wings. The house is topped by a slate hipped roof and has a recessed centrally located six-panel front door surrounded by fluted pilasters. It features two massive interior brick chimneys with corbeled caps that rise above the roof of the main block of the house.[3]
The house was designed by Walter Dabney Blair, whose other projects in Virginia included several buildings on the campus of the University of Virginia[4] as well as the McIntire Public Library in Charlottesville. Grelen's gardens were designed by Arthur Asahel Shurcliff, chief landscape architect for Colonial Williamsburg.[5] Grelen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ Nancy A. Alexander (April 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grelen" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ↑ "Walter Dabney Blair". Chattanooga Daily Times. Chattanooga, Tennessee. January 12, 1953. p. 7. Retrieved February 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Grelen – DHR". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
