Grelen
Historic house in Virginia, United States
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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]
Grelen | |
Rear, facing Old Rapidan Road | |
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| Location | 15149 Grelen Dr., near Orange, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°17′01″N 78°07′00″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] |
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]