Glenview Farm
National Register of Historic Places

Glenview Farm

Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland
Listed
October 9, 2007
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
07001073

About this property

Glenview Mansion is a historic home and surrounding property located at Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. The house is a 1926 Neo-Classical Revival style house on 65 acres (260,000 m2) of landscaped ground. The five-part mansion incorporates the remnants of the 1838 house called "Glenview." Since 1957, the house and grounds have been owned by the City of Rockville, and are used for various civic, cultural and social events, and is known as Rockville Civic Center Park. The house also includes the Glenview Mansion Art Gallery.

Location

603 Edmonston Dr.
Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland
39.08770, -77.12792

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 07001073. It was listed on October 9, 2007.

Categories

SOCIAL HISTORYARCHITECTURELANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Battles

Rockville Wagon Train Capture 1864
1864Civil War
1.4 mi
Rockville Skirmish
1864Civil War
1.4 mi
Rockville Cavalry Skirmish (Stuart's Ride to Gettysburg via Maryland, 1863)
1863Civil War
1.4 mi
Early's Raid on Washington
1864Civil War
3 mi

Questions about this property

When was Glenview Farm listed on the National Register?

Glenview Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 2007.

What type of historic resource is Glenview Farm?

Glenview Farm is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Glenview Farm?

The period of significance for Glenview Farm is recorded as the early_republic era.

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