{"nrhp_refnum":"00000893","name":"Glen Burnie","other_names":["032-0017"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 15, 0.25 mi. N of Palmyra","address_restricted":false,"city":"Palmyra","county":"Fluvanna County","state":"VA","lat":37.86615816500006,"lon":-78.25848116764013,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-08-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house built in 1829 on about 150 acres east of US Route 15, just north of Palmyra in Fluvanna County, Virginia, with a small 1905 family cemetery and a circa 1953 pond on the grounds.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion C in architecture for its association with General John Hartwell Cocke, to whom its design is almost certainly attributed, though this is not documented. It shares Cocke's distinctive features, such as the cruciform plan, projecting towers, brick coping, corbeled cornices and decorative gable vents. It is also noted for its excellent exterior and interior integrity.","narrative":"Glen Burnie is a brick country house north of Palmyra in Fluvanna County, Virginia, built in 1829 for Elizabeth Cary, a widow who had moved onto the land as a tenant. The two-story house rests on a full English basement and follows an unusual cruciform plan, with projecting towers on the south and north fronts. Flemish bond brickwork, a mousetooth cornice, corbeled gable ends, brick coping and decorative vent holes give it an eclectic mix of Federal, Greek, Gothic and Jacobean revival features. Inside, a center-passage plan includes fluted dividing arches, built-in cupboards and corner fireplaces in the second-floor bedrooms. The design is almost certainly the work of General John Hartwell Cocke of Bremo, a close friend of the Cary family, based on strong similarities to his Carysbrook house and the Palmyra jail. The property also includes a 1905 family cemetery with a granite obelisk and a pond made around 1953. Its intact condition adds to its value.","period_of_significance":"1829-1950","architect_builder":"Cocke, John Hartwell","architectural_style":"Mixed: late Federal with Greek, Gothic and Jacobean revival features","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form describes the house as in excellent condition with recent renovations, and all historic outbuildings are missing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.220932-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/6807/41680722/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/00000893.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000893/7d9e0f67e9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000893/7d9e0f67e9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glen_Burnie_gate.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glen_Burnie_gate.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680722","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Burnie_(Palmyra,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712368"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fluvanna-county/glen-burnie-00000893/"}