{"nrhp_refnum":"72001381","name":"Glebe, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4527 17th St., N.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.89177018400005,"lon":-77.11748961599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-02-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick cottage with a later octagonal wing, located at 4527 17th Street North in Arlington, Virginia. The oldest part was built by Walter Jones after 1815 on or near the site of the Fairfax Parish glebe house that burned in 1808.","why_significant":"The property occupies the site of the colonial Fairfax Parish glebe house, completed in 1775, and was later home to sculptor Clark Mills and diplomat Caleb Cushing. Its 1850s octagonal wing is described as one of the best examples in Virginia of a mid-nineteenth century building form popularized by Orson Squire Fowler.","narrative":"Set on two acres in Arlington, Virginia, the Glebe is a picturesque, irregular house that grew in stages. Its oldest section is a one-and-a-half-story brick cottage, probably built by Walter Jones after 1815 on the site of the Fairfax Parish glebe house, which was completed in 1775 and destroyed by fire in 1808. Irregular brickwork suggests reused bricks from the ruins. In the 1850s sculptor Clark Mills, who used the house as a studio and made the working model of his Andrew Jackson equestrian statue there, added a two-story octagonal wing with a cupola, topped by a teakwood eagle later associated with owner Caleb Cushing. The wing is described as one of the best Virginia examples of the octagon form popularized by Orson Squire Fowler. Early twentieth-century remodeling added much of the interior trim and the divided stair. A boxwood-lined path leads through a shaded yard to the entrance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Benjamin Ray (original 1775 glebe house); Walter Jones (earliest part of present house); Clark Mills (octagonal wing)","architectural_style":"Octagonal wing (mid-19th century octagon form) added to an early 19th-century brick cottage","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as excellently maintained and in excellent condition; used as a private residence and occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.211256-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/6795/41679582/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001381.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001381/e3133c1365-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001381/e3133c1365-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"KudzuVine","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Glebe,_4527_17th_St_(Arlington,_Virginia).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">KudzuVine</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Glebe,_4527_17th_St_(Arlington,_Virginia).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04000111","name":"Waverly Hills Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/waverly-hills-historic-district-04000111/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679582","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glebe_House_(Arlington,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713302"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/glebe-the-72001381/"}