{"nrhp_refnum":"76002106","name":"Glen Arvon","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Bremo Bluff near jct. of VA 655 and VA 656","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bremo Bluff","county":"Fluvanna County","state":"VA","lat":37.70444391900003,"lon":-78.2463901010851,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Glen Arvon is a two-story brick plantation house on a 1187-acre working farm along the upper James River near Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna County, Virginia. It was built about 1836 for William Galt II.","why_significant":"The house shows the high architectural quality of antebellum mansions along the upper James River. It is one of a pair of identical houses, with Point of Fork downstream, built at the same time by two brothers. Both combine delicate Federal-period proportions with large Greek Doric porticoes, showing the shift from the Adam style to Greek Revival in 1830s Virginia.","narrative":"Glen Arvon is a brick plantation house on a 1187-acre working farm above the James River in Fluvanna County, Virginia. Built around 1836, it has a five-bay river front and a land front sheltered by a two-story Greek Doric portico. The brickwork is refined Flemish bond, with marble sills and lintels and a balustraded hipped roof. Inside, a central hall holds an elliptical arch and a spiral stair with carved brackets. The house was one of two identical dwellings, the other being Point of Fork downstream, built at the same time by brothers William and James Galt, great-nephews of Richmond merchant William Galt. Together the houses illustrate the move from the delicate Federal style toward Greek Revival design in 1830s Virginia. After William Galt II died in 1851, the estate passed through several owners, including Franklin Stearns, and a two-story brick servants' house, now a guest house, survives nearby.","period_of_significance":"1836","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional Federal to Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence and working farm; the exterior is described as excellently preserved and well maintained, with the interior modernized.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.762698-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/6807/41680703/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/76002106.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002106/3e0c564584-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002106/3e0c564584-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glen_Arvon_entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glen_Arvon_entrance.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680703","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Arvon","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15221743"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fluvanna-county/glen-arvon-76002106/"}