{"nrhp_refnum":"79001766","name":"Glenwood","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Enon on SR 1549","address_restricted":false,"city":"Enon","county":"Yadkin County","state":"NC","lat":36.15304305950005,"lon":-80.4666452550612,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Glenwood is a two-and-one-half-story frame Greek Revival plantation house east of Enon in Yadkin County, North Carolina, completed in 1851 for Tyre Glen and his wife Martha Bynum Glen, with a surviving brick kitchen.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a well-preserved example of Greek Revival architecture typifying antebellum plantation life, unusual in a region dominated by small farms. It is also tied to Tyre Glen, a wealthy slave trader and large landowner who opposed secession and hosted prominent North Carolina politicians. The estate also reflects agricultural development in the northwestern Piedmont.","narrative":"Glenwood is a stately Greek Revival mansion in Yadkin County, North Carolina, finished in 1851 for Tyre Glen and his wife. It is a frame house with weatherboard siding, a center-hall plan, and a pedimented Doric portico with four fluted columns. Local craftsmen and enslaved workers spent five years building it, using pine, cherry, soapstone and granite from the estate. Inside are a thirty-seven-foot hall, cherry doors, soapstone fireplaces and a plaster ceiling medallion. A brick kitchen survives behind the house. Glenwood anchored an estate of about 3,500 acres and nearly 200 enslaved people, large for a Piedmont region of small farms. Glen made his fortune in the domestic slave trade, yet opposed secession and favored abolition. He entertained figures such as Governor Zebulon Vance and Thomas Settle, Jr. The property stayed in the Glen family for over a century and remains a well-preserved example of antebellum architecture and plantation life.","period_of_significance":"1851","architect_builder":"Tyre Glen (builder/owner); carpenter George Carver apparently supervised the work","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition, slightly altered; restored and maintained by its owners.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.510901-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/7228/47722881/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001766.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001766/561d9bd6b9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001766/561d9bd6b9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"CRob2000","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glenwood_(2).png\" rel=\"noopener\">CRob2000</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glenwood_(2).png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722881","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenwood_(Enon,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5569451"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/yadkin-county/glenwood-79001766/"}