Glen Arvon, originally known as Glenarvon, is a historic plantation house and farm located near Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1836, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. It measures 50 feet by 40 feet and is topped by a shallow hipped roof with

balustrade A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features. In furniture construction it is known as a spindle. Common materials used in its con ...

. The front facade features a two-story Greek Doric order

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. Also on the property is the contributing two-story, brick servant's house. The house is a twin of

Point of Fork Columbia, formerly known as Point of Fork, is an unincorporated community and census designated place in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the James and Rivanna rivers. Following a referendum, Columbia was dissolved a ...

, as they were built by brothers William and James Galt. an
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/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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Plantation houses in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1836 Houses in Fluvanna County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fluvanna County, Virginia {{FluvannaCountyVA-NRHP-stub