The Glebe House, built in 1854–1857, is a historic house with an octagon-shaped wing in

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. The Northern Virginia Conservation Trust holds a

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to help protect and preserve it. The name of the house comes from the property's history as a

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, an area of land within an

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used to support a parish priest. In this case, the

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established the glebe before the

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. A historical marker that the Arlington County government erected near the house in 1969 states that the glebe was a farm that was:

... provided for the rector of Fairfax Parish, which included both Christ Church, Alexandria, and
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. The Glebe House, built in 1775, stood here. It burned in 1808 and was rebuilt in 1820, as a hunting lodge; the octagon wing was added about 1850. Distinguished persons who have occupied the house include the Rev. Bryan Fairfax (8th Lord Fairfax), John Peter Van Ness ( Mayor of Washington), Clark Mills (sculptor), Caleb Cushing (first U.S. Minister to China), and Frank Ball (
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).

The house is listed on the

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by the

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, with number 000-0003. The

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listed the house on the

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on February 23, 1972. an
accompanying photo
/ref> The Arlington County Board designated the building as a local historic district on January 7, 1984. The house is located near Glebe Road ( Virginia State Route 120), a major road through Arlington County, which also takes its name from the historic glebe lands of Fairfax Parish.

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Northern Virginia Conservation Trust
Houses in Arlington County, Virginia Arlington County Historic Districts Octagon houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1815 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Arlington County, Virginia {{ArlingtonCountyVA-NRHP-stub

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