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Grelen

Grelen is a historic home located near Orange, Orange County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1935–1936, and consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, brick Georgian Revival style main block flanked by 1+1⁄2-story brick wings. The house is topped by a slate hipped roof and has a recessed centrally located six-panel front door surrounded by fluted pilasters. It features two massive interior brick chimneys with corbeled caps that rise above the roof of the main block of the house.

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Grelen
Rear, facing Old Rapidan Road
Location within Virginia
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Location15149 Grelen Dr., near Orange, Virginia
Coordinates38°17′01″N 78°07′00″W / 38.28361°N 78.11667°W / 38.28361; -78.11667
Area418 acres (169 ha)
Built1935 (1935)-1936
ArchitectWalter Dabney Blair, et al.
Architectural styleGeorgian Revival
NRHP reference No.980000491
VLR No.068-0341
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 13, 1998
Designated VLRJuly 2, 19972

Grelen is a historic home located near Orange, Orange County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1935–1936, and consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, brick Georgian Revival style main block flanked by 1+1⁄2-story brick wings. The house is topped by a slate hipped roof and has a recessed centrally located six-panel front door surrounded by fluted pilasters. It features two massive interior brick chimneys with corbeled caps that rise above the roof of the main block of the house.3

The house was designed by Walter Dabney Blair, whose other projects in Virginia included several buildings on the campus of the University of Virginia4 as well as the McIntire Public Library in Charlottesville. Grelen's gardens were designed by Arthur Asahel Shurcliff, chief landscape architect for Colonial Williamsburg.5 Grelen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.1

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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. Nancy A. Alexander (April 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grelen" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. "Walter Dabney Blair". Chattanooga Daily Times. Chattanooga, Tennessee. January 12, 1953. p. 7. Retrieved February 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Grelen – DHR". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved January 26, 2026.