Glen Raven, Victorian mansion in Cedar Hill, United States.
Glen Raven is a mansion near Cedar Hill, Tennessee, built from 1897 to 1902 by Felix Grundy Ewing and Jane Washington. It is a Victorian-style house, and it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 2, 1973.
Glen Raven was built between 1897 and 1902 by Felix Grundy Ewing and Jane Washington near Cedar Hill, Tennessee. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 2, 1973.
Glen Raven was built as a summer home for Felix Grundy Ewing, a lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. Congress, and his wife Jane Washington. The house stayed in the Ewing family until the 1940s, when it passed to other owners. Visitors can look for the stained glass windows imported from Europe.
Visitors can view the house from the roadside as it sits along Washington Road in Cedar Hill with visibility from the street. For detailed photographs and technical architectural drawings, online access is available through the Library of Congress digital collections.
The house was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey and assigned the survey number HABS TN-59. This program was one of the first federal efforts to systematically record and preserve the architectural heritage of America through detailed architectural documentation.
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