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In contrast to today’s restless demographics, Rose Hill Farm is an attestation of family continuity. Samuel Glass, an Irish native, settled in the Opequon Creek area of Frederick County in 1735. Part of his extensive holdings, including the Rose Hill property, were inherited in 1797 by his grandson, Samuel. The log house that Samuel Glass occupied here prior to gaining title is now the rear wing of the present house. In 1816 the farm’s ownership passed to Thomas Glass, a son of Samuel Glass, who built the front section by 1819. The boxy structure, with its shallow roof and row of attic windows, is an area architectural idiom. Fighting took place around the house during the 1862 Civil War battle of Kernstown. In 1952 the property was inherited by Julian Wood Glass, Jr., descendant of Samuel Glass, and is now owned by the Glass-Glen Burnie Foundation.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Programs
DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
