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| Glendower Mansion & Garden |
Glendower Opens for Summer Tours. Our beautiful Greek revival house museum, Glendower Mansion & Gardens, opened for the 2019 summer season on June 1. Glendower is located at 105 Cincinnati Ave. in Lebanon, Ohio. Built in 1845, Glendower was the home of Ohio State Representative John Milton Williams from 1845 to 1868, Civil War hero General Durbin Ward 1868 to 1904 and Lebanon's grand dame, Ladora Scoville Owens 1904 to 1940. The house was purchased by the Warren County Historical Society in 1944 and opened as a memorial to the pioneers of Warren County, Ohio in 1945.
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| 1850's border print muslin dress property of the Warren County Historical Society |
Glendower is open for tours Friday, Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4:00 p.m. June 1 through September 1. Admission is $10.00 .Group tours of 15 or more by appointment Tuesday through Thursday, admission $8 per person.
Built by attorney John Milton Williams and his wife Mary Rigdon Williams using a local builder and plan book of the time, Glendower is nationally recognized for its beautiful Greek revival architecture. It was the first of five houses built between 1845 and 1852 on a hill just south of downtown Lebanon in an exclusive residential neighborhood known as Floraville. The house is furnished circa 1845 to 1865 with a fine collection of paintings, furniture and decorative arts.
The garden consists of four acres of historic old trees and gardens maintained by the Warren County Master Gardeners. The gardens include a allee providing a grassy walk way from the street to the impressive front entrance, a terrace garden and a medicinal herb garden.
