Glendower

105 Cincinnati Avenue
Lebanon, OH 45036
513-932-5366 1-800-283-8927

"It is one of the finest examples of the Greek Revival architecture in the Middle West."

--Ralph E. Phelps
Toledo Blade, 1 August 1956

Glendower is a restored Greek Revival mansion, one of the five built during the last century on a hill south of the center of Lebanon. John Milton Williams, a framer of the state's constitution, employed Amos Bennett to build the rectangular central unit in the 1840's. Flanking wings were added prior to the Civil War.

The mansion's distinctiveness is partly due to its classic cornices and porticoes, its fluted Ionic and unfluted Doric columns, and a low, hipped roof capped by a captain's walk. The 13 rooms include a formal drawing room with two fireplaces. All rooms, furnished with Empire and early Victorian style pieces, reflect the skilled local craftsmen and gracious living of the residents. General Durbin Ward, a brigadier general in the Civil War, lived in the house following the war.

LOCATION

Glendower is on U.S. Route 42 in Lebanon, in Warren County, three blocks SW of the intersection with State Route 123.