Historical Marker · No. 495
Glennville Adobe
Glennville, Kern County · California
Erected by the California State Division of Beaches and Parks in cooperation with the Kern County Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No. 239 N.D.G.W., and the Kern County Museum, 1952
Thomas Fitzgerald put up this adobe about 1858 as a trading post where two Native trails crossed, and Greenhorn Road still follows the east-west one. It is called Kern County's oldest residence, which is true and slightly beside the point: it was not built to be a residence, and it is not one now. The county fire department's Glennville substation shares the lot. By 2023 the adobe stood empty with a failing chimney and a corner going, and the historical society was pressing for repairs.
What the plaque says
GLENNVILLE ADOBE KERN COUNTY'S OLDEST RESIDENCE. BUILT BEFORE CIVIL WAR BY THOMAS FITZGERALD AS TRADING POST AT JUNCTION OF TWO INDIAN TRAILS. PRESENT GREENHORN ROAD FOLLOWS EAST-WEST TRAIL (LATER McFARLANE TOLL ROAD) TO KERN RIVER MINING DISTRICTS. TOWN NAMED IN 1857 AFTER JAMES MADISON GLENN, AN EARLY SETTLER. STATE REGISTERED LANDMARK NO. 495 BUILDING AND LAND DONATED TO KERN COUNTY BY MR. AND MRS. HAL DUVAL MARKER PLACED BY CALIFORNIA STATE DIVISION OF BEACHES AND PARKS IN COOPERATION WITH KERN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, EL TEJON PARLOR NO. 239, N.D.G.W., KERN COUNTY MUSEUM DEDICATED MARCH 23, 1952
Where it stands
35.72666, -118.70063 · Directions
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