If you want to own — or just ogle at — a piece of local history, the Ellen Glasgow House is on the market for just shy of $1.4 million. The Greek Revival style mansion was built in 1841 and was home to Pulitzer-winning author Ellen Glasgow for almost 60 years.
The house at 1 W. Main St. has been on the market for several years now. The ~11,500-sqft mansion, which has been listed on the National Registry of Historic Places since 1972, last sold for $3.5 million in 2020.
The elaborately-designed home features 14-foot ceilings, Doric columns, and a carriage house around back.
Ellen Glasgow was a Richmond native and acclaimed novelist best known for her 1941 book “In This Our Life.” Glasgow moved into the mansion on West Main at 13 and lived there until her death in 1945.
