Glenwood Hall, located in Perry Park, Kentucky is a Georgian Style brick plantation built in 1832 by Washington Perry son of Benjamen Head Perry II. His grandfather Benjamin Head Perry I was a Revolutionary War veteran and was granted land in what is now Owen County, Kentucky. Washington, who moved along with his parents and grandparents from Virginia to Kentucky, built Glenwood Hall as his plantation home. He and his wife Martha lived there until their deaths. The house has hosted numerous guests and dignitaries including Grover Cleveland before he assumed the office of President of the United States. When Martha died in 1893, the house was given to her grandson, Perry Minor, son of George Church Minor and Mary Perry. He lived in the house until his first cousin John Perry bought the house, and all the land in the area, naming it Perry Park after himself. It is unknown what happened next to the house, but sometime around 1960 it was most likely being used as a restaurant. When the community was converted to a golf resort, the restaurant stayed to feed the golfers. At one point the brickwork was covered with white wooden panels, and was painted white where the panels could not be placed. There is one location seen only from a second story window, where guests can see a very this strip.
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