The Glennville Adobe is a California Historical Landmark number 495 in Kern County, California. The house is the oldest in Kern County, built about 1858. The adobe became a California State Historical Landmark No. 495 on October 17, 1951. The house is located at 7977 Highway 155, Woody, California. The house was built by Thomas Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald owned a trading post nearby on an Indian trail when he built the adobe brick house.[1] Since the 1950s the Glennville Adobe has been used as a Fire Department substation.[2] Woody is a small town 7 miles west of the larger town of Glennville, California, north of Bakersfield, California.
- California State Historical Landmark reads:
| Glennville Adobe | |
|---|---|
 Glennville Adobe in 1940 | |
| Location | 7977 Highway 155, Woody, California, in Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35°43′36″N 118°42′03″W / 35.7265694444444°N 118.7007°W |
| Official name | Glennville adobe |
| Designated | October 17, 1951 |
| Reference no. | 495 |
- NO. 495 GLENNVILLE ADOBE - This is Kern County's oldest residence, built before the Civil War by Thomas Fitzgerald as a trading post at the junction of two Indian trails. The present Greenhorn Road follows the east-west trail (later the McFarland Toll Road) to the Kern River mining districts. The town was named in 1857 after James Madison Glenn, an early settler. [3]
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edit- ^ "California parks, Glennville adobe". Archived from the original on 2020-12-25. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ calisphere.org
- ^ "californiahistoricallandmarks.com # 495". Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2020-12-02.