Annie and John Glenn’s house along Scioto River now for sale
The house that John and Annie Glenn built on the Scioto River in 1973 is on the market.
Working with Columbus architect Woody Acock, the Glenns helped design the ranch home, which features a windowed loft where the former astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio reportedly enjoyed star-gazing.
“The enormous bubble window was so he could view the stars at night, and it is a really cool space,” listing agent Margot Campbell Laumann, with Street Sotheby’s International Realty, said in an article on Realtor.com.
“When in the loft space, it’s pretty amazing to put yourself in John Glenn’s presence.”
The 3,789-square-foot home, featuring four bedrooms and three bathrooms, sits on a 1.1-acre lot on Old Poste Road in Norwich Township, on the west bank of the Scioto River. With a cathedral-ceilinged living room ending in the loft, the home has commanding views.
“It’s a beautiful, sprawling ranch, and you just have tons of natural light that fills the house,” Laumann said in the article. “When you get inside and you see these 180-degree views of the water, it’s very impressive. The walls of windows really bring the outside inside.”
The home, which has a contingent offer, is listed for $1.345 million, a slight price drop from the April listing price of $1.395 million.
The Glenns moved into the home in early 1974, before John Glenn was elected to the U.S. Senate later that year. They sold the home for $241,000in the summer of 1978, a few years into Glenn’s first term, and bought a condominium on the 20th floor of Summit Chase, in Grandview Heights.
John Glenn died Dec. 8, 2016, at age 95. Annie Glenn died May 19, 2020, of COVID-19 at age 100.
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