Cobham Park (Virginia)
Cobham Park, or Cobham Park Estate, is a historic estate located near Cobham, in Albemarle County and Louisa County, Virginia. The mansion was built in 1856, and is a rectangular 2 1/2-story, five bay, double pile structure covered by a hipped roof with three hipped roof dormers on each of the main slopes, and one dormer on each end. The house is an unusual example of ante-bellum period Georgian style architecture. It features front and rear, simple Doric order porches supported on square Ionic order columns. Also on the property are two smokehouses, one brick and one frame, a frame dependency, and a simple two-story frame dwelling. It was the summer home of William Cabell Rives, Jr., (1825-1890), second son of the noted United States senator and minister to France William Cabell Rives.[4]
Cobham Park | |
 Entrance to the estate | |
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| Location | South of VA 22, near Cobham, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°3′34″N 78°15′46″W |
| Area | 692.5 acres (280.2 ha) |
| Built | 1856 |
| Built by | McSparren |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 74002101[1] |
| VLR No. | 002-0153 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 18, 1974 |
| Designated VLR | January 15, 1974[2][3] |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- CVirginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cobham Park" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
