National Register of Historic Places

Cobham Park

Cobham, Albemarle County, Virginia
Listed
July 17, 1974
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
74002101

About this property

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. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Location

Cobham, Albemarle County, Virginia
38.05548, -78.26634

Categories

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Sources

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When was Cobham Park listed on the National Register?

Cobham Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1974.

What type of historic resource is Cobham Park?

Cobham Park is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Cobham Park?

The period of significance for Cobham Park is recorded as the industrial era.

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