Cobble Hill Farm

Cobble Hill Farm

Distant view of one of the barns
Location 101 Woodlee Rd., Staunton, Virginia
Coordinates 38°10′31″N 79°4′4″W / 38.17528°N 79.06778°W / 38.17528; -79.06778Coordinates: 38°10′31″N 79°4′4″W / 38.17528°N 79.06778°W / 38.17528; -79.06778
Area 196 acres (79 ha)
Built 1937 (1937)
Architect Sam Collins; T.J. Collins and Sons
Architectural style Tudor Revival, French Eclectic
NRHP Reference # 04000105[1]
VLR # 132-5013
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 19, 1979
Designated VLR December 3, 2003[2]

Cobble Hill Farm is a 196-acre farm in Staunton, Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2004.[1] It is composed of three parcels: two tenant farms and the Cobble Hill parcel. The Cobble Hill house is a two-and-a-half story masonry house with a steep-gabled roof, with accents in the Tudor Revival and French Eclectic styles, with a formal garden and pool. It has a one-story, side-gabled porch, with a large, coursed-stone chimney near the entry porch. The roof surfaces are all finished with wood shingles. The building was designed in 1936 by Sam Collins, and built in 1937 for William Ewing's widow.[3]

One of the tenant farms lies across the street and is accessed from Woodlee Rd., and contains a frame, two-story, three-bay, center hall plan vernacular farmhouse, plus several outbuildings, with 46 acres of land. The second tenant farm consists of a frame, side-gabled, three-bay, two-and-a-half story I house with an ell addition, and sits on 63 acres of farm land.

Cobble Hill Farm has several contributing sites and structures, including a garden, pool, shed complex, dairy and feed barns, a summerhouse, a tower, and the buildings of the tenant parcels.

It is still a functional farm, producing sheep and hay. Its area of historical significance is in architecture and engineering.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. "132-0032 Cobble Hill Farm 2004 Final Nomination" (PDF). United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 2004. Retrieved 2013-11-15.


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