Lowland Cottage

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Lowland Cottage
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Nearest citySW of Ware Neck, 0.5 mi. S of VA 623, near Ware Neck, Virginia
Coordinates 37°24′04″N76°28′06″W / 37.40111°N 76.46833°W / 37.40111; -76.46833 Coordinates: 37°24′04″N76°28′06″W / 37.40111°N 76.46833°W / 37.40111; -76.46833
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Built1671
NRHP reference No. 71001104 [1]
VLR No.036-0032
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1971
Designated VLRApril 6, 1971 [2]

Lowland Cottage is a historic home located near Ware Neck, Gloucester County, Virginia. The main and earliest part of the house, considered to have been built between 1666 and 1676, is a gambrel roofed, 1+12-story structure, approximately 40 feet by 20 feet. Sometime between 1783 and 1831 Lowland Cottage received two additions: a 1+12-story gambrel-roofed wing on the east end, and a two-story wing on the north side. The house was remodeled in 1935. [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (March 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lowland Cottage" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo