Cessford | |
 Cessford, HABS Photo | |
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| Location | 16546 Courthouse Rd., Eastville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°20′59″N75°56′54″W / 37.34972°N 75.94833°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | c. 1801 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 03001441 [1] |
| VLR No. | 214-0001 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 16, 2004 |
| Designated VLR | September 10, 2003 [2] |
Cessford is a historic plantation house located at Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia. It was built about 1801, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Federal style brick dwelling with a later two-story brick addition. It has a slate covered gable roof and features central pedimented porches on the north and south facades. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse, quarter kitchen, a utility building, and the original pattern of a garden. During the American Civil War, Brigadier General Henry Hayes Lockwood on July 23, 1862, commandeered the property for his headquarters and remained in residence of the property throughout the war. [3]
The house was named after Cessford, in Scotland, the ancestral home of an early settler. [4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1] It is located in the Eastville Historical District.
