Kable House

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Kable House
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Location 310 Prospect St., Staunton, VA
Coordinates 38°9′14″N79°4′9″W / 38.15389°N 79.06917°W / 38.15389; -79.06917 Coordinates: 38°9′14″N79°4′9″W / 38.15389°N 79.06917°W / 38.15389; -79.06917
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha) or less
Built 1873
Architect T.J. Collins & Son
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference # 79003299 [1]
VLR # 132-0022
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 19, 1979
Designated VLR December 19, 1978 [2]

The Kable House is an Italianate building from 1873 on the Mary Baldwin University campus. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1979. [3] It is a two-story, five-bay brick house on a raised basement.

Italianate architecture 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.

Mary Baldwin University

Mary Baldwin University is a private Presbyterian liberal arts, master's-level university in Staunton, Virginia. It was founded in 1842 by Rufus William Bailey as Augusta Female Seminary. Today, Mary Baldwin University is home to the Mary Baldwin College for Women, a residential women's college with a focus on liberal arts and leadership, as well as co-educational residential undergraduate programs within its University College structure. MBU also offers co-educational graduate degrees as well as undergraduate degree and certificate programs for non-traditional-aged students.

Construction started in 1873, and was completed in 1874, for John W. Alby. In 1884, Captain William Hartman Kable purchased the house and opened the Staunton Male Academy (which was renamed again in 1886 to Staunton Military Academy, at the same location) in the building. [4]

Staunton Military Academy

Staunton Military Academy was a private all-male military school located in Staunton, Virginia. Founded in 1884, the academy closed in 1976. The school was highly regarded for its academic and military programs, and many notable American political and military leaders are graduates, including 1964 presidential candidate Sen. Barry Goldwater, 1960's folk singer Phil Ochs, and John Dean, a White House Counsel who was a central figure in the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s.

The house was remodeled in 1917 by T.J. Collins architectural firm, and added indoor plumbing and a kitchen, as well as some modifications to the exterior.

Staunton Military Academy continued to operate until 1976, at which time the building was purchased by Mary Baldwin College. [5]

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References

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