Sandwich (Urbanna, Virginia) Explained

Sandwich
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 20, 2008[1]
Designated Other1 Number:316-0001
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:131 Virginia St., Urbanna, Virginia
Coordinates:37.6389°N -76.5722°W
Builder:Unknown; Gordon, John
Architecture:Georgian, Colonial Revival, Southern Colonial
Added:May 8, 2008
Refnum:08000390

Sandwich, also known as the Old Customs House, is a historic home located at Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia. It was built about 1758, and is a threebay rectangular plan brick structure is built into the side of a steep hill with stories on the west up-hill facade, and stories on the east side. The house was renovated in the 1930s. Also on the property are a contributing brick wall, and a formal boxwood garden site, which includes four contributing garden buildings. Andrew Jackson Montague purchased the property in 1934. It is considered by many historians to be one of the oldest remaining buildings in the Urbanna Historic District.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sandwich. R. Latane Montague, IV. December 2007. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos