Built c. 1801 (1801) VLR # 214-0001 Area 2 ha Added to NRHP 16 January 2004 | NRHP Reference # 03001441 Designated VLR September 10, 2003 | |
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Location 16546 Courthouse Rd., Eastville, Virginia | ||
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.
The house was named after Cessford, in Scotland, the ancestral home of an early settler.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. It is located in the Eastville Historical District.