Ormond Beach in Volusia County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Nathan Cobb Cottage
Photographed By Tim Fillmon, December 1, 2022
1. Nathan Cobb Cottage Marker
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Nathan Cobb Cottage. . The Nathan Cobb Cottage is a rare historic home built using local traditions and cultural practices in the frame vernacular style, and is one of the last standing structures erected from salvaged ship lumber and wood freight in Florida. It was built in 1897 by William Fagen using railroad ties for its walls from the wreck of the schooner Nathan F. Cobb. The ship capsized during a nor'easter storm off the coast of North Carolina which drowned two of her crewmen. It then drifted for 375 miles until it ran aground off the coast of Ormond (now Ormond Beach) on December 5, 1896. During a rescue attempt to save the surviving six crewmen, Freeman Waterhouse, a bookkeeper for the Ormond Hotel, drowned, his body never recovered. It originally included a dog-trot, detached kitchen structure, wood plank front porch with ship balustrade railing, exposed railroad ties on its exterior walls and a wood shake shingle roof with two dormer windows. An indoor kitchen, bathroom and electricity were added which modernized the cottage. It is unlikely that such a building will be constructed again since wood schooners have not been built since the 1920s, and almost all have been decommissioned and salvaged decades ago. , A Florida Heritage Site
The Nathan Cobb Cottage is a rare historic home built using local traditions and cultural practices in the frame vernacular style, and is one of the last standing structures erected from salvaged ship lumber and wood freight in Florida. It was built in 1897 by William Fagen using railroad ties for its walls from the wreck of the schooner Nathan F. Cobb. The ship capsized during a nor'easter storm off the coast of North Carolina which drowned two of her crewmen. It then drifted for 375 miles until it ran aground off the coast of Ormond (now Ormond Beach) on December 5, 1896. During a rescue attempt to save the surviving six crewmen, Freeman Waterhouse, a bookkeeper for the Ormond Hotel, drowned, his body never recovered. It originally included a dog-trot, detached kitchen structure, wood plank front porch with ship balustrade railing, exposed railroad ties on its exterior walls and a wood shake shingle roof with two dormer windows. An indoor kitchen, bathroom and electricity were added which modernized the cottage. It is unlikely that such a building will be constructed again since wood schooners have not been built since the 1920s, and almost all have been decommissioned and salvaged decades ago.
A Florida Heritage Site
Erected 2021 by The Ormond Beach Historical Society, and the
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Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-1161.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1897.
Location. 29° 17.565′ N, 81° 2.905′ W. Marker is in Ormond Beach, Florida, in Volusia County. Marker is on Orchard Lane, 0.1 miles north of Whitman Lane. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 137 Orchard Lane, Ormond Beach FL 32176, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . Cobb Cottage. (Submitted on December 14, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)
Photographed By Tim Fillmon, December 1, 2022
2. Nathan Cobb Cottage Marker
Photographed By Tim Fillmon, December 1, 2022
3. Nathan Cobb Cottage
Public Domain, circa 1900
4. Nathan Cobb Cottage Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 14, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 14, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 111 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 14, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.