Coast Guard Station Cobb Island (aka Cobb Island Station) is a former United States Coast Guard Station that was built on the southern end of Cobb Island, Virginia, one of Virginia's Barrier Islands, on Virginia's Eastern Shore, in 1936, to replace an earlier c.1877 Coast Guard Station. The Coast Guard decommissioned Station Cobb Island in 1964. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) acquired the abandoned former Station Cobb Island in 1973. TNC moved the buildings comprising the former Station Cobb Island, by barge, eight miles across Cobb Island Bay, to a newly prepared site in Oyster, Northampton County, Virginia, on Virginia's Eastern Shore, in May 1998. TNC subsequently restored the former Station Cobb Island as a nature education center/lodge/conference center through adaptive reuse. The property is currently listed for sale.
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HistoryEdit
United States Coast Guard (c.1877/1936-1973)Edit
Coast Guard Station Cobb Island was built by the United States Coast Guard on the southern end of Cobb Island in 1936 to replace an earlier c.1877 Coast Guard Station. The architecture stye of the new Station was Colonial Revival, as designed by the Coast Guard's Civil Engineer's office. Station Cobb Island was decommissioned by the Coast Guard in 1964 and abandoned. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) acquired the former Station Cobb Island in 1973.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (1973-2006)Edit
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) acquired the former Station Cobb Island, from the U.S. Federal Government in 1973, included as part of TNC's Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR). In early May 1998, Expert Construction and House Movers, a Virginia Beach, Virginia, based commercial company contracted by TNC, lifted the three-story former Coast Guard Station building onto a barge. On May 6, 1998, they towed the barge eight miles across Cobb Island Bay to a newly prepared site in Oyster, Northampton County, Virginia, on Virginia's Eastern Shore. On May 7, 1998, the three-story former Coast Guard Station building was unloaded from the barge and moved on land to a newly prepared site. An associated boathouse had also been moved by barge to the newly prepared new site at an earlier date. TNC subsequently restored the former Station Cobb Island as a nature education center/lodge/conference center. A Keeper's cottage and other secondary buildings were subsequently added to complement the original Station.
World Healing Institute (2006-c. 2011)Edit
The former Station Cobb Island was acquired by Cobb Island Station LLC from The Nature Conservancy, c. 2006. The property was leased as a retreat center by the World Healing Institute until 2011.
Property for sale (c. 2016)Edit
The property, including the restored buildings and structures comprising the former Station Cobb Island, is currently (2016) listed for sale. The property is 32.3 acres. Included are: 17 acres of tidal salt marsh, 4 acres of intertidal emergent and scrub/shrub wetlands, and 5 acres of high ground and forest.
Kagawa, Ron M. and J. Richard Kellam. Cobb's Island, Virginia: The Last Sentinel. Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company Publishers, 2003Edit
This publication examines the history of Cobb's Island, Virginia. Chapter 3: "Transformations: The Cobb's Island Life-Saving Stations", pp. 27-119, details the history of Cobb Island's two life-saving stations. This includes the planning for the move of the 1936 Coast Guard Station to the mainland, the move in May 1998, and the subsequent restoration of the former Coast Guard Station's buildings.
"...As part of Shore Financial Corporation's ongoing commitment to the Eastern Shore, we are proud to sponsor the effort to preserve the history, heritage, and traditions of our community. We are pleased that the proceeds of this book will benefit the Eastern Shore of Virginia Chamber of Commerce..."
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External linksEdit
- The National Trust for Historic Preservation: Historic Properties For Sale. Former Coast Guard Station Cobb Island (Current real estate listing)
- Former Coast Guard Station Cobb Island. Real estate listing by Jos. T. Samuels, Inc. Realtors, Charlottesville, Virginia (Current real estate listing)
- Former Coast Guard Station Cobb Island. Real Estate listing by Jos. T. Samuels, Inc. Realtors, Charlottesville, Virginia (Brochure for current real estate listing with details)
- Cobb Island Station For Sale. Jos. T. Samuels, Inc. Realtors, Charlottesville, Virginia. July 22, 2016 (YouTube video - 3 minutes:10 seconds)
- Cobb Island Coast Guard Station | Facebook
- Coast Guard Station Cobb Island - Local Business | Facebook
- The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
- The Nature Conservancy (TNC). Virginia: Eastern Shore: The Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) (Cobb Island)
- TNC's Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR)'s headquarters located at Brownsville Preserve
- Brownsville Preserve, a 1,250-acre nature preserve and historic farm on the Virginia Eastern Shore. TNC's Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) is headquartered at Brownsville. Facebook
- The Nature Conservancy (TNC). Virginia Barrier Island Beach Nesting Bird Brochure. 2012 (Includes map with Oyster, Virginia, and Virginia's Barrier Islands with Cobb Island)
- Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
- U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association
- U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association: Former Coast Guard Stations for Sale: Cobb Island, Virginia; Oyster, Virginia (Photos of Cobb Island Station, c. 1936-1964; c. 1998+)
- Carol Vaughn, "Oyster: A delicacy, a community's way of life, Nov. 9, 2014, Delmarvanow ("...Cobb Island Station also is close by. The former Coast Guard station was moved to property off Oyster harbor by The Nature Conservancy in 1998. Now owned by Cobb Island Station LLC, it was leased as a retreat center until 2011, then was listed for sale, and is now off the market again...")
- "In Oyster, Va., a Coast Guard Pearl". By Marianne Kyriakos. Special to The Washington Post, Sat., Aug. 26, 2006 (Article on property for sale in 2006)
- "Former station of Coast Guard on the market for $5 million", The Virginian-Pilot, May 28, 2006 (Article on property for sale in 2006)
- "Old Coast Guard Station Relocated", The Washington Post, FINAL Edition, METRO Section, May 7, 1998, page D.03 (ProQuest Newspaper Archiver Service)
- National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Multiple Property Documentation Form. Name of Multiple Property Listing: U.S. Government Lifesaving Stations, Houses of Refuge, and pre-1950 U.S. Coast Guard Lifeboat Stations ("...1875 Cobb Island, VA...")
- National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Historic Architecture Program Northeast Region. U.S. Coast Guard Nauset Station Dwelling and Boathouse. Historic Structure Report. Cape Cod National Seashore, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. By Lance Kasparian, Historical Architect, Jan. 2008 (Page 264: "...20. Cobb Island, VA (1936). Oyster, VA 23419 Owned by: Virginia Coast Reserve, The Nature Conservancy, Nassawadox, VA...Moved to Oyster, VA, and renovated by The Nature Conservancy in 1999"... Photo of Cobb Island Station, c. 1936-1964)
- U.S. Coast Guard History Program: Coast Guard Facilities & Stations: Historical Bibliography: Articles. Badger, Curtis J. "Cobb Island Station", The Nature Conservancy of Virginia: Virginia News (Spring 2002), pp. 14-15
- U.S. Coast Guard History Program: Life-Saving Service & Coast Guard Stations. Historic Lifesaving & Other Shore Stations. East Coast/Gulf Coast. Virginia. Cobb Island
- U.S. Coast Guard History Program: Station Cobb Island, Virginia. Also referred to as Cobb's Island. USLSS Station #10, Fifth District Coast Guard Station #157
- "Cobb Island", U.S. Coast Guard Magazine, June 1936, Vol. 9, #8, p. 20 (One of a series of articles relating to the history and development of Coast Guard aviation)
- Badger, Curtis J. and Rick Kellam. The Barrier Islands: A Photographic History of Life on Hogg, Cobb, Smith, Cedar, Parramore, Metompkin & Assateague. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1989. Google Books (Chapter 1: Cobb Island, pp. 1-27. Photographs of c. 1877 and 1936 Cobb Island Life-Saving Stations: p. 23, 25-27)
- Kagawa, Ron M. and J. Richard Kellam. Cobb's Island, Virginia: The Last Sentinel. Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company Publishers, 2003. Kenrick A. Claflin & Son ("...the authors trace the work of the life-savers on the island, and particularly the history of the 1875-76 life-saving station and later Coast Guard stations there, their modifications over the years and finally moving of the Coast Guard station in its entirety to the mainland between 1997-2001...")
- Eastern Shore of Virginia Chamber of Commerce
- Anheuser-Busch Coastal Research Center biological field station, Oyster, Virginia, operated by the University of Virginia (New facility dedicated Aug. 26, 2006)
- Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center, Machipongo, Northampton County, Virginia (copies of the following publication are available at the gift shop: Kagawa, Ron M. and J. Richard Kellam. Cobb's Island, Virginia: The Last Sentinel. Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company Publishers, 2003)
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