Point of Honor

Point of Honor

Point of Honor, Lynchburg VA, November 2008
Location 112 Cabell St., Lynchburg, Virginia
Coordinates 37°25′13″N 79°8′39″W / 37.42028°N 79.14417°W / 37.42028; -79.14417Coordinates: 37°25′13″N 79°8′39″W / 37.42028°N 79.14417°W / 37.42028; -79.14417
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1806 (1806)
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 70000872[1]
VLR # 118-0014
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 26, 1970
Designated VLR December 2, 1969[2]

Point of Honor is an historic home located in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is an irregular shaped two-story Federal mansion of stuccoed brick. The facade is composed of a three-bay center section flanked by two octagonal ended projections. Construction was started in 1806, and completed in 1815. The property has commanding views of the city and the James River.

Its most famous occupant was its builder and designer Dr. George Cabell, who was a friend of Thomas Jefferson, and physician to Patrick Henry. It was later owned by Judge William Daniel, Jr., father of United States Senator John Warwick Daniel, "the Lame Lion of Lynchburg." During and immediately after the Civil War it was owned and occupied by Colonel Robert L. Owen Sr., who was President of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, and whose son Robert Latham Owen Jr. later became a United States Senator. Robert L. Owen Sr. died a financially ruined man in 1873, and the family mansion again changed hands.[3]

At two different times in the 19th century, Point of Honor was home to the Langhorne family. In 1828 it was purchased by prominent Lynchburg resident Henry Langhorne, owner of Langhorne Mills in Lynchburg.[4] Later, but still before the war, John S. Langhorne held the residence. His eldest son Chiswell Langhorne became a wealthy industrialist, and daughter Elizabeth Langhorne Lewis was a prominent suffragette.[5] John S. Langhorne's granddaughter's include Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, the original Gibson Girl, and Nancy Langhorne, Viscountess Lady Astor, the first woman elected to the British Parliament.[6]

The house is currently operated as a museum by the City of Lynchburg. It bears a strong relationship to the Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House in Richmond, Virginia.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Point of Honor" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. ↑ Langhorne, James Callaway (2013). The Virginia Langhornes. Lynchburg, Virginia: Blackwell Press. ISBN 978-1-938205-10-1.
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