{"nrhp_refnum":"08000390","name":"Sandwich","other_names":["Old Customs House","Dhr# 316-0001","Dhr #316-0009-0001"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"131 Virginia St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Urbanna","county":"Middlesex County","state":"VA","lat":37.63915477000006,"lon":-76.57201421299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Conservation","Exploration/Settlement","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Sandwich is a brick Georgian dwelling at 131 Virginia Street in Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia, built between about 1754 and 1762, most likely by merchant John Gordon. The property also has a Colonial Revival boxwood garden, garden buildings and a brick wall from 1934-1960.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Sandwich is one of the oldest surviving buildings in historic Urbanna and embodies an 18th-century tobacco port residence. It also embodies a Colonial Revival restoration and garden landscape begun in 1934. It is linked to significant owners, including merchant John Gordon, Governor Andrew Jackson Montague and General R. L. Montague II.","narrative":"Sandwich is a three-bay brick house on a bluff above Urbanna Creek and the Rappahannock River in Middlesex County. Land records and insurance documents indicate it was built between 1754 and 1762 on one of the town's earliest lots, most likely by merchant John Gordon. The house has Flemish bond brickwork, a slate roof with dormers, a large exterior chimney and a central-hall plan with 18th-century paneling in the south room. By the 1930s it had been altered and left in poor condition. The Montague family bought it in 1934, and Gay Montague Moore directed a restoration meant to return it to its mid-18th-century look. A formal boxwood garden, a carriage house, a gazebo, brick garden houses and a wall were added between 1934 and 1960. The property is notable for its early construction, its Colonial Revival restoration and landscape, and its owners, among them Overton Cosby, Governor Andrew Jackson Montague and General R. L. Montague II.","period_of_significance":"Second half of 18th century; and 1934-1960","architect_builder":"Unknown; Gordon, John","architectural_style":"Colonial - Georgian - Southern Colonial (dwelling); Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals - Colonial Revival - Georgian Revival (landscape/garden)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling with a garden; restored in the 1930s after the house had sat vacant and suffered termite and water damage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.340653-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/6819/41681960/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000390.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000390/13f53cdc79-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000390/13f53cdc79-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Deadrise71","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandwich_cottage,_Urbanna.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadrise71</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandwich_cottage,_Urbanna.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005837","name":"Occupacia-Rappahannock Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/occupacia-rappahannock-rural-historic-district-100005837/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681960","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich_(Urbanna,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713175"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/middlesex-county/sandwich-08000390/"}