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East House
Description
- Media Type:
- Image
- Item Type:
- Photographs
- Notes:
- General Charles Lane Fitzhugh was the youngest civil war general in the Union Army. The Fitzhughs were an old Virginia family of great wealth who spent much time in Cobourg. Charles built a pair of houses in 1902. Ravensworth, Fitzhugh built for himself and wife Emma Shoenberger,one of the wealthiest steel heiresses in the US, while East House he built for his son Carroll upon his marriage. In 1926 Ravensworth was sold to Richard Baylor Hickman of Kentucky as a private residence. The Fitzhugh family owned the East House until it was destroyed by a fire on Christmas Day in 1976. Oversize.
- Date of Original:
- c. 1910
- Dimensions:
- Oversize
- Subject(s):
- Local identifier:
- 720-55
- Collection:
- Historical Photographs
- Geographic Coverage:
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Latitude: 43.95977
Longitude: -78.16515
- Copyright Statement:
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact:
Cobourg Public Library
WWW address:
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