at the University of Virginia, from the Founding to 1878   The gentleman in the back right, identified only by his last name of “Cabell,” served as assistant manager of the University of Virginia’s baseball team in 1896. His presence is a reminder that, although the list below runs only through 1878, Cabells have continued […]

Thomas Jefferson’s “Academical Village”    When Thomas Jefferson designed the Grounds of the University of Virginia, he attempted to create an environment in which students could learn both inside and outside of the classroom. Accordingly, he interspersed student apartments among faculty homes and made the buildings themselves architectural textbooks–stylized copies of Greek and Roman originals. […]

“If aught of good proceeds from the University, the pride and glory of Virginia, the member from Nelson cannot be forgotten; for he, in promoting that monument of wisdom and taste, was second only to the immortal Jefferson.” Gen. Lawrence T. Dade of Orange Co., Va. in the General Assembly’s session of 1827-28 Joseph Carrington […]

Cabell Diaries: At the University of Virginia’s Special Collections Library The best way, of course, to enter imaginatively into the world of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Cabells is to read their personal papers. The University of Virginia holds the commonplace books, diaries, and/or journals of several men and women connected to the family. Time considerations have […]

Norwood, like many other Cabell properties, has passed in and out of the family. The current residence, immaculately maintained, has been improved by the addition of a two-story portico. Several of the outbuildings and much of the interior woodwork, however, are original.                           […]

                                    *Copies of Mrs. Minardi’s prints were received electronically; hard copies are not available at the University of Virginia Special Collections Library.

The photos below, taken in 2002, show Bon Aire after at least two serious remodeling efforts, in the 1940s and the 1950s. One must imagine the home much more austere in the days of George Cabell, for it lacked then even the Doric columns on the front.             *Copies of […]

Though the home at Edgewood burned to the ground in 1955, several outbuildings remain, and in excellent condition.                                     *Copies of Mrs. Minardi’s prints were received electronically; hard copies are not available at the University of Virginia Special […]

Col. Samuel J. Cabell, Sr. built “Soldier’s Joy” in 1783 on land provided by his father to celebrate Samuel’s safe return from the American Revolution. Col. Cabell lived at the home until his death in 1818. His son, Samuel J. Cabell, Jr. and several other kinsmen continued on the property until 1825, when they sold […]

The Cabell Foundation still cares for the Union Hill cemetery, shown below. Also below is a detail of the marker for the grave of Col. William Cabell, Sr. and Margaret Jordan Cabell.         *Copies of Mrs. Minardi’s prints were received electronically; hard copies are not available at the University of Virginia Special […]