Cobb Station
Oyster, Virginia
1999 ASLA Centennial Medallion for Landscape Reclamation
The Nature Conservancy’s Cobb Station is a decommissioned Coast Guard station dating to 1936 that was ferried from Cobb Island to the Eastern Shore of Virginia to serve as the main lodge for an environmental retreat. The farm planning traditions of the Eastern Shore determined the orthogonal organization of the site’s buildings. Additional components of the site plan include a maintenance shed, a pump house, service areas, the main entrance drive and connections between these areas. Indigenous plantings of bayberry and sweet gum are used to structure these elements into a system that frames the main lodge while controlling views to the existing marsh.
Collaborators:
Bushman Dreyfus Architects
Cobb Station
Oyster, Virginia
1999 ASLA Centennial Medallion for Landscape Reclamation
The Nature Conservancy’s Cobb Station is a decommissioned Coast Guard station dating to 1936 that was ferried from Cobb Island to the Eastern Shore of Virginia to serve as the main lodge for an environmental retreat. The farm planning traditions of the Eastern Shore determined the orthogonal organization of the site’s buildings. Additional components of the site plan include a maintenance shed, a pump house, service areas, the main entrance drive and connections between these areas. Indigenous plantings of bayberry and sweet gum are used to structure these elements into a system that frames the main lodge while controlling views to the existing marsh.