Weddell-McCabe-Chisholm House

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Scottish emigrant James Weddell (1807-1865) built this Greek Revival house about 1845 and lived there until his death. In 1865, Capt. W. Gordon McCabe (1841-1920) bought the house. Over the second half of the 19th century, he published many works on the classics, poetry, and his service in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. A noted educator and civic leader, he was also headmaster of the prestigious University School preparatory academy. McCabe lived in the house until he moved his school to Richmond in 1895. Dr. Julian J. Chisholm (1830-1903), a noted surgeon, lived in the house from 1900 until 1903.

Department of Historic Resources, 2011

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References/Bibliographic Citation:

Paul B. Barringer, James Mercer Garnett, and Rosewell Page, University of Virginia: Its History, Influence, Equipment, and Characteristics (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1904); Julian John Chisholm, A Manual of Military Surgery for Use of Surgeons in the Confederate Army (Charleston: Evans and Cogswell, 1861); Armistead Churchill Gordon, Memories and Memorials of William Gordon McCabe, 2 vols (Richmond: Old Dominion Press, 1925); Thomas F. Hale and James H. Bailey, Old Houses and Neighborhoods: Petersburg, VA; James G. Scott and Edward A. Wyatt IV, Petersburg’s Story: A History (Petersburg: Titmus Optical Company, 1960); Lyon G. Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biographies (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1915); Edward A. Wyatt IV, Along Petersburg Streets (Richmond: 1943)