Cobble Villa, Mediterranean Revival villa in Long Beach, US
Cobble Villa, also called Villa Clara, was a 2+1⁄2-story asymmetrical dwelling of brick and stucco in the Mediterranean Revival style, built about 1912 in Long Beach. Its plan combined an L-shaped core, a two-story gambrel-roofed addition and a one-story porte cochere, under a varied multi-gabled roofline of red terra cotta tile. The property owner demolished it in 2025.
Cobble Villa was built around 1912 as the first showpiece of the nascent Long Beach resort, demonstrating its developer's vision. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. Despite a dedicated preservation effort from the community, the property owner demolished the home in 2025 because of its state of decay and the burden of repairs.
Cobble Villa was built around 1912 as the first showpiece of Long Beach, a resort then in its early years, and it demonstrated the developer's vision for the new settlement. The house was demolished in 2025 after a community preservation effort failed, so nothing of it can be visited today.
The house stood at Long Beach in Nassau County, New York, and was demolished by its owner in 2025 after decay made repairs a burden. Nothing of the 1912 structure remains to be viewed, so visitors should not plan a stop expecting to see the villa or its red terra cotta roofline.
Cobble Villa was demolished by its owner in 2025 after decay and repair costs made keeping it impractical, despite a community preservation campaign. It had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places only ten years earlier, in 2015.
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