This fine Victorian cottage was built circa 1854. A quick review of local cemeteries has led me to believe it was built by Dr. Robert Ezekiel Toombs (1825-1894), since he was the only Toombs in Cuthbert I could locate who would have been old enough to have owned a house at the time. Julia Toombs was the last member of the family to live here, in the 1970s.

It’s likely that the house started out as a simpler central hallway form, with the Carpenter Gothic porch posts, and front gable and dormer, being later stylistic amendments. That’s simply a guess as I have no further information on the house, other than the fact that it retains its original polished floorboards.

Cuthbert Historic District, National Register of Historic Places