- December 27, 2024
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Tom Massfeller recently purchased The Nathan Cobb Cottage after hearing it might be torn down.
The Nathan Cobb Cottage sits tucked back at 137 Orchard Lane. It’s story can’t be told from a passing drivers looking only at it’s structure.
Tom Massfeller knew the story of the historic cottage originally built by Ormond Beach founder Bille Fagen in 1897. When he learned there was a talk of the structure being replaced, he stepped in.
“Fagen family descendants contacted me about a month ago,” Massfeller said in an email, “and said they heard that the cottage was for sale, and were concerned that it might be replaced with a modern structure. I looked into it, and thanks to the negotiating skills of Carol Bigelow, a realtor from 1st Florida Realty, I was able to purchase it at a very reasonable price.”
The cottage was built out of wood from the ship Nathan F. Cobb after if sank in the ocean off Ormond Beach in December 1896.
