Built for local businessman Albert E. Cox in 1896, the Queen Anne-styled Albert E. Cox House was initially designed by J.B. Stewart and located in Huntington, West Virginia. 2.
The Cox family’s history in the region began in 1795, when William T. Cox moved from Buckingham County, Virginia, to Mason County and eventually Cabell County. 2. He opened a general shop and constructed a steamboat port on the Ohio River there, which is how the place came to be known as Cox Landing.
Albert E. Cox was the grandson of William T. Cox and the son of John A. and Adela Fuller. He was born in 1860. 2. At first, Albert was employed at his grandfather’s business. Later, he tried his hand at a number of business ventures, such as running a grocery shop in 1892 and a harness manufacturing and trading company in 1895. 3. He hired Stewart to construct his home after relocating to Huntington, which had a stone veranda and a rusticated stone foundation.
Albert, his wife Cora, and their eldest child moved to Latulle Avenue in 1930. After then, the Stevers family and other people moved into the Cox House. It was turned into flats in the 1960s. The home started a new chapter in 1977 when it became the 1896 Club, a nightclub. This club included a bar and stage on the first floor, a dance floor with a mirrored ceiling in the basement, and a pool table and other facilities on the second story. That being said, the 1896 Club did not continue until 1997.
