Oakley Hill

Historic house in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Oakley Hill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register


37°35′43″N 77°20′24″W / 37.59528°N 77.34000°W / 37.59528; -77.34000
Area	100 acres (40 ha)
Built	1839 (1839)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	94000459^[1]
VLR No.	042-0137
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1994
Designated VLR	March 10, 1994^[2]

Oakley Hill is a historic plantation house located near Mechanicsville, Hanover County, Virginia. It was built about 1839 and expanded in the 1850s. It is a two-story, frame I-house dwelling in the Greek Revival style. On the rear of the house is a 1910 one-story ell. The house sits on a brick foundation, has a standing seam metal low gable roof, and interior end chimneys. The front facade features a one-story front porch with four Tuscan order columns and a Tuscan entablature. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse and servants' house.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Calder Loth (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oakley Hill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo