Oakley (Heathsville, Virginia)
Appearance
Oakley | |
Location | 28 Back St., Heathsville, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°55′5″N 76°28′28″W / 37.91806°N 76.47444°W |
Area | 28 acres (11 ha) |
Built | c. 1820 | , 1898, 1978
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 99000073[1] |
VLR No. | 066-0053 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 27, 1999 |
Designated VLR | December 10, 1998[2] |
Oakley is a historic plantation house located at Heathsville, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built about 1820, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It is topped by a gabled standing seam metal roof. A frame two-story ell was added in 1898 and a one-story, glass-enclosed porch in 1978. The front facade features a one-story, tetrastyle porch. Also on the property are the contributing massive frame barn and 19th century frame shed.[3] It is located in the Heathsville Historic District. The house was owned for a time by C. Harding Walker, a notable state politician, and his family.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Helen Lee Fletcher (September 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oakley" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Plantation houses in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Federal architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1820
- Houses in Northumberland County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Northumberland County, Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia
- Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Northumberland County, Virginia, geography stubs