Oakland | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | February 19, 1974[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 042-0024 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 37.875°N -77.6636°W |
Added: | July 30, 1974 |
Refnum: | 74002123 |
Oakland is a historic home located near Montpelier, Hanover County, Virginia. It was built in 1898–1846, and is a -story, three-bay, frame farmhouse, with a -story, three-bay by five bay, rambling wing. It was built on the foundations of a house built in 1812 that was destroyed by fire. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse and office. Oakland was the home and birthplace of the Virginia novelist, Thomas Nelson Page.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.