Oakley Hill Explained

Oakley Hill
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 10, 1994[1]
Designated Other1 Number:042-0137
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:VA 156 S side, 2500 ft. W of jct. with VA 643, near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Coordinates:37.5953°N -77.34°W
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:May 19, 1994
Refnum:94000459

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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oakley Hill . Calder Loth. January 1994. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo