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.