Roxbury (Oak Grove, Virginia) Explained

Roxbury
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 21, 1976 [1]
Designated Other1 Number:096-0020
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.1578°N -77.0017°W
Architecture:Late Victorian, Picturesque mode
Added:March 15, 1979
Refnum:79003096

Roxbury is a historic home located near Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Overview

It was built in 1861, and is a two-story, T-shaped frame dwelling with a two-bay front section and a three-bay rear wing. It features a one-story front porch supported by coupled, bracketed columns; steeply pitched gable roofs with deep projecting eaves and gables; two large gabled dormers; and sawn-work ornaments. Each wing has a central chimney with four square stacks joined at its corbelled caps. Roxbury was built for Dabney Carr Wirt (1814/1815-1888), the oldest brother of William Wirt, Jr., builder of Wirtland, and son of William Wirt, the noted jurist, statesman and author.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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: Roxbury . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. November 1976. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo