Sharp's Oakland Explained

Sharp's Oakland
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 13, 2001[1]
Designated Other1 Number:042-0461
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.8989°N -77.5136°W
Architecture:Second Empire
Added:January 24, 2002
Refnum:01001514

Sharp's Oakland is a historic home located at Doswell, Hanover County, Virginia. It was built about 1890, and is a three-story, I-house frame dwelling in the Second Empire style. It features a high mansard roof still covered with patterned wooden shingles and a simple porch with Eastlake posts. Also on the property is a contributing slave quarter with a massive chimney.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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: Sharp's Oakland. Theresa Stevenson and J. G. Zehmer. August 2000. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo