The Oaks (Warrenton, Virginia) Explained

The Oaks
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 5, 2001[1]
Designated Other1 Number:030-0320
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:8457 Oaks Rd., near Warrenton, Virginia
Coordinates:38.6844°N -77.8478°W
Built:1931–1933
Builder:Fleming, W.H. Irwin; Hanback, W.J.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:May 30, 2002
Refnum:02000585

The Oaks, also known as Innes Hill, is a historic home and farm located near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. The house was built between 1931 and 1933, and consists of a 1 to -story, five-bay, Classical Revival style main block with a four-part plan. The attached sections are a one-story pantry and kitchen wing and garage attached by a four-bay arcade. The main block features a prominent two-story, four-bay, pedimented portico has four extraordinary fluted Tower of the Winds columns. Also on the property are the contributing Italianate style brick stable (c. 1847); a brick smokehouse; and an agent's cottage, tile barn, corn house, spring house and summerhouse built between 1928 and 1930; garage with servants' quarters, greenhouse, log cabin, potato house, pump house, chicken house and field shed built between 1931 and 1945; the mansion landscape and scene of the 1881 duel; and a windmill. In September 1881, it was the site of one of the last four duels in Virginia, prior to enactment of anti-duel legislation in 1882.[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: The Oaks . Cheryl H. Shepherd . August 2001. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photo