Woodlawn (Oilville, Virginia) Explained

Woodlawn
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:July 6, 1971[1]
Designated Other1 Number:037-0035
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:SE of Oilville at jct. of VA 250 and VA 612, near Oilville, Virginia
Coordinates:37.6847°N -77.7367°W
Architecture:Federal
Added:December 16, 1971
Refnum:71000978

Woodlawn is a historic home located near Oilville, Goochland County, Virginia. It is dated to the late 18th century, and is a two-story, five-bay brick structure with 12 fireplaces in the Federal style.[2] It has a small porch supported on four evenly spaced square columns with Ionic order capitals added around 1810. The house still has much of its original glass and original woodwork, and a formal boxwood garden with some of the box trees well over a century old.[2] A one-story frame kitchen and a long frame porch were both added in 1937.[3]

This is the oldest of five historic houses in Virginia that are named "Woodlawn".[4] Others can be found listed under Woodlawn, Virginia.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. News: Mulland . Betsy Powell . WOODLAWN: THIS OLD HOUSE PART OF TOUR . Richmond Times - Dispatch . 13 October 1992.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woodlawn . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. May 1971. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. News: One Woodlawn Put on Market . Washington Post . 26 August 1967.