Oakley Hill

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.[3]

Oakley Hill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	VA 156 S side, 2500 ft. W of jct. with VA 643, near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Coordinates	37°35′43″N 77°20′24″W
Area	100 acres (40 ha)
Built	1839 (1839)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	94000459[1]
VLR No.	042-0137
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1994
Designated VLR	March 10, 1994[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Calder Loth (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oakley Hill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo