Oakley Hill

VA 156 S side, 2500 ft. W of jct. with VA 643, Mechanicsville, Virginia. County/parish: Hanover.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 19, 1994. NRIS 94000459.

3 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • VDHR No. 42-137

From Wikipedia:

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.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681154

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