Built 1790 NRHP Reference # 04000478 Opened 1790 Added to NRHP 19 May 2004 | Architect Macomber, Walter M. VLR # 029-0028 Area 1 ha | |
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Architectural style Georgian, Colonial Revival Similar Ravensworth, St Mary's Church, Ossian Hall, William Gunnell House, Munson's Hill | ||
Oak Hill in Annandale, Virginia is a Georgian style home built in 1790. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
It was extensively renovated in the 1930s and is significant for its architecture after that renovation.
History
From The Washington Post:
The house was one of three mansions built during the 18th century on Fitzhugh's enormous Ravensworth estate, named for a family estate in England. The tract was the largest single landholding in the history of what would become Fairfax County in 1792. It stretched from Fairfax City to Springfield and Falls Church, and south to Pohick Church....
Oak Hill was likely the oldest of the mansions, built by Major Henry Fitzhugh, another of William's sons, for Lund Washington, his land agent, according to records. Lund was a cousin of George Washington. Washington met the Fitzhugh family when, as a young surveyor, he made a map of the Ravensworth estate.
On the night of November 5, 1861, a shootout occurred at Oak Hill between members of the units later involved in the Bog Wallow Ambush, in an area of much probing and patrolling between Union and Confederate forces. All three of the Fitzhugh estates were protected by orders from both sides throughout the war.
David and Amanda Scheetz purchased the home in 2008, after a foreclosure, for $1.15 million. The home is open to tours periodically.