Built 1898 (1898) VLR # 042-0024 Opened 1898 Added to NRHP 30 July 1974 | NRHP Reference # 74002123 Designated VLR February 19, 1974 Area 59 ha | |
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Location N of Montpelier, near Montpelier, Virginia |
Oakland is a historic home located near Montpelier, Hanover County, Virginia. It was built in 1898-1846, and is a 1 1/2-story, three bay, frame farmhouse, with a 2 1/2-story, three bay by five bay, rambling wing. It was built on the foundations of a house built in 1812 that was destroyed by fire. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse and office. Oakland was the home and birthplace of the Virginia novelist, Thomas Nelson Page.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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