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Oaklette Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
03000563

Designated VLR
  
March 19, 2003

Year built
  
1883

VLR #
  
131-5073

Area
  
30 ha

Added to NRHP
  
23 June 2003

Oaklette Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Indian River Rd., Oaklette, Webster, St. Lawrence, & Seneca Sts., Chesapeake, Virginia

Architect
  
Colonna, Willoughby W.,

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, et al.

Oaklette Historic District is a national historic district located at Chesapeake, Virginia. The district encompasses 30 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in an early-20th century planned streetcar suburb of Norfolk, Virginia. It is a primarily residential district that developed starting about World War I. The dwellings include representative examples of the Colonial Revival and Bungalow styles. Notable buildings include the Savage House (1915-1919), Pascal Paxson House (1901), George Wesley Jones House (1925), Samuel Paxson House (1906), Colonna Estate Caretaker's House (1925), and the Baker House (1910).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

References

Oaklette Historic District Wikipedia