The Oaks (Warrenton, Virginia)
The Oaks | |
| Location | 8457 Oaks Rd., near Warrenton, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°41′04″N 77°50′52″W / 38.68444°N 77.84778°W |
| Area | 151.4 acres (61.3 ha) |
| Built | 1931–1933 |
| Built by | Fleming, W.H. Irwin; Hanback, W.J. |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000585[1] |
| VLR No. | 030-0320 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 30, 2002 |
| Designated VLR | December 5, 2001[2] |
The Oaks, also known as Innes Hill, is a historic home and farm located near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. The house was built between 1931 and 1933, and consists of a 1 to 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, Classical Revival style main block with a four-part plan. The attached sections are a one-story pantry and kitchen wing and garage attached by a four-bay arcade. The main block features a prominent two-story, four-bay, pedimented portico has four extraordinary fluted Tower of the Winds columns. Also on the property are the contributing Italianate style brick stable (c. 1847); a brick smokehouse; and an agent's cottage, tile barn, corn house, spring house and summerhouse built between 1928 and 1930; garage with servants' quarters, greenhouse, log cabin, potato house, pump house, chicken house and field shed built between 1931 and 1945; the mansion landscape and scene of the 1881 duel; and a windmill. In September 1881, it was the site of one of the last four duels in Virginia, prior to enactment of anti-duel legislation in 1882.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Cheryl H. Shepherd (August 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Oaks" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photo