Oakland (Montpelier, Virginia)
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Oakland | |
 Property entrance | |
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| Location | North of Montpelier, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°52′30″N 77°39′49″W / 37.87500°N 77.66361°W |
| Area | 145 acres (59 ha) |
| Built | 1898 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74002123[1] |
| VLR No. | 042-0024 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 30, 1974 |
| Designated VLR | February 19, 1974[2] |
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.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
