Roxbury | |
 Distant view from Leedstown Road | |
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| Location | 1.7 mi. S of Oak Grove, near Oak Grove, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°09′28″N77°00′06″W / 38.15778°N 77.00167°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1861 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Picturesque mode |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003096 [1] |
| VLR No. | 096-0020 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 15, 1979 |
| Designated VLR | December 21, 1976 [2] |
Roxbury is a historic home located near Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
It was built in 1861, and is a two-story, T-shaped frame dwelling with a two-bay front section and a three-bay rear wing. It features a one-story front porch supported by coupled, bracketed columns; steeply pitched gable roofs with deep projecting eaves and gables; two large gabled dormers; and sawn-work ornaments. Each wing has a central chimney with four square stacks joined at its corbelled caps. Roxbury was built for Dabney Carr Wirt (1814/1815-1888), the oldest brother of William Wirt, Jr., builder of Wirtland, and son of William Wirt, the noted jurist, statesman and author. [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
Wirtland is a historic house in Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States, near the community of Oak Grove. Built in 1850 by William Wirt, Jr., the son of former U.S. Attorney General William Wirt, it has been recognized as a high-quality example of a rural Gothic Revival house of the period. Its historic status was recognized in 1979, when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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