The Oaks (Warrenton, Virginia)

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The Oaks
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Location8457 Oaks Rd., near Warrenton, Virginia
Coordinates 38°41′04″N77°50′52″W / 38.68444°N 77.84778°W / 38.68444; -77.84778
Area151.4 acres (61.3 ha)
Built1931–1933
Built byFleming, W.H. Irwin; Hanback, W.J.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 02000585 [1]
VLR No.030-0320
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 30, 2002
Designated VLRDecember 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+12-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

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. Cheryl H. Shepherd (August 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Oaks" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photo