The Oaks (Kents Store, Virginia)

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The Oaks

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Location 5025 Tabscott Rd., near Kents Store, Virginia
Coordinates 37°52′24″N78°05′09″W / 37.87333°N 78.08583°W / 37.87333; -78.08583 Coordinates: 37°52′24″N78°05′09″W / 37.87333°N 78.08583°W / 37.87333; -78.08583
Area 170 acres (69 ha)
Built 1809 (1809)-1830, c. 1915
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 01000696 [1]
VLR # 032-0022
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 13, 2001
Designated VLR March 14, 2001 [2]

The Oaks is a historic home located near Kents Store, Fluvanna County, Virginia. It was built between about 1809 and 1830. The rear ell is the original section, and is a two-story, brick structure. In 1830 the brick, single pile, two-story structure over a raised basement was built onto the south. The house has a slate covered gable roof. A small one-story weatherboard addition was built onto the rear about 1915. Also on the property are the contributing outdoor kitchen (later used as a schoolroom), a smokehouse, an icehouse, a latticed covered well, a barn, and the large Richardson/Bowles family cemetery. [3]

Kents Store, Virginia human settlement in United States of America

Kents Store is an unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Fluvanna County, Virginia county in Virginia, United States

Fluvanna County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,691. Its county seat is Palmyra.

Slate A fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, weakly metamorphic rock

Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. Foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering, but instead is in planes perpendicular to the direction of metamorphic compression.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Ellen Miyagawa (December 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Oaks" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos