Virginia Department of Historic Resources Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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VLR Listing Date 06/13/2001
NRHP Listing Date 01/24/2002
NRHP Reference Number 01001514
Sharp’s Oakland has at its core parts of a house that existed when the Hanover County farm was behind Federal lines during the Civil War Battle of North Anna in May of 1864. Some 15 years later, J. D. Sharp from New York purchased the property. He built the present mansion, a cunning essay in the Second Empire style. Sharp’s Oakland combines rustic stone chimneys with a delicately patterned, wooden-shingled mansard roof. The chimneys are flanked by curious two-story corner projections with windows on each face at both levels. The resulting tall narrow proportions are unlike the typical cubic solidity of most Second Empire dwellings and, in fact, have proportions similar to those of dollhouses. On the interior, original false graining survives on much of the woodwork of Sharp’s Oakland.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated: August 8, 2022
