Oak Hill is an historic home of the Marshall family in
Delaplane, Virginia
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and a working farm with a view of the
Blue Ridge Mountains
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.
It lies north of
I-66
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, just east of the
US-17/Delaplane exit from westbound I-66. It consists of two separate houses connected by a passageway.
[NRHP Nomination form](_blank)
prepared by Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff, March 1973. Retrieved 2018-08-31. The earlier and smaller house, a
Colonial
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farmhouse measuring , was built in 1773 by Colonel
Thomas Marshall,
father of
John Marshall,
Chief Justice of the United States.
[Journey through Hallowed Ground – Oak Hill](_blank)
at nps.gov. Accessed 2011-09-03. John Marshall lived in the Oak Hill house until his marriage in 1783.
In 1819, John Marshall built an attached temple-form
Classical Revival
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house for his firstborn son, lawyer and future delegate
Thomas
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.
Thomas died in 1835 and his son, CSA Lt.Col. Thomas Marshall in late 1864, so Oak Hill was sold out of the Marshall family.
The property is now a private residence. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1973.
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Oak Hill is currently owned by Charles Chamberlain. It is located directly to the North of Barrel Oak Winery, and has three acres of Norton grapes planted on the Westward-facing slope facing I-66.
]
References
External links
John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County, VA
at the Historic American Buildings Survey
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(HABS)
Georgian architecture in Virginia
Federal architecture in Virginia
Houses completed in 1773
Houses completed in 1819
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Houses in Fauquier County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Fauquier County, Virginia
Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
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