Oakland is a historic home located near Montpelier,

Hanover County, Virginia Hanover County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 109,979. Its county seat is Hanover Courthouse. Hanover County is a part of the Greater Richmond Region. History Located in the wester ...

. It was built in 1898–1846, and is a -story, three bay, frame farmhouse, with a -story, three bay by five bay, rambling wing. It was built on the foundations of a house built in 1812 that was destroyed by fire. Also on the property are a contributing

smokehouse A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.

and office. Oakland was the home and birthplace of the Virginia novelist,

Thomas Nelson Page Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was an American lawyer, politician, and writer. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy from 1913 to 1919 under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. In his ...

. an
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in 1974.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1898 Houses in Hanover County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Hanover County, Virginia {{HanoverCountyVA-NRHP-stub