Oak Lawn, also known as Burford House, is a historic home in Madison Heights,

Amherst County, Virginia Amherst County is a county, located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its county seat is also named Amhers ...

. Its original section was built around 1810, and enlarged around 1859. It is a two-story, three bay frame dwelling with weatherboard siding, four exterior end chimneys, and Federal and

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

-style design elements. A late-19th century latticed well house is also on the property. an
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/ref> Oak Lawn was added to the

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in 2008.

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