Oakley is a historic

plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and ...

located at Heathsville,

Northumberland County, Virginia Northumberland County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 11,839. Its county seat is Heathsville. The county is located on the Northern Neck and is part of the Northern Neck George Was ...

. It was built about 1820, and is a -story, five-bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It is topped by a gabled standing seam metal roof. A frame two-story ell was added in 1898 and a one-story, glass-enclosed porch in 1978. The front facade features a one-story, tetrastyle porch. Also on the property are the contributing massive frame barn and 19th century frame shed. an
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Heathsville Historic District Heathsville Historic District is a national historic district located at Heathsville, Northumberland County, Virginia. The district includes 81 contributing buildings, 12 contributing sites, 4 contributing structures, and 4 contributing object ...

. The house was owned for a time by C. Harding Walker, a notable state politician, and his family. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1999.

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Plantation houses in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1820 Houses in Northumberland County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Northumberland County, Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia {{NorthumberlandCountyVA-NRHP-stub