Oakridge is an historic home located near
Blackstone,
Nottoway County, Virginia
Nottoway County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,642. Its county seat is Nottoway. It is situated south of the James River, thus making it a part of the Southside Virginia Reg ...
. The main house is an early 19th-century frame structure consisting of a two-story, three-bay western section and a -story, one-bay east wing. It sits on a brick foundation and has a gable roof with modillion
cornice
In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative Moulding (decorative), moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, ar ...
. The interior features a handsome stair in the
Chinese Chippendale
Thomas Chippendale (June 1718 – 1779) was an English woodworker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754 he published a book of his designs in a trade catalogue titled ''The Gen ...
taste.
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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 1978.[
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References
External links
Oakridge website
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Houses in Nottoway County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Nottoway County, Virginia
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