Oak Hill (Annandale, Virginia)
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Oak Hill in Annandale, Virginia
is a Georgian style home built in 1790. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2004.
It was extensively renovated in the 1930s and is significant for its architecture after that renovation.
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David and Amanda Scheetz purchased the home in 2008, after a foreclosure, for $1.15 million.
The home is open to tours periodically.
Annandale, Virginia
Annandale is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 41,008 at the 2010 census, down from 54,994 in 2000 due to the splitting off of the western part of it to form Wakefield and Woodburn CDP's.-Geography:...
is a Georgian style home built in 1790. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2004.
It was extensively renovated in the 1930s and is significant for its architecture after that renovation.
History
From The Washington PostThe Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
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The house was one of three mansions built during the 18th century on FitzhughWilliam FitzhughWilliam Fitzhugh was an American planter and statesman who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress for Virginia in 1779. -Life:...
's enormous RavensworthRavensworth (plantation)Ravensworth was an 18th-century plantation near Annandale in Fairfax County, Virginia. Ravensworth was the Northern Virginia residence of William Fitzhugh, William Henry Fitzhugh, Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee...
estate, named for a family estate in EnglandRavensworthRavensworth is a small village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is approximately north-west of Richmond and from Darlington. It is situated in the Holmedale valley and is in the ward of Gilling West...
. The tract was the largest single landholding in the history of what would become Fairfax County in 1792. It stretched from Fairfax CityFairfax, VirginiaThe City of Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City is nevertheless the county seat....
to SpringfieldSpringfield, VirginiaSpringfield is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States and a suburb of Washington, D.C. The Springfield CDP is recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau with a population of 30,484 as of the 2010 census. Homes and businesses in bordering CDPs including North Springfield,...
and Falls Church, and south to Pohick ChurchPohick ChurchPohick Church is an Episcopal church in the community of Pohick near Lorton in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.-History:Originally founded around 1695 as Occoquan Church, in the Anglican Truro Parish of Virginia, it was later renamed Pohick Church in 1732 after relocating near Pohick Creek,...
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Oak Hill was likely the oldest of the mansions, built by Major Henry FitzhughWilliam Henry FitzhughWilliam Henry Fitzhugh was a prominent member of the Virginia constitutional convention of 1829–1830 and an officer of the American Colonization Society....
, another of WilliamWilliam FitzhughWilliam Fitzhugh was an American planter and statesman who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress for Virginia in 1779. -Life:...
's sons, for Lund Washington, his land agent, according to records. Lund was a cousin of George WashingtonGeorge WashingtonGeorge Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
. Washington met the Fitzhugh family when, as a young surveyor, he made a map of the Ravensworth estate.
David and Amanda Scheetz purchased the home in 2008, after a foreclosure, for $1.15 million.
The home is open to tours periodically.