Oak Lawn (Charlottesville, Virginia)

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Oak Lawn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register

Location	Cherry Ave. and 9th St., Charlottesville, Virginia
Coordinates	38°1′41″N 78°29′47″W / 38.02806°N 78.49639°W / 38.02806; -78.49639Coordinates: 38°1′41″N 78°29′47″W / 38.02806°N 78.49639°W / 38.02806; -78.49639
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1822 (1822)
Built by	Dinsmore, James, Designer & Builder
Architectural style	Early Republic, Jeffersonian classicism
NRHP Reference #	73002204^[1]
VLR #	104-0031
Added to NRHP	May 25, 1973
Designated VLR	April 17, 1973^[2]

Oak Lawn is a historic home located at Charlottesville, Virginia. The brick dwelling was built in 1822, and consists of a two-story, four bay, main block flanked by one-story, two bay wings. The central section has a front gable roof and one-story porch with a flat roof supported by four Tuscan order columns and topped by a second story balcony. Exterior chimneys arise between the main block and each of the wings. Also on the property are a contributing kitchen (1822) and two cemeteries. It was built by James Dinsmore, a Scots-Irish builder who worked for Thomas Jefferson.^[3]^[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1] It is located in the Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods Historic District.

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (February 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oak Lawn" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
↑ Lay, K. Edward. "James Dinsmore (1771 or 1772–1830)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

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