{"nrhp_refnum":"02000533","name":"Oakley","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10,000 Corbin Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Spotsylvania","county":"Spotsylvania County","state":"VA","lat":38.25700393900007,"lon":-77.70828248099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Oakley is a 2½-story Federal-style brick farmhouse at 10,000 Corbin Lane in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, completed in 1828 by builder Samuel Alsop, Jr. The nominated 12 acres hold the house and farm outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Oakley is significant under Criterion C for its elaborately hand-carved woodwork and its remarkable architectural integrity. It is described as perhaps the finest display of Alsop's decorative work, including his trademark sunburst motif. It also reflects the working farm tradition of the county and lay in the path of armies during the 1864 Wilderness and Spotsylvania campaigns.","narrative":"Oakley is a Federal-style brick farmhouse in western Spotsylvania County, Virginia, finished in 1828. Samuel Alsop, Jr., a prominent local landowner and builder, designed and built it for his daughter Clementina and her husband, Thomas Chandler, using bricks fired in two kilns on the property. The house has a side-passage plan, a full English basement, a gable roof and ten fireplaces. Its interiors are noted for hand-carved fluting, twisted rope moldings, chevrons and sunburst medallions, a motif that marks Alsop's work in several other brick houses he built nearby. The building has changed little apart from a screened porch added in the 1950s. In May 1864 skirmishing between Union and Confederate cavalry took place in its yard, and wounded soldiers were cared for inside. The nominated 12 acres sit within a larger cattle, hay and timber farm, which the nomination presents as a rare surviving example of the area's early farm dwellings.","period_of_significance":"1828","architect_builder":"Alsop, Jr., Samuel - Builder","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and remarkably well preserved, unchanged since 1828 apart from a 1950s screened porch; in use as a single dwelling on a working farm.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.112436-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/6837/41683718/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02000533.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000533/c06c34df31-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000533/c06c34df31-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wikipelli","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oakley_(Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia).png\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipelli</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oakley_(Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia).png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683718","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakley_(Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7074137"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/spotsylvania-county/oakley-02000533/"}