{"nrhp_refnum":"04000478","name":"Oak Hill","other_names":["029-0028"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4716 Wakefield Chapel Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Annandale","county":"Fairfax (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":38.82095960200007,"lon":-77.24005747899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-05-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Oak Hill is a two-and-a-half-story, wood-frame late-Georgian dwelling at 4716 Wakefield Chapel Road in Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia, built circa 1790 on the original Ravensworth tract by descendants of the Fitzhugh family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under architecture. The house is a notable example of an early historic renovation, remodeled in the mid-to-late 1930s in the Colonial Revival style by restoration architect Walter M. Macomber. It combines a circa 1790 Georgian core with a Mount Vernon-inspired portico and high-style Colonial Revival interiors.","narrative":"Oak Hill is a five-bay, two-and-a-half-story wood-frame house in Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia. Built around 1790 in the late-Georgian style on the original Ravensworth tract, it was constructed by descendants of the Fitzhugh family and began as a tobacco plantation. A one-story wing, apparently a former outbuilding, was attached around 1830. In the mid-to-late 1930s, the house was remodeled in the Colonial Revival style under restoration architect Walter M. Macomber. The work added a full-height portico recalling Mount Vernon, gabled dormers, a rear saltbox addition, and paneled interiors. An arched door and moldings salvaged from the demolished Riggs Mansion in Washington, D.C., were installed during this renovation. Later additions include a hyphen and garage from around 1970 and a pool, basketball court, and well house. The property is significant for its architecture, as an example of early Colonial Revival restoration work layered over an intact Georgian center-hall dwelling. Roughly ninety acres of the former 22,000-acre tract remain.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1790- ca. 1940","architect_builder":"Macomber, Walter M.","architectural_style":"Colonial/Georgian; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling with a secondary structure; the property consists of ninety acres of farmland within a suburban neighborhood.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.468704-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/6804/41680484/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000478.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000478/21e983eb84-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000478/21e983eb84-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OAK_HILL_ANNANDALE,_FAIRFAX_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OAK_HILL_ANNANDALE,_FAIRFAX_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680484","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Hill_(Annandale,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7073553"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fairfax/oak-hill-04000478/"}