{"nrhp_refnum":"83003282","name":"Oakley","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Upperville on U.S. 50","address_restricted":false,"city":"Upperville","county":"Fauquier County","state":"VA","lat":38.979631070500034,"lon":-77.86458191483048,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Oakley is a brick Italianate country house east of Upperville on U.S. 50 in Fauquier County, Virginia, completed in 1857 by Richard Henry Dulany for his son Henry Grafton Dulany, on a 221-acre farm tract.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Oakley as a sophisticated, well-preserved Italianate country house, a style comparatively rare in rural Virginia before the Civil War. It is also tied to Richard Henry Dulany, founder of the Upperville Colt and Horse Show, and to the area's equestrian and hunt tradition.","narrative":"Oakley is a stuccoed brick country house on a gentle rise east of Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia, overlooking pastures in the region's hunt country. Completed in 1857, the three-bay, T-shaped house rises two and a half stories above an English basement. Its bracketed low-pitch roof, glazed cupola, semi-hexagonal side bays, corbeled quoins, sawn-work porches and spiral stair mark it as a notable Italianate design, a style comparatively rare in rural Virginia before the Civil War. Richard Henry Dulany of Loudoun County bought the land in 1853 and built the house for his son, Henry Grafton Dulany. Dulany founded the Upperville Colt and Horse Show, and Oakley and its fields have long hosted hunts and horse shows. A diary from the Civil War period records that Confederate and Union troops occupied the house. Its early rainwater-fed plumbing system was also noteworthy. About 221 acres are included to protect the approach and rural setting.","period_of_significance":"1857","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by Richard Henry Dulany; builder/architect listed as Unknown)","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence and agricultural property, still used as a setting for hunts and horse shows; described as unaltered on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.262515-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/6805/41680584/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/83003282.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003282/088ac09138-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003282/088ac09138-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OAKLEY,_UPPERVILLE,_FAUQUIER_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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,_UPPERVILLE,_FAUQUIER_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680584","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakley_(Upperville,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712998"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fauquier-county/oakley-83003282/"}