{"nrhp_refnum":"93000006","name":"Oak Grove","other_names":["VDHR File No. 65-19"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 630 N side, 1 mi. W of jct. with US 13","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eastville","county":"Northampton County","state":"VA","lat":37.38148458650005,"lon":-75.95398493359343,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Oak Grove is a waterfront Eastern Shore plantation on a narrow peninsula near Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia, centered on a manor house built in several stages from about 1750 through the 1940s, with outbuildings and a 1940s garden.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the manor house is a distinctive, evolving frame dwelling that reflects generations of owners, typical of Eastern Shore architecture. It has a mid-18th-century gambrel-roofed core, a Federal wing from about 1811, a Greek Revival wing from about 1840, and a 1940s Colonial Revival addition. The 1942 garden by Richmond landscape architect Charles Gillette and the early outbuildings add to its significance, as does its scenic setting overlooking the Chesapeake Bay.","narrative":"Oak Grove is a plantation on a low peninsula in lower Northampton County, Virginia, bordered by Mattawoman Creek and a tidal gut and looking out over the Chesapeake Bay. Its weatherboarded manor house grew in stages. A gambrel-roofed core, probably built in the mid-18th century, gained a two-story Federal wing around 1811 and a matching Greek Revival wing around 1840. In the 1940s, new owners added a kitchen wing, a garage and a sun room, and commissioned a colonial-style formal garden from Richmond landscape architect Charles Gillette. Original woodwork survives in each early section, including a carved Federal mantel in the north wing. Early outbuildings near the house include a smokehouse, an office and a probable dairy, and twentieth-century farm buildings sit to the northeast. The property was listed for its architecture. The nomination presents the house as a typical Eastern Shore dwelling that records successive generations of owners, with the 1940s changes reflecting Colonial Revival tastes.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1750 - 1942","architect_builder":"Unknown (garden designed by Charles Gillette, landscape architect)","architectural_style":"Colonial: Postmedieval English; Early Republic: Federal; Mid-19th-Century: Greek Revival; 20th-Century Revival: Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Maintained in excellent condition; still used as a country home with no alterations reported in the last forty years.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.08906-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/6822/41682224/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/93000006.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682224","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Grove_(Eastville,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14692318"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/northampton-county/oak-grove-93000006/"}