{"nrhp_refnum":"93001124","name":"Mankin Mansion","other_names":["Irvin Place","Brickworks"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4300 Oakleys Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Henrico County","state":"VA","lat":37.53641884900003,"lon":-77.34691327499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-10-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick Georgian Revival house with four other contributing buildings and two structures on landscaped, walled grounds on Oakleys Lane, east of Richmond in Henrico County, Virginia. Edward T. Mankin, a brick manufacturer, built it in 1924 as his family home beside his brickworks.","why_significant":"The house and its outbuildings were built by brick maker Edward T. Mankin as a personal expression of brick-making and brick-building craft. They also served as a family home next to his brickworks and as a memorial to his son Irvin, killed in World War I. Mankin's company supplied hand-formed colonial-style bricks for Williamsburg and other well-known projects.","narrative":"Mankin Mansion is a rambling one-story brick house on Oakleys Lane, east of Richmond, built in 1924 by brick manufacturer Edward T. Mankin beside his brickworks. Its hipped roof, central belvedere, and wings of bedrooms and galleries reflect an idiosyncratic take on Georgian Revival design, with diamond-paned windows recalling the Queen Anne style. Inside, formal rooms feature exposed patterned brick walls, Corinthian pilasters, and an Adam-style plaster ceiling in the music room. A child's bedroom with a painted mural honors Mankin's son Irvin, killed in World War I; Mankin named the property Irvin Place for him. Brick outbuildings, including a gardener's cottage, a barn, a farmer's cottage, and a garage, surround the house. The complex was listed because it shows Mankin's craft and his business. His company made hand-formed colonial-style brick used in the restoration of Williamsburg and in other notable buildings in Virginia and elsewhere.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Edward Thurston Mankin (builder/designer; no evidence an architect assisted)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (Georgian Revival, with Queen Anne elements)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition overall, with minimal alteration since the house was built in 1924 and the outbuildings and landscaping were completed by the mid-1930s.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.448089-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/6812/41681244/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/93001124.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001124/b3f58c1538-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001124/b3f58c1538-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nickmorgan2","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mankin_Mansion.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Nickmorgan2</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:Mankin_Mansion.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681244","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mankin_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6750534"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/henrico-county/mankin-mansion-93001124/"}