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Oatlands Historic House and Gardens (formerly Oatlands Plantation) is an estate located in Leesburg, Virginia, United States. Oatlands is operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark .
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Exeter was a late 18th-century Georgian house near Leesburg, Virginia, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places from 1973 to August 1980, when it was destroyed by fire and subsequently de-listed from the National Register. The house and its dependencies were unusually elaborate for northern Virginia.
George began constructing Oatlands Plantation in 1804, and would continue to build on this estate throughout his life. [4] George's father Robert, who also died in 1804, had begun emancipating slaves in 1791, a process which proved to be a long and drawn out legal affair, overseen by an executor, as well opposed by Robert's neighbors and family.
Oatlands' owner, George Carter II, paid $700 in cash and materials to build a simple brick church on the plantation starting in 1876 [1]: 7–9 ; the church was consecrated by Bishop of Virginia Francis Whittle on August 21, 1878. [2]
Rokeby is a Georgian house near Leesburg, Virginia, built in the mid-18th century.The house is the best example of Georgian architecture in Loudoun County.Rokeby served as a repository for U.S. Government documents during the British occupation and burning of Washington in 1814 during the War of 1812.
The large brick house was built between 1825 and 1850 by George Nixson's son or grandson George. The house became known as "Dr. Nixson's Folly." A large brick bank barn dates from this time, when Woodburn had become a plantation. [3] The brick house is two stories with five bays, backed by a two-story seven-bay ell to the rear.
Selma is a historic property and former plantation in Loudoun County, Virginia, near Leesburg. Selma is best known as the residence of Armistead Thomson Mason (4 August 1787–6 February 1819), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] a U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816 through 1817.