Oak Hill (Delaplane, Virginia)

Oak Hill is an historic home of the Marshall family in Delaplane, Virginia and a working farm with a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Oak Hill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	0.3 mi (0.48 km) East of Route [US-]17, 2.2 mi (3.5 km) South of Delaplane, Virginia
Coordinates	38.88868°N 77.90338°W / 38.88868; -77.90338
Area	100 acres (40 ha)
Built	1773, 1819
Architectural style	Georgian, Federal
NRHP reference No.	73002013[1]
VLR No.	030-0044
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 18, 1973
Designated VLR	April 17, 1973[2]

It lies north of I-66, just east of the US-17/Delaplane exit from westbound I-66. It consists of two separate houses connected by a passageway.[3] The earlier and smaller house, a Colonial farmhouse measuring 32 ft × 30 ft (9.8 m × 9.1 m), was built in 1773 by Colonel Thomas Marshall,[3] father of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States.[4] John Marshall lived in the Oak Hill house until his marriage in 1783.[3]

In 1819, John Marshall built an attached 40 ft × 37 ft (12 m × 11 m) temple-form Classical Revival house for his firstborn son, lawyer and future delegate Thomas.[3][4] Thomas died in 1835 and his son, CSA Lt.Col. Thomas Marshall in late 1864, so Oak Hill was sold out of the Marshall family.[3] The property is now a private residence. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

Oak Hill is currently owned by Charles Chamberlain. It is located directly to the North of Barrel Oak Winery, and has three acres of Norton grapes planted on the Westward-facing slope facing I-66.