An Historical Vignette Of Oak Hill, Fauquier County

This Is The History Of AHouse, Of The Land On Which It Was Built, Of Those Who Built It And Lived In It, And Of The Circumstances That Made It As We See It TodayThe Original Builder Would Be Considered An Important Historical Personage In His Own Right, Were It Not For The Overshadowing Greatness Of His SonIt Is AHouse Of Great Architectural InterestIt Is, In Fact, Two HousesThe First One, Built In , Is ARare Example Of AFauquier County Farmhouse Of The Colonial Period, Left Virtually Unaltered By Succeeding GenerationsThe Second House, Built In , Is ASophisticated Templeform Structure Of The Federal PeriodIt Retains Most Of Its Original Finelydetailed WoodworkIt Is Noteworthy That The Earlier House Has Not, As Is So Often The Case, Been Replaced Or Absorbed By The Later, Larger HouseInstead, Both Have Survived, Affording An Interesting Comparison Between The Differing Tastes Of Two Generations, One In The Middle Of The Eighteenth Century And One Of The Early Nineteenth CenturyThe History Of The Land Extends Back Some Forty Years Before The First House Was Built, And That Is The Starting Point For This Book.
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