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Oak Hill (James Monroe house)

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Oak Hill is a Federal-style mansion and former plantation near Aldie, Virginia, that served for twenty-two years as a home of President James Monroe. The main house was built in the years 1820 to 1822 and is distinguished by a pentastyle portico. The property was named a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, and it also appears on the Virginia Landmarks Register.

Facts
Partially Attested
Completed Year
1822 1
The article text dates construction of the main mansion to 1820-1822, so 1822 is the end of that span, while its infobox separately gives 1808.
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Plantation 1
Building Type (category)
Mansion 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Mansion and plantation 1
Location
Aldie, Virginia 1
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Mansion, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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Source Oak Hill (James Monroe house), Wikipedia
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1. Oak Hill (James Monroe house), Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence, place clause
    located in Aldie, Virginia, United States.
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence, description clause
    Oak Hill is a mansion and plantation
  • Article body, construction sentence
    The main mansion of the property was constructed from 1820-1822 by enslaved laborers
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Oak Hill is a Federal-style mansion and former plantation near Aldie, Virginia, that served for twenty-two years as a home of President James Monroe. The main house was built in the years 1820 to 1822 and is distinguished by a pentastyle portico. The property was named a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, and it also appears on the Virginia Landmarks Register.
  • In Style: Federal Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Federal architecture in Virginia
  • In Style: Palladian Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Palladian Revival architecture in Virginia
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