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.
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Completed YearThe 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
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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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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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