Cherry Ave. and 9th St., Charlottesville (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Charlottesville.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 25, 1973. NRIS 73002204.
2 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites.
Oak Lawn is a historic home located at Charlottesville, Virginia. The brick dwelling was built in 1822, and consists of a two-story, four-bay, main block flanked by one-story, two-bay wings. The central section has a front gable roof and one-story porch with a flat roof supported by four Tuscan order columns and topped by a second story balcony. Exterior chimneys arise between the main block and each of the wings. Also on the property are a contributing kitchen (1822) and two cemeteries. It was built by James Dinsmore, a Scots-Irish builder who worked for Thomas Jefferson.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is located in the Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680089