Roxbury | |
![]() Distant view from Leedstown Road | |
Location | 1.7 mi. S of Oak Grove, near Oak Grove, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°09′28″N 77°00′06″W / 38.15778°N 77.00167°W |
Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
Built | 1861 |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Picturesque mode |
NRHP reference No. | 79003096[1] |
VLR No. | 096-0020 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 15, 1979 |
Designated VLR | December 21, 1976 [2] |
Roxbury is a historic home located near Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
It was built in 1861, and is a two-story, T-shaped frame dwelling with a two-bay front section and a three-bay rear wing. It features a one-story front porch supported by coupled, bracketed columns; steeply pitched gable roofs with deep projecting eaves and gables; two large gabled dormers; and sawn-work ornaments. Each wing has a central chimney with four square stacks joined at its corbelled caps. Roxbury was built for Dabney Carr Wirt (1814/1815-1888), the oldest brother of William Wirt, Jr., builder of Wirtland, and son of William Wirt, the noted jurist, statesman and author.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]