Oak Hill is an historic home of the Marshall family in

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and a working farm with a view of the

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. It lies north of

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, just east of the US-17/Delaplane exit from westbound I-66. It consists of two separate houses connected by a passageway.NRHP Nomination form
prepared by Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff, March 1973. Retrieved 2018-08-31. The earlier and smaller house, a

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farmhouse measuring , was built in 1773 by Colonel Thomas Marshall, father of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States.Journey through Hallowed Ground – Oak Hill
at nps.gov. Accessed 2011-09-03. John Marshall lived in the Oak Hill house until his marriage in 1783. In 1819, John Marshall built an attached temple-form

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house for his firstborn son, lawyer and future delegate

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. Thomas died in 1835 and his son, CSA Lt.Col. Thomas Marshall in late 1864, so Oak Hill was sold out of the Marshall family. The property is now a private residence. It was listed on the

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in 1973. Oak Hill is currently owned by Charles Chamberlain. It is located directly to the North of Barrel Oak Winery, and has three acres of Norton grapes planted on the Westward-facing slope facing I-66.

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John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County, VA
at the

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(HABS) Georgian architecture in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1773 Houses completed in 1819 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses in Fauquier County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fauquier County, Virginia Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia {{FauquierCountyVA-NRHP-stub