Lancaster, Robert Alexander, 1862- [from old catalog] · Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company · leaf 401
was built by James Monroe, during his presi-dency, to replace a dormer-windowed cottage which hadlong been the home of the Monroe family. It takes its 373 374 VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES name from a group of fine oaks on the wide-spreadinglawn on which President Monroe planted a tree from eachState… … OAK HILL (FRONT), LOUDOUN COUNTY still be seen in the beautiful mantel-pieces in the drawing-room, which were presents from him to the house. Upon Monroes death, in 1831, at the home of hisdaughter, Mrs. Gouverneur, of New York, Oak Hill passedto the Gouverneurs, who, in 1852, sold it to Colonel…
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