Oak Lawn (Charlottesville, Virginia)

{{short description|Historic house in Virginia, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Oak Lawn

| nrhp_type = nrhp

| nocat = yes

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = April 17, 1973{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

| designated_other1_number = 104-0031

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Oak Lawn in Charlottesville, through trees.jpg

| caption = Northern side, seen through the trees

| location= Cherry Ave. and 9th St., Charlottesville, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|38|1|41|N|78|29|47|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = {{Start date|1822}}

| builder = James Dinsmore

| architecture = Early Republic, Jeffersonian classicism

| added = May 25, 1973

| area = {{convert|10|acre}}

| refnum = 73002204{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

| nrhp_type2 = indcp

| partof = Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods Historic District

| partof_refnum = 09000452

| designated_nrhp_type2 = June 18, 2009

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Charlottesville/104-0031_Oak_Lawn_1973_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oak Lawn |author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff|date=February 1973|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Charlottesville/OakLawn_photo.htm Accompanying photo]{{cite web|last1=Lay|first1=K. Edward|title=James Dinsmore (1771 or 1772–1830)|url=http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Dinsmore_James_1771_or_1772-1830|publisher=Encyclopedia Virginia|accessdate=2 November 2015}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is located in the Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods Historic District.