Oak Hill Estate

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Oak Hill Estate
File:Oak Hill Estate and west gate.jpg
Southwest facade of Oak Hill, behind the original west gate. A low modern wall is in the foreground.
Oak Hill Estate is located in Pennsylvania
Oak Hill Estate
Location U.S. Route 40, 0.25 miles (0.40 km) west of U.S. Route 119, North Union Township, Pennsylvania
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Area 261 acres (106 ha)
Built 1903
Architect Woodyatt, Ernest; Burnham, Daniel
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 99000514[1]
Added to NRHP May 12, 1999

Oak Hill Estate, also known as Mt. St. Macrina and Fox Hill, is a historic estate located at North Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. On the property are seven contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and one contributing structure. The estate was developed in 1903, by coal baron J.V. Thompson, an associate of Henry Clay Frick. The estate was conceptualized by noted architect Daniel Burnham. The mansion is a 3-story, 42-room, 18,313 square foot, brick building in the Classical Revival style. Other contributing buildings include the a smaller residence built for Thompson's son, a pool house, carriage house / stable, pumphouse, schoolhouse / servant's quarters, and garage. The contributing sites and structure are the Springer cemetery (c. 1840), west gate and drive, stone wall, and the remains of a small garage, race track, and conservatory / pool. The private estate was sold after Thompson's death in 1933, to the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

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