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Subsequent 19th century owners of the house included William Porcher Miles, a former Confederate congressman from South Carolina.
Wall Street financier and Nelson County native Thomas Fortune Ryan purchased the estate in 1901 and transformed the small, Federal-style dwelling into a 50-room Colonial Revival mansion. Much of Ryan’s American Empire furniture remains in the home.
The Holland family acquired the 4,800-acre estate (with 50 outbuildings) in 1989 for the purpose of restoration. In the late 1990s, a two-weekend Standardbred trotter parimutuel meet was held at Oak Ridge and, though the idea did not take off at that time, the Hollands and the energetic Oak Ridge committee are in negotiations with the Virginia Racing Commission to again offer parimutuel racing at the course that is already set up for it.
A tent village is planned in the homestretch area, with a wide variety of vendors and food concessions. Race information is at (540) 272-0757 or online at www.oakridgeestate.com.
• Montpelier Hunt Races, Montpelier Station. Saturday,
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