John Tyler House
- Also Known As: Sherwood Forest
- Address: 4 mi E of Charles City on VA 5
- Phone: (804) 829-5377
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1780/00/00 | Original frame plantation house is built. | |||||
1790/00/00 | William Henry Harrison | Owner | William Henry Harrison inherits Walnut Grove plantation. In 1793 he sells the 3,000 acres (12 km2) property, having never lived in the house. | |||
1842/00/00 | John Tyler | Home | John Tyler buys the 1,200-acre plantation when he was still serving as 10th president of the United States. Tyler used Sherwood Forest as his retirement home from 1845 until his death in 1862. | |||
1845/00/00 | John Tyler expands Sherwood Forest Plantation main house to over 300 feet in 1845 when added a 68-foot ballroom catering to the popular dance of his time, the Virginia Reel. | |||||
1862/00/00 | In spring, John Tyler House is occupied by Union soldiers during McClellan's Peninsula Campaign of 1862. | |||||
1864/00/00 | John Tyler House is occupied by Union soldiers during Grant's Overland Campaign of 1864. | |||||
1975/00/00 | Harrison Ruffin Tyler | Owner | Harrison Ruffin Tyler, President Tyler's grandson, and his wife, Frances Payne Bouknight Tyler, restore the home and grounds based on information gathered from over 47,000 letters describing the decor, furnishings and landscape. |
Particulars for John Tyler House: | |
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Sight Category | Building |
Museum Type | Historical Museum |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Secondary structure |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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