Sherwood Forest Plantation
| John Tyler House | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
| National Historic Landmark | |||
 Sherwood Forest Plantation (1961) |
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| location | near Charles City , Charles City County , Virginia | ||
| Coordinates | 37 ° 20 '2.7 " N , 77 ° 1' 13" W | ||
| Built | 1780 | ||
| NRHP number | 66000922 | ||
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| The NRHP added | October 15, 1966 | ||
| Declared as an NHL | 4th July 1961 | ||
Sherwood Forest Plantation , also known as John Tyler House , is an estate of historic importance on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County , Virginia .
The two and a half story main building was built in 1780. The 1190 acre property was originally called Creek Plantation. After his presidency, John Tyler lived in the house until his death in 1861. Tyler made extensive additions to Sherwood Forest Plantation that resulted in an unusually long front facade at 300 feet while the main building is no more than one room deep.
On October 15, 1966, Sherwood Forest Plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places , where it is listed as the John Tyler House . Before that, it had been a National Historic Landmark since July 4, 1961 .
Web links
- Sherwood Forest Plantation. In: Sherwood Forest Plantation Foundation website. Retrieved July 4, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Stephen Lisandrello: John Tyler Home (Sherwood Forest). (PDF) In: National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Nomination Form. National Park Service , April 23, 1975, accessed July 4, 2013 (PDF 5.03 MB).
- ^ William Freehling: John Tyler. Life After the Presidency. (No longer available online.) In: Web presence millercenter.org. University of Virginia , archived from the original on June 26, 2013 ; accessed on July 4, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Tyler, John, House on the National Register of Historic Places , accessed March 8, 2020.
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Virginia. National Park Service , accessed March 8, 2020.
