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Sherwood Forest Plantation Foundation is located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. The main plantation house, built in 1730, was the home of the tenth president of the United States , John Tyler (1790–1862) for the last twenty years of his life.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Sherwood Forest is open to the public seven days a week, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Kittiewan , originally known as Millford, overlooking Kittiewan Creek and the James River, is a typical Colonial-period medium-size wood-frame plantation house characteristic of the Virginia Tidewater.
Selma Plantation House, 1811, Loudoun County - Leesburg; Scotchtown, c. 1730, Hanover County — home of Patrick Henry; Seven Springs, c. 1725, King William County — home of the Dabney family; Sherwood Forest, c. 1720, Charles City County — home of John Tyler; Shirley Plantation, 1723, Charles City County — home of the Carter family
Berkeley Plantation is the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States, born on February 9, 1773. Greenway Plantation is the birthplace of John Tyler, the tenth president, was born in 1790. Sherwood Forest Plantation was bought by John Tyler in 1842. Tyler descendants have resided at Sherwood Forest Plantation ...
Harrison Ruffin Tyler (born November 9, 1928) is an American chemical engineer, businessman, and preservationist who co-founded ChemTreat, Inc., a water treatment company. . As a grandson of the tenth U.S. President John Tyler, he has played a role in preserving historical sites such as Sherwood Forest Plantation and Fort Pocahontas, while also donating historical materials to the College of ...
Sherwood Forest Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia, where the Tylers lived after leaving the White House. After leaving the White House, the Tylers retired to the Sherwood Forest Plantation. [29] Although a Northerner by birth, Tyler adopted her new Southern identity wholeheartedly, saying that she was "ashamed" of New York. [30]
Tyler, born in 1928, and who lived nearby at Sherwood Forest Plantation, was the grandson of President John Tyler, and a descendant of John Rolfe, Pocahontas, President William Henry Harrison and Edmund Ruffin. The site has since been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.