Near Charles City in Charles City County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Sherwood Forest
President John Tyler's Home
Photographed By Kathy Walker, August 11, 2007
1. Sherwood Forest Marker
Inscription.
Sherwood Forest. President John Tyler's Home. John Tyler purchased this plantation one mile west in his native Charles City in 1842 while serving as tenth president of the United States, and made it his home from 1845 until his death in 1862. Tyler lengthened the wooden 18th-century house to over 300 feet long, thereby creating the longest frame house in America. Before becoming president, Tyler had served Virginia as congressman, governor, U. S. senator and vice-president. He served as president of the Washington Peace Conference in Feb. 1861; both sides occupied his Sherwood Forest property during the Civil War. Sherwood Forest, a National Historic Landmark, remains the home of Tyler's descendants.
John Tyler purchased this plantation one mile west in his native Charles City in 1842 while serving as tenth president of the United States, and made it his home from 1845 until his death in 1862. Tyler lengthened the wooden 18th-century house to over 300 feet long, thereby creating the longest frame house in America. Before becoming president, Tyler had served Virginia as congressman, governor, U. S. senator and vice-president. He served as president of the Washington Peace Conference in Feb. 1861; both sides occupied his Sherwood Forest property during the Civil War. Sherwood Forest, a National Historic Landmark, remains the home of Tyler's descendants.
Erected 1997 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number V-36.)
Location. 37° 19.556′ N, 76° 59.704′ W. Marker is near Charles City, Virginia, in Charles City County. Marker is on John Tyler Memorial Highway
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(Virginia Route 5) 0.2 miles east of Sturgeon Point Road (Virginia Route 614), on the right when traveling west. Located in a marker cluster with four other markers. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Charles City VA 23030, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . Sherwood Forest Plantation. Home of President John Tyler (Submitted on December 9, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.)
Photographed By Don Morfe, June 23, 2012
2. Sherwood Forest Marker
Photographed By Don Morfe, June 23, 2012
3. Sherwood Forest Marker
Photographed By Don Morfe, June 23, 2012
4. Sherwood Forest Marker
Photographed By Don Morfe, June 23, 2012
5. Sherwood Forest Marker
Photographed By Kathy Walker, August 11, 2007
6. Sherwood Forest Marker
Shown with markers Fort Pocahontas (V 34), Kennon's Landing (V 35) and Sturgeon Point and Kennons.
National Register of Historic Places
7. President John Tyler's Home (Sherwood Forest)
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 16, 2015
8. John Tyler
This 1859 portrait of John Tyler by George P. A. Healy hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
“In rallying to the cry of ‘Tippecanoe and Tyler, too’ in 1840, voters had their eyes fixed on the Whig Party's White House contender referred to in the first half of that catchy slogan William Henry Harrison, hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe. For most, his vice-presidential running mate, John Tyler, represented merely an afterthought. Within a month of his inauguration, however, Harrison was dead, and Tyler became the first vice president to be made president upon the death of his predecessor.
Tyler claimed the full powers of the presidency on taking office and thereby set a valuable precedent for future vice presidents who faced his situation. But Tyler's White House tenure was tempestuous. When his belief in the limited powers of federal government led him to veto his fellow Whigs' measure for reestablishing a national bank, he found himself deserted by his cabinet, formally read out of his party, and branded ‘His Accidency’ by former allies.” — National Portrait Gallery
Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2008, by Kathy Walker of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,699 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on July 25, 2008, by Kathy Walker of Stafford, Virginia. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 19, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 6. submitted on July 25, 2008, by Kathy Walker of Stafford, Virginia. 7. submitted on December 9, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 8. submitted on July 17, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.