Sherwood Forest Plantation is an estate on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia, along the Route 5 scenic byway between Richmond and Williamsburg. Its main house, built in 1730, was the home of the tenth U.S. president, John Tyler, for the last twenty years of his life, and stands about 1.5 miles from the river. The estate was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
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Completed YearThe article lead dates the main house to 1730, but its infobox gives 1842, the year John Tyler renamed the plantation Sherwood Forest, so the completion date is not settled within the source. Building Type
Building Type (category) Building Type (category) Classification
Standing Status Building Type LocationNorth bank of the James River, Charles City County, Virginia 1 Connections
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Lead paragraph, first sentence
Sherwood Forest Plantation is located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia.
Lead paragraph, second sentence, description of the main house
The main plantation house, built in 1730, was the home of the tenth president of the United States, John Tyler
Lead paragraph, second sentence, date clause
The main plantation house, built in 1730
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Sherwood Forest Plantation is an estate on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia, along the Route 5 scenic byway between Richmond and Williamsburg. Its main house, built in 1730, was the home of the tenth U.S. president, John Tyler, for the last twenty years of his life, and stands about 1.5 miles from the river. The estate was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
In Style: Georgian Architecture, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Georgian
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