Tuckahoe (plantation)

Tuckahoe

Tuckahoe plantation's northern wing
Location SE of Manakin near jct. of Rtes. 650 and 647, near Manakin, Virginia
Coordinates 37°34′13.7″N 77°39′11.4″W / 37.570472°N 77.653167°W / 37.570472; -77.653167Coordinates: 37°34′13.7″N 77°39′11.4″W / 37.570472°N 77.653167°W / 37.570472; -77.653167
Built 1712
Architect William Randolph
Architectural style Georgian, Other
NRHP Reference # 68000049
VLR # 037-0033
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 22, 1968[1]
Designated NHLD August 11, 1969[2]
Designated VLR November 5, 1968[3]

Tuckahoe, also known as Tuckahoe Plantation, is located on Route 650 near Manakin, Virginia overlapping both Goochland and Henrico counties. It was declared a historic district[4] and a National Historic Landmark in 1969.[2][4][5]

History

Construction is generally thought to have been begun by Thomas Randolph about 1710.[6][7] Tuckahoe remained a two-story, four-room form during the William Randolph III's and Jeffersons' period of residence, until about 1762, when Thomas Mann Randolph III added rooms and sections between that created the "H"-shaped house of today.[8][9] He married Maria Paige and they had three children, two daughters and a son, but his wife died in 1744.[10] William Randolph's cousin Jane married Peter Jefferson, and they were friends. Before William Randolph died in 1745, he added a codicil to his will asking that Peter Jefferson come to Tuckahoe Plantation and care for his three orphaned children until his son Thomas Mann Randolph came of age.[11] The Jeffersons removed from Charlottesville into the house with their children, including their two-year-old son Thomas. They lived in the four room Tuckahoe home with their own five children and the three Randolph orphans until 1751, and for 6-7 years young Thomas was tutored with his young Randolph cousins.[12] Jefferson directed the activities of the plantation and its seven overseers, "retaining a connection to the estate" even after he returned to his own plantation of Shadwell.[13]

In 1793 Thomas Mann Randolph II (not to be confused with his other son of the same name, Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. who was born in 1768) was born. To the dismay of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., his half brother Thomas Mann Randolph II inherited Tuckahoe and kept the house until 1830. Since then it has continued to be privately owned.

The house is currently under the care of the owner/managers Addison B. Thompson and his wife. The grounds are open for self-guided tours. The house is open for private tours by appointment and may also be rented for private events.

Exterior

The two-story wood structure sits in its original spot, surrounded by landscape and soaring trees. The structure forms an "H," with wings mirroring each other and connected by a central corridor. The entrance to the house is reached by a flight of stairs and a small stoop. The stoop is covered by a projected pediment supported by simple wooden posts and is framed by a wooden railing. To either side of the entrance is a pair of windows as well as a central window over the entrance, each with dark shutters. Each two-sashed window contains 9 panes of glass. The gabled roof rests on a simple cornice line with dentil moldings. A large brick chimney rises from either side of the home.

The grounds around the house include outbuildings: the schoolhouse where Thomas Jefferson was educated, a kitchen house, slave quarters, smokehouse, storehouse, stable, and the cemeteries of the Randolph and Wight families.

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Tuckahoe". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  3. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  4. 1 2 James Dillon (October 9, 1974), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Tuckahoe Plantation (pdf), National Park Service and Accompanying 14 photos, aerial and exterior and interior, from 1968, 1972, and 1974 PDF (32 KB)
  5. ↑ Charles W. Snell (March 19, 1971), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Tuckahoe Plantation House (Thomas Jefferson Boyhood Home) / Tuckahoe (pdf), National Park Service
  6. ↑ Glenn, Thomas Allen, ed. (1898). "The Randolphs: Randolph Genealogy". Some Colonial Mansions: And Those Who Lived In Them : With Genealogies Of The Various Families Mentioned 1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Henry T. Coates & Company. pp. 430–459.
  7. ↑ Tuckahoe Plantation
  8. ↑ "Camille Wells, Camille, "Lessons from Tuckahoe," in Spring Dinner at Monticello, April 12, 1999, in Memory of Thomas Jefferson (Charlottesville, VA: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1999), pp. 1-19
  9. ↑ Tuckahoe
  10. ↑ Malone, Dumas, Jefferson the Virginian, St. Martin’s Press, 1948, Volume 1, p. 19
  11. ↑ Malone, p. 19
  12. ↑ Malone, pp. 20, 26
  13. ↑ Malone, p. 20, n48

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