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| Location | NW of Charles on VA 618,Charles City, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°21′20″N77°06′39″W / 37.35556°N 77.11083°W /37.35556; -77.11083 |
| Area | 60 acres (24 ha) |
| Built | c. 1815 (1815) |
| Architectural style | Palladian |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003183[1] |
| VLR No. | 018-0052 |
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| Added to NRHP | December 12, 1978 |
| Designated VLR | April 19, 1977[2] |
Woodburn, also known as Woodbourne, is a historicplantation house located nearCharles City,Charles City County, Virginia. The house was built about 1815 byJohn Tyler, who later served as tenth President of the United States. ThePalladian house is a three-part frame structure consisting of a tall, two-story, three-bay central section with a gable-end facade and flanking chimneys, and two, low one-story, one-bay wings. Also on the property are a contributing one-story frame office (c. 1830) and an originalsmokehouse. The Woodburn property was purchased by John Tyler in 1813 when he married Letitia Christian.[3] He resided there until 1821, and sold the property to his brother Wat H. Tyler in 1831. During his residence at Woodburn, he served as Congressman.[4]
It was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
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