sherwood forest plantation
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sherwood forest plantation印象
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We enjoy visiting plantations so we stopped at this one on the way to Lynchburg, VA. This is a self guided tour. You park and place your $10.00per person in a box and take a paper which tells you about the stops you will visit while walking the plantation. While we enjoyed the tour it was only for the outside of the home. To tour the home it costs $35.00 per person and there was a phone number there to call to schedule your inside tour. We did not visit all the stops as it had recently rained and the ground was soggy. Some of the places you could visit were in marshy places and you were told to stay on the trail. Since it was so wet we decided not to venture near the marsh.
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We pulled up to the entrance of this planation and found that the entrance fee included only a self-guided tour of the grounds. To get inside you must make reservations and the fee for that is $35. That was news to us...somehow we missed that information on the webside.We went ahead and paid our $10 (no discounts for seniors) and toured the grounds. Lots of information is included on the brochure and we did enjoy the grounds, particularly the old old trees planted by President Tyler.
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Sherwood Forest Plantation belongs to the Tyler family. President Tyler did a lot of the maintence on the home and to this day it still shows. One room was devoted to the Virginia Real dance. This room is as long and wide as a singlwide mobile home!This house is also Haunted too. At least 2 spirits still reside in the house. The Tyler family are also unique in the fact that President Tyler's Grandson is still alive.The Grandsons' father was born during the Civil War, and the grandson was born sometime after the Spanish American war. The Tylers are also related to the Gardner family of New York too. President Tylers' 2nd wife was a New Yorker and through her herculean effort to preserve the house as we see it today.
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My wife and I enjoy visiting the homes and/or birthplaces of the presidents so this was a must see for us. We made advance reservations and splurged for the house tour and found it very enjoyable. We were the only one's on the tour and our guide, Tim, I think, while admittedly not a docent or historian did a good job of relating the history of the home and President Tyler's career. Most of the furniture is not original to the house but is of the time period. Glad we stopped by.
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If you want to see the house you have to make a reservation ahead of time. I think it was $35 dollars per person. If you do the self guide grounds it's $10.00 a per person. Have pets on the grounds and you are asked not to pet dogs.There is a Pet graveyardCarriage DriveCircle of CedarsBig houseServant's houseMilk houseLaw officeMapsico roadPatetern of the formal gardensTerracesGinko treeGarden OrnamentSprings and goose pondFurrowsGarden houseshingle makersmoke housewine houseoverseers housepresident Tylers chosen gravesiteKitchen and laundry
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we pulled into the parking lot. The sign says $10 per person to walk the grounds. Don't pet the family pets. If you want to tour the house, plan ahead and its $35 per person.We are a family of 4. $140 to walk through a house....no thanks. We got back in the car and left.
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This is a self guided tour of the grounds only for a $10 fee (honor system, leave your money in the box at the parking area.) A house tour is available by appt. only. The tour brochure is easy to follow and informational, but still not worth the $10 fee. Your paying to walk around the house and view a few out buildings. The grounds are nothing more than you would see at any nicer house in Virginia. The house does not appear to be too fancy and is skinny but does hold the title of longest frame house (300'). It is interesting that the Tyler family still owns and lives in the house. I'm glad I stopped since it is a Presidential home but Other plantation tours in the area are much more interesting (Berkley Plantation,also a Pres. Home.)
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We came across this plantation while traveling to visit another specific plantation. This is the home of President Tyler, and his grandson, in his 80s, still lives here. I understand he will chat with you if you see him and ask questions. Donations are accepted to tour the grounds, and home tours are by appointment. The brochure you get for the self guided tour is very informative. On you way to visit more popular plantations, be sure to spend at least an hour touring this one!!
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This is a self guided tour if you don't go into the house itself. The route is clearly marked, the brochure is fantastic. It was a hot muggy day, but there was plenty of shade. The most interesting plantation I have been on.
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When you pull into the parking lot of an attraction and you're greeted by another guest who is leaving and who tells you "it's not worth the price," you know that you have a decision to make; go ahead and see for yourself, or drive on. We took the chance and stayed.The home of President John Tyler is nice, but not that much nicer than a lot of historic homes that you see in the south. The price to walk around the grounds is $10 per person, and that does not include actually seeing the inside of the house. To do that, you have to pay $35 and make an appointment. In effect what you get for $10 is the right to walk around in a front yard and be chased by bugs.The history of the house is very interesting, but you get more of it by checking Wikipedia or the web site than you'll learn from the pamphlet. Overall, I'm glad that I stopped to have a look at it, but the price is a little high for what you receive.