Tuckahoe

Tuckahoe, a plantation owned by colonial Virginia's prominent Randolph family, was under cultivation by the 1710s. The main house, an H-shaped dwelling, is considered one of the most significant examples of early-18th-century architecture in the United States. Construction began under the direction of William Randolph about 1733 and was completed ca. 1740. Many 18th-century outbuildings survive. The plantation depended on the labor of enslaved African Americans. Thomas Jefferson lived at Tuckahoe for several years during his childhood, and his education began here. Thomas Mann Randolph, governor of Virginia (1819-1822), was born here in 1768. Tuckahoe is a National Historic Landmark.