The Tuleyries

The Tuleyries is an ante-bellum estate near White Post, Virginia.^[3]

The Tuleyries
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
The Tuleyries, March 1971
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Location	1.5 mi. E of White Post off VA 628, White Post, Virginia
Coordinates	39°4′16″N 78°4′26″W
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built	1833 (1833)
Architectural style	Federal, Late Federal
NRHP reference No.	72001388[1]
VLR No.	021-0082
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 7, 1972
Designated VLR	July 6, 1971[2]

History

The complex was built around 1833 by Colonel Joseph Tuley, Jr. (1796–1860), a large slaveholder,^[4] who made the name a pun on his name and the Tuileries Palace. The house is a late Federal style mansion with a domed entrance hall. The house was sold by the Tuley family to Colonel Upton Lawrence Boyce (1830–1907) in 1866.

In 1903 the property was acquired by Graham Furber Blandy (1868–1926), who hired Philadelphia architect Mantle Fielding (1865–1941) to restore and improve the mansion.^[5] Two-thirds The Tuleyries – as part of The Estate of Graham Furber Blandy, Deceased – was bequeathed to the University of Virginia.

That land is now known as the Blandy Experimental Farm and The Virginia State Arboretum. The remaining property and house remained in the Blandy family.^[6] As well as twenty acres of lawn and garden the property includes a further three hundred and eighty six acres of forest and farm.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

In March 2020, the manor house and 406 acres were listed for sale for $5 million.^[7] In October 2023, the house and most of its historic furnishings were sold at auction for $4.1 million in the bankruptcy of The Tuleyries Land Holdings LLC by the Welch Family.^[8][9]

Bibliography

Notes

1. NRIS database.
2. Virginia Landmarks Register.
3. Baker, 1930, p. 170.
4. "Tuleyries" Nomination, August 7, 1972, p. 3.
5. Boxwood Bulletin, April 1964, pp. 59–60.
6. "Tuleyries" Nomination, August 7, 1972.
7. "The Tuleyries | c.1833 Antebellum Mansion on 406 Acres in Virginia for $5M (PHOTOS)". Pricey Pads. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
8. GROVE KEDZIERSKI, WENDY (6 October 2023). "Historic Clarke County estate auctioned off to highest bidder; bankruptcy court must still approve sale". The Winchester Star. Retrieved 14 November 2023. "The high bid on Tuleyries was $4.1 million and will be sent to the court for approval
9. "Sell Free and Clear of Liens – #138 in The Tuleyries Land Holdings, LLC (Bankr. W.D. Va., 23-50177) – CourtListener.com". CourtListener. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

References

• Baker, "Nellie" Browne (née Ellen Fauntleroy Browne; 1882–1975) (entry) (1930) [1929]. Christian, Frances Archer (née Frances Williamson Archer; 1864–1968); Massie, Susanne Williams (née Susanne Coleman Williams; 1861–1952) (eds.). Entry → "The Tuleyries" in Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia. Richmond: J.W. Fergusson & Sons. p. 170 – via Internet Archive (Marygrove College).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LCCN 30-13228; OCLC 9800024 (all editions).
  "The Tuleyries". Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia (revision of the 1929 1st ed.). Richmond: Garden Club of Virginia. 1953. pp. 517–519. Retrieved August 25, 2022 – via HathiTrust (UC Davis) . LCCN 53-11461; OCLC 1658741 (all editions).

• Boxwood Bulletin (The); Wilson, Alice B. (April 1964). "The Tuleyries" (PDF). American Boxwood Society. . 3 (4). Boyce, Virginia: 59–60. Retrieved August 24, 2022. ISSN 0006-8535; OCLC 2445419.

The author was the wife of Orme Wilson, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Haiti under Franklin D. Roosevelt. She was also a sister-in-law of Graham Furber Blandy

• "NRIS – National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved July 9, 2010.

• "Tuleyries" ("The") – Nomination (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. August 7, 1972. Retrieved July 2, 2008.

• "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013. (NRIS Nomination (PDF) (stored online by the Virginia Landmarks Register). Retrieved August 24, 2022.).

External links

• Media related to The Tuleyries at Wikimedia Commons
• Tuleyries, State Route 628 vicinity, White Post, Clarke County, VA at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)