Tuckahoe Plantation (Goochland County, Va.)

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Tuckahoe, also known as Tuckahoe Plantation, is located in Tuckahoe, Virginia on Route 650 near Manakin, Virginia, overlapping both Goochland and Henrico counties, six miles from the town of the same name. Built in the first half of the 18th century, it is a well-preserved example of a colonial plantation house, and is particularly distinctive as a colonial prodigy house. Thomas Jefferson is also recorded as having spent some of his childhood here. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1969.
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referencedIn Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1758. Account book of the estate of Peter Jefferson, 1728 - 1759, (bulk 1743-1757) Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Randolph-De Potestad Papers, 1826-1913. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn George S. Cook Studio (Richmond, Va.). Photographs of Virginia scenes, [manuscript], 1880-1910. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Stuart family. Papers, 1791-1958, of the Stuart family of Staunton, Va. Virginia Historical Society Library
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associatedWith De Potestad Family. family
associatedWith Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1758. person
associatedWith Randolph Family. family
associatedWith Stuart family. family
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