Sherwood Forest - Part 2

Here is some more of Sherwood Forest, the residence and former plantation once owned by President John Tyler (and today by his grandson Harrison Tyler).

The eastern end of main house was the kitchen, seen here from its south side.  It had two rooms, one of which was a laundry until the laundry (later Tyler's law office) was built at the other end of the main house (as seen in Part 1).  Enslaved and possibly non-enslaved servants worked and may have even lived in the kitchen and original laundry.

East of the main house are the tobacco barn (which has no exterior siding or paint) and the smokehouse (which has white siding).

To the east (and immediately behind in the shot just above) of the smokehouse is a shingle-making machine, which is sheltered by a roof.  It was manufactured in Vermont in 1878 and used by Tyler's descendants in the mid-20th century.

This is the privy, which may have been built before the Tylers purchased Sherwood Forest.  It was more recently used as a gardening shed.

Visitors are not allowed past this gate, but I could not help but admire the metal horse figurine attached to the post on the left.

North of the smokehouse and shingle-maker is the overseer's house.  As with the slave house (again seen in Part 1), it is not original to Sherwood Forest.

Finally, this area is called the Tyler Memorial, because it's where President Tyler wished to be buried.  Instead, he was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, after dying in that city.

With my visit to Sherwood Forest over with, it was time to drive back to my temporary undisclosed location closer to Williamsburg, VA.  Most of the drive was on VA route 5, which is also known as the John Tyler Highway.