Woodburn (Charles City, Virginia)

{{short description|Historic house in Virginia, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Woodburn

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = April 19, 1977{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

| designated_other1_number = 018-0052

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = WOODBURN, CHARLES CITY COUNTY, VA.jpg

| caption =

| location = NW of Charles on VA 618, Charles City, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|37|21|20|N|77|06|39|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = c. {{Start date|1815}}

| architecture = Palladian

| added = December 12, 1978

| area = {{convert|60|acre}}

| refnum = 78003183{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Woodburn, also known as Woodbourne, is a historic plantation house located near Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia. The house was built about 1815 by John Tyler, who later served as tenth President of the United States. The Palladian house is a three-part frame structure consisting of a tall, two-story, three-bay central section with a gable-end facade and flanking chimneys, and two, low one-story, one-bay wings. Also on the property are a contributing one-story frame office (c. 1830) and an original smokehouse. The Woodburn property was purchased by John Tyler in 1813 when he married Letitia Christian.{{Cite web |title=The Enslaved Households of President John Tyler |url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-enslaved-households-of-president-john-tyler |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=WHHA (en-US) |language=en}} He resided there until 1821, and sold the property to his brother Wat H. Tyler in 1831. During his residence at Woodburn, he served as Congressman.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/CharlesCity/018-0052_Woodburn_1978_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woodburn|author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff|date=April 1977}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/CharlesCity/Woodburn_photo.htm Accompanying photo]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.