The Tuleyries is an ante-bellum estate near

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History

The complex was built around 1833 by Colonel Joseph Tuley, Jr. (1796–1860), a large slaveholder, who made the name a pun on his name and the

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. The house is a late Federal style

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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

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(1865–1941) to restore and improve the mansion. Two-thirds The Tuleyries – as part of ''The Estate of Graham Furber Blandy, Deceased'' – was bequeathed to the

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. 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. 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

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in 1972.

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. She was also a sister-in-law of Graham Furber Blandy

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External links

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Tuleyries, State Route 628 vicinity, White Post, Clarke County, VA
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