VIRGINIA'S MOST HISTORIC PLANTATION

Berkeley Plantation
Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark
First Thanksgiving Harrison's Berkeley's Enslaved Taps Drummer Boy Returns
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12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030
Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018
Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley Plantation
Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark
First Thanksgiving Harrison's Berkeley's Enslaved Taps Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030
Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018
Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley Plantation
Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark
First Thanksgiving Harrison's Berkeley's Enslaved Taps Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030
Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018
Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley Plantation
Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark
First Thanksgiving Harrison's Berkeley's Enslaved Taps Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018 Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley Plantation
Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark
First Thanksgiving Harrison's Berkeley's Enslaved Taps Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030
Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley Plantation
Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark
First Thanksgiving Harrison's Berkeley's Enslaved Taps Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030 Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018
Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley Plantation
Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark
First Thanksgiving Harrison's Berkeley's Enslaved Taps Drummer Boy Returns
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030 Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018 Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley Plantation
Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation
Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark
First Thanksgiving Harrison's Berkeley's Enslaved Taps Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030 Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018
Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley Plantation
Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation
Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark
First Thanksgiving
Harrison's
Berkeley's Enslaved
Taps
Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030 Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018
Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley Plantation
Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation
Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark
First Thanksgiving
Harrison's
Berkeley's Enslaved
Taps
Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030 Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018
Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley Plantation
Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation
First Thanksgiving
Harrison's
Berkeley's Enslaved
Taps
Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030 Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018
Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley Plantation
Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation
First Thanksgiving
Harrison's
Berkeley's Enslaved
Taps
Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030 Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018
Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley Plantation
Berkeley's Enslaved First Thanksgiving Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation
Harrison's
Taps
Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030 Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018
Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.
Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation
First Thanksgiving
Harrison's
Berkeley's Enslaved
Taps
Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
Berkeley Plantation
Berkeley’s history begins in 1619 when settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. The 1726 Georgian mansion is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. The estate is also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and ancestral home of his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president. During the Civil War, Berkeley, known as Harrison’s Landing, was occupied by General George McClellan’s Union Army. While at Berkeley, General Daniel Butterfield composed the familiar tune “Taps,” first played by his bugler, O.W. Norton. John Jamieson, a drummer boy with McClellan’s forces, returned to Berkeley in 1907 and purchased the house and 1400 acres. His son, Malcolm, and his wife, Grace, are responsible for the extensive restoration seen today. The plantation is presently owned by the Malcolm E Jamieson family. A Virginia and National Historic landmark Virginia’s Most Historic Plantation
First Thanksgiving
Harrison's
Berkeley's Enslaved
Taps
Drummer Boy Returns
Berkeley Plantation logo
12602 Harrison Landing Road Charles City, Virginia 23030 Open Daily 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Phone: (804) 829-6018
Toll Free: 1 (888) 466-6018 Fax: (804) 829-6757 Email: info@berkeleyplantation.com
© 2023 Berkeley Plantation. All rights reserved. Written permission required for use of text or photography.