Berkeley
House and Grounds Tour
Time & Location
Mar 28, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Berkeley , 12602 Harrison Landing Rd, Charles City
About the event
About Berkeley Tour
Tours will be given between 2 and 4 PM. Check in at the gift shop for instructions about tour time and the house and extensive property. Terraced gardens cascade to the James River and the site of our nation’s First Thanksgiving.
About Berkeley
National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, Virginia Landmarks Register
One of America’s most historic estates, Berkeley was originally settled in 1619 as Berkeley Hundred and settlers observed our nation’s first official Thanksgiving here. The settlement was wiped out in the Indian uprising of 1622.
The property was purchased by the Harrison family in 1691. The present mansion, built in 1726 by Benjamin Harrison IV, is among the earliest of the great Georgian plantation dwellings that became the foci of colonial Virginia’s economic, cultural, and social life. Berkeley was the birthplace of Harrison’s son Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence.…