Wilton House Museum

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Wilton House is a historic house located in Richmond, Virginia. Wilton House was constructed in 1753 in a Georgian style by William Randolph III son of William Randolph Jr. Wilton was constructed as a tobacco plantation and located alongside the James River several miles East of the city of Richmond. When the house was in danger of foreclosure the The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America stepped in in 1932 and saved the house from destruction. In 1934 Wilton was dismantled and moved piece by piece to its current location.

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