12, 1935 in Richmond, where he is buried at Hollywood Cemetery. His childhood home in Charles City County, Sherwood Forest Plantation, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Although still owned and occupied by descendants of the Tyler family, tours of the plantation are offered. At the College of William & Mary, the Special Collections Research Center houses: Lyon Gardiner Tyler Sr.'s personal papers Papers as president of the College of William & Mary The College of William & Mary also offers a Lyon Tyler Grant in History for undergraduate majors. Other memorials to Tyler on the William and Mary campus include: the Tyler Family Garden, dedicated to Tyler as well as his father and paternal grandfather, both of whom were alumni of the college; located next to James Blair Hall, which houses the university's history department, the garden contains busts of the three men, and was dedicated on April 30, 2004. It was funded as part of a $5 million gift from Lyon's son, Harrison Ruffin Tyler, and his wife The Lyon Gardiner Tyler Department of History See also Seven Society (College of William & Mary) List of oldest fathers References External links Russell Smith's Lyon G. Tyler and the Quest for a Dissertation Lyon G. Tyler Department of History at the College of William and Mary Finding aid for the Office of the President. Lyon Gardiner Tyler Records Finding aid for the Tyler Family Papers, Group B 1853 births 1935 deaths Lyon Gardiner Tyler Gardiner family Children of presidents of the United States Children of vice presidents of the United States University of Virginia School of Law alumni 19th-century American historians 20th-century American historians 19th-century American educators 20th-century American educators 19th-century American politicians American male non-fiction writers 19th-century American male writers 20th-century American male writers American people of English descent American people of Dutch descent American people of Scottish descent Members of the Virginia House of Delegates Politicians from Richmond, Virginia Presidents of the College of William & Mary College of William & Mary faculty People from Charles City County, Virginia Burials at Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia) Deaths from pneumonia in Virginia Historians from Virginia