2026 SPECIAL SESSION I
ENROLLED
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2051
Commending Agecroft Hall.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, June 22, 2026
WHEREAS, Agecroft Hall, a historic Tudor manor house located in Richmond, commemorates its 100th anniversary in the Commonwealth in 2026; and
WHEREAS, originally built in Lancashire, England, in the 16th century, Agecroft was purchased four centuries later by Thomas C. Williams, Jr., and his wife, Elizabeth, who had the house dismantled, crated, and shipped to Richmond, where it arrived in the spring of 1926; and
WHEREAS, T.C. Williams, Jr., adaptively rebuilt Agecroft to be his home and the centerpiece of the Windsor Farms neighborhood he was developing at the time, intending the house to be “a museum for the benefit of the people of Richmond” after his and his wife's death; and
WHEREAS, following the intent of the Williams' will, Agecroft and its 23 acres opened to the public in July 1969 as a museum showcasing life in a Tudor manor house, with English-inspired gardens designed by renowned landscape architect Charles Gillette in partnership with Elizabeth Williams Morton; and
WHEREAS, Agecroft was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register on July 18, 1978, and to the National Register of Historic Places on December 13, 1978; and
WHEREAS, Agecroft welcomes more than a thousand school children each year, who learn about life in Tudor England, Shakespeare, and local flora and fauna; and