[3] The complex was built around 1833 by Colonel Joseph Tuley, Jr. (1796–1860), a large slaveholder,[4] who made the name a pun on his name and the Tuileries Palace.
In 1903 the property was acquired by Graham Furber Blandy (1868–1926), who hired Philadelphia architect Mantle Fielding (1865–1941) to restore and improve the mansion.
[5] Two-thirds The Tuleyries – as part of The Estate of Graham Furber Blandy, Deceased – was bequeathed to the University of Virginia.
[7] In October 2023, the house and most of its historic furnishings were sold at auction for $4.1 million in the bankruptcy of The Tuleyries Land Holdings LLC by the Welch Family.
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