CHARLES CITY — The Autumn Pilgrimage House Tour, which allows visitors to see some of the most historic homes in America, takes place Saturday.

The tour, which first began in 1954, includes six properties this year, including three that are new to the tour along with Shirley Plantation, which hasn’t been on the tour for six years. The self-guided event, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., is a fundraiser for Westover Episcopal Church.

Charles City County was first settled in the 1600s as colonists expanded their footprint from Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. Shirley Plantation, Virginia’s oldest plantation, was settled in 1613, only six years after Jamestown.

Besides Shirley, the other houses on the tour include:

Milton: The home of Lyon Gardner Tyle

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