Halwyck

Halwick (which is the proper spelling, not "Halwyck"), also known as the James Hoge Tyler House, is an historic home located in Radford, Virginia. It was built in 1892, and is a large two-story, three bay, Queen Anne brick dwelling on a wooded bluff-top lot overlooking bottomland along the New River. It has a central-passage, T-plan dwelling and a hipped roof. The house was the principal residence of Governor James Hoge Tyler and his wife, Susan Hammet Tyler, from the time it was built until their deaths in the 1920s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 with the name of the home spelled "Halwyck." Descendants of Governor Tyler, relying on numerous sources within the writings of Governor Tyler, believe that the correct spelling of his home is "Halwick," and that when the home was added to the National Register of Historic Places the name of the home was incorrectly spelled "Halwyck." One of the many sources that document this fact is the book "The Family of Hoge: A Genealogy Compiled by James Hoge Tyler" (see page 66). Visit the website http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00220.xml for other references to "Halwick."