America's Historic Triangle - Jamestown - Williamsburg - Yorktown

Colonial Williamsburg

Historical Interpreters at the Colonial Williamsburg Capitol

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Encompassing 301 acres, the restored Historic Area includes 88 original buildings, 225 period rooms, 500 reconstructed buildings (many on the original foundations,) a vast archaeological collection, thousands of American and English antiques and more. The Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center, the best place to begin your visit, provides parking, information, admission and program tickets, bus service, on-site hotel and restaurant reservations.

Important Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area Sites include:

• The Governor's Palace - symbol of British authority


• The Capitol - seat of colonial power and site of Virginia's vote for independence May 15, 1776


• Peyton Randolph site - where historic trades carpenters are reconstructing an urban plantation
  
• Raleigh Tavern - where Virginia patriots defied the Crown and met to discuss independence


• George Wythe House - home of Jefferson's teacher and friend


• James Geddy House - site of family life and several family businesses


• Duke of Gloucester Street - Colonial Williamsburg's principal street

• Historic Trades Demonstrations


• Historic Foodways


• African American Experience


• Gardening


• Animals - Rare Breeds Program

• DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum


• Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum


• The Public Hospital


• Bassett Hall, home of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr.

• Hours and Admission


• Visitor Center Location

• Introduction to America's Historic Triangle
• Jamestown Settlement
• Historic Jamestowne
• Colonial Williamsburg
• Yorktown Victory Center
• Yorktown Battlefield
• The Colonial Parkway - Locations of America's Historic Triangle Sites
• America's Historic Triangle - Hours and Admission