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1931–1934. VLR No. 047-0002. Designated VLR. See individual properties [2] The Moore House is a historic building located within Colonial National Historical Park, in York County, Virginia. During the American Revolutionary War, it was the site of negotiations for British General Charles Cornwallis 's surrender at the Siege of Yorktown.
Colonial National Monument was authorized on July 3, 1930. It was established on December 30, 1930. On June 5, 1936, it was redesignated a National Historical Park. The cemetery at Yorktown was transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933.
Porto Bello was a 2-story brick farmhouse owned by Lord Dunmore from 1773 to the late 1770s. It is located in central York County on a wooded hill north of Queen's Creek.. In a 1782 map, the building is shown to have five buildings, consisting of a residence, a kitchen, and three other much smaller outbuildings; however, it was written to have up to ten outbuildings while under the ownership ...
James McClure will sign books from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Aug. 2, and noon to 2 p.m., Aug. 3, at the York County History Center’s new museum at West Philadelphia and North Pershing in York. The ...
Charles River Shire became York County in 1643. [2] The first courthouse and jail were located near what is now Yorktown although the community, founded as a port for shipping tobacco to Europe, as variously called Port of York, Borough of York, York, Town of York, until Yorktown was established in 1691. Never incorporated as a town, Yorktown ...
York County, Virginia. Virginia. (2020) York County (formerly Charles River County) is a county in the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in the Tidewater. As of the 2020 census, the population was 70,045. [ 1 ] The county seat is the unincorporated town of Yorktown. [ 2 ] Located on the north side of the Virginia Peninsula ...
Colonial Parkway. 37°13′44″N 76°30′00″W / 37.228889°N 76.500000°W / 37.228889; -76.500000 (Colonial National Historical Park) Yorktown. 4. William Gooch Tomb and York Village Archeological Site. William Gooch Tomb and York Village Archeological Site. January 18, 1974.
February 11, 1999. Designated VLR. October 16, 1973, June 17, 1998 [2] William Gooch Tomb and York Village Archeological Site is a historic archaeological site located near Yorktown, York County, Virginia. It is the site of York Village established on the York River near Wormley Creek before 1635. A church was constructed at York about 1638.