Old Custom House, Yorktown

#6 among attractions in Yorktown

Museum, History museum

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The Old Custom House is a historic customs house located at Yorktown, York County, Virginia. It was built in 1721, and is a 2 1/2-story brick Colonial building with a hipped roof. It has a corbeled brick interior end chimney. An extensive restoration project was undertaken by Richmond architect W. Duncan Lee in 1929. Also on the property are a contributing kitchen, necessary, and brick wall, all added during the restoration. ()

Built: 1721 (304 years ago)Coordinates: 37°14'3"N, 76°30'29"W

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410 Main StYorktown United States

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Old Custom House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Watermen's Museum, George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, Thomas Nelson House, Gloucester Point Archaeological District.

~1990 ftN
Museum, Military museum, Specialty museum
Watermen's Museum, Yorktown
10 min walk • The Watermen's Museum is a museum in Yorktown, Virginia. It documents the history of Chesapeake Bay 'watermen', from pre-colonial to modern times. The Museum is located on Water Street and open to the public from April to December.
0.4 miN
Bridge
George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, Yorktown
10 min walk • The George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge is a double swing bridge that spans the York River between Yorktown and Gloucester Point, in the United States state of Virginia. It connects the Peninsula and Middle Peninsula regions of Tidewater, Virginia.
~260 ftE
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Thomas Nelson House, Yorktown
2 min walk • Thomas Nelson House is an historic Colonial home in Yorktown, Virginia. It was built around 1730 and held by generations of the Nelson family through the Revolutionary War. After years in private ownership, it was designated as a National Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
1 miN
Archaeological site
Gloucester Point Archaeological District, Yorktown
26 min walk • The Gloucester Point Archaeological District is a site at the tip of Gloucester Point, Virginia. The district includes the historic center of colonial Gloucestertown, as well as military sites from both the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War.
~590 ftN
Sacred and religious sites, Church, Greek Revival architecture
Grace Church, Yorktown
3 min walk • Grace Church is a historic Episcopal church and cemetery at Route 1003 and Main Street in Yorktown, Virginia. It was built in 1697 and later updated with a Greek Revival style. Thomas Nelson, Jr. a signer of the Declaration of Independence and other pre-Revolution Founding Fathers attended the church.
~1460 ftN
37°14'18"N • 76°30'28"W
Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown
8 min walk • Park, Shopping
~350 ftE
Archaeological site
Sessions-Pope-Sheild House, Yorktown
2 min walk • The Sessions–Pope–Sheild House, also known as Sessions House or Sheild House, is a historic home located at Yorktown, York County, Virginia. It was built in 1691, and is a 1 1/2-story, five bay by two bay, brick Southern Colonial dwelling. It has a clipped gable roof with dormers. It has two "T"-shaped end chimney.
1.5 miSE
Museum, History museum
Moore House, Fort Eustis
38 min walk • 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.
~90 ftW
37°14'3"N • 76°30'30"W
York County Historical Museum, Yorktown
1 min walk • Museum, History museum

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Which popular attractions are close to Old Custom House?

Nearby attractions include York County Historical Museum, Yorktown (1 min walk), Thomas Nelson House, Yorktown (2 min walk), Sessions-Pope-Sheild House, Yorktown (2 min walk), Grace Church, Yorktown (3 min walk).