The Cornwallis Cave

The Cornwallis Cave.

Cornwallis “cave,” a cavern created by stone quarrying for building material, was once believed to be the “grotto” into which British General Cornwallis retreated to avoid bombardment during the Revolutionary War battle. Subsequent research suggested this is ...

Site of Secretary Nelson's House/Cornwallis's HQ

Site of Secretary Nelson's House/Cornwallis HQ 

This is not to be confused with Thomas Nelson Jr’s home on Main Street.  Here Cornwallis had his headquarters when the siege opened. He remained until allied artillery forced him out. Secretary Thomas Nelson ...

Archer Cottage

The Archer Cottage

The Archer cottage was built circa 1820 on the foundations of an 18th-century building that burned in 1814. Located at the junction of Water Street and Great Valley, the interior and exterior of the cottage was extensively ...

The Medical Shop

The Medical Shop

This is a NPS reconstruction of a medical Shop owned by Dr. Corbin Griffin who was a physician in Yorktown. During the 1781 Yorktown Siege, Dr. Griffin was imprisoned by the British and held on a ship ...

Grace Church

Grace Church

 This church, in York-Hampton Parish, is the oldest in Yorktown. It has been active since its construction about 1697.  Much of the church was destroyed in the great fire of 1814.  The present structure incorporated much of the ...

Colonial Parkway Bridges

The meticulous landscaping undertaken during the construction of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s is evident to this day.

Construction of Halfway Creek Bridge

Construction of the bridge across Halfway Creek. Finished in 1942 this bridge, along with the Colonial Parkway tunnel, was one of the few federal highway construction projects completed during World War II.

Hydraulic fill at College Creek

More than 1.7 million cubic yards of earth were used to create fill for the construction of the parkway at the across the Jamestown isthmus and at College Creek (shown here).

Entering Colonial Parkway

Entering Colonial Parkway

The Colonial Parkway, part of Colonial National Historical Park located on the Virginia's James-York peninsula, is a National Park Service scenic parkway constructed by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Public Roads between 1931 and ...

Colonial Parkway Tunnel

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