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 ...

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 ...

The Somerwell House

The Somerwell House

This restored brick home is believed to have been built by Mungo Somerwell, a Yorktown ferryman, in the early 1700’s.    

It is possible that the dwelling was struck during the bombardment of the town  that came with ...

The Ballard House

The Ballard House

This wooden home was built in the early part of the 18th century and it is quite remarkable that it still stands today.   It was built sometime between 1706 and 1709 and it was acquired ...

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).

Tree Planting

Meticulous landscaping is a hallmark of classically designed parkways. More than 17,000 trees and shrubs were planted between Yorktown and Williamsburg, including pines, cedars, dogwoods, redbuds, tulip and beech trees.

Large Oak

One of the two "Great Oaks" that stood along the Colonial Parkway, just west of the Newport Avenue access. Though the last was toppled by Hurricane Ernesto in 2006, a sign marks their location at one fo the parkway turnouts. ...

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 ...