THE DUDLEY DIGGES HOUSE
The Dudley Digges house was built around 1760 by Yorktown lawyer Dudley Digges, who held several important positions in Virginia's colonial and state government. . This residence is one of the few remaining colonial frame structures in Yorktown. Its inner timbers bear the scars of artillery fire to which it was subjected in 1781.
Digges was captured by the British during a raid at Charlottesville, Virginia on June 4, 1781.
The Digges House was restored by the National Park Service in 1960. All of the outbuildings: kitchen, smokehouse etc. are reconstructions built in the 1970’s.