The Sclater Building
The oldest surviving commercial structure in Old Hampton was built by William S. Sclater following the War Between the States. The lot is part of an original one-half acre on which, by the 1750's, was a large brick house belonging to a Captain Alexander Hamilton, gentleman merchant. During the Revolutionary War it was owned and operated as an ordinary by John Paul. The present building was occupied by retail stores, including Lemuel H. Sclater's Drugstore as early as 1881, H. R. Booker's Hardware Store (1895) and Wyatt Brothers, men's clothiers (1930-1969). It then became the offices of the law firm of E. Sclater Montague, grandson, and David N. Montague, great-grandson of Lemuel H. Sclater.
Given by David N. Montague
in cooperation with
The Woman's Club of Hampton, Virginia
Marker is at the intersection of East Queens Way and Kings Way, on the right when traveling west on East Queens Way.
Courtesy hmdb.org
