Thomas Nelson House (Yorktown, Virginia)

Thomas Nelson House is an historic Colonial home in Yorktown, Virginia.

It is also a contributing property to Colonial National Historical Park in Yorktown and among the battlefield attractions.

Nelson, Jr., who signed the Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, was a planter, politician, and later governor of Virginia.

They made a number of additions to update the property, which were designed by Griffin & Wynkoop.

[4] It is also a contributing property to the Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park.

"York Hall," Captain George Preston Blow House, Route 1005 and Main Street, Yorktown; photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1929. Griffin & Wynkoop, architects, made additions to 18th-century brick house after Blow's 1914 purchase. It was the home of Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738-1789), during the Revolutionary War. Landscape: Charles Freeman Gillette, from 1914. Today the house has been restored to its 18th-century character and is designated as a National Historic Landmark . It is operated as National Park Service site.