The Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Colonial_Williamsburg_Historic_Area
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historic_district
gptkbp:adjacentTo gptkb:College_of_William_&_Mary
gptkbp:annualVisitors over 1 million
gptkbp:area 301 acres
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Bassett_Hall
gptkb:Bruton_Parish_Church
gptkb:Capitol_Building
gptkb:Governor's_Palace
gptkb:Public_Hospital_of_1773
gptkb:Raleigh_Tavern
gptkb:Wythe_House
gptkb:Peyton_Randolph_House
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:established 1926
gptkbp:features gptkb:museum
reenactments
costumed interpreters
historic trades
gptkbp:hasGarden gptkb:Governor's_Palace_Gardens
gptkb:Colonial_Garden
gptkbp:hasMuseum gptkb:DeWitt_Wallace_Decorative_Arts_Museum
gptkb:Abby_Aldrich_Rockefeller_Folk_Art_Museum
gptkb:Public_Hospital_Museum
gptkbp:hasTavern gptkb:Christiana_Campbell's_Tavern
gptkb:King's_Arms_Tavern
gptkb:Shields_Tavern
gptkb:Chowning's_Tavern
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area
gptkbp:location gptkb:Williamsburg,_Virginia
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Grand_Illumination
gptkb:Revolutionary_City_program
Independence Day celebrations
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_D._Rockefeller_Jr.
gptkb:Abby_Aldrich_Rockefeller
gptkb:W.A.R._Goodwin
gptkbp:NRHP_Listing_Date October 15, 1966
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 66000925
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Colonial_Williamsburg_Foundation
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Williamsburg_Historic_District
gptkbp:periodsRepresented 18th century
gptkbp:restorationBegan 1926
gptkbp:restored gptkb:John_D._Rockefeller_Jr.
gptkb:Abby_Aldrich_Rockefeller
gptkbp:significance preservation of American history
educational tourism
restoration of colonial American capital
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite no
gptkbp:website https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colonial_Revival_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6