OLD YORKTOWN AND ITS HISTORY



THE OLDEST HOUSE NOW STANDING IN YORKTOWN, VA.
                Built in 1699.



preservation, was the first custom house in America. Yorktown
being the first port of entry, all vessels doing business with the
Northern cities had to come first to this port for papers before
going on. The building is said to have been erected about 1715,
but this date is not authentic. It is built of old English brick.



OLD COLONIAL HOME.
    Built 1705.



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