Nelson House
200 Nelson St, Yorktown, VA 23690
Virginia, USA
MUSEUM
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HOME
EST. 1730
FORTIFICATION
EST. 1730
BATTLEFIELD
1781
Cornwallis, Charles
O'Hara, Charles
Nelson, Thomas Jr
Washington, George
Nelson, Thomas Sr
Nelson, William
HISTORIC PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Nelson House.
The house was built by Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson around 1730, and later occupied by his grandson, Founding Father Thomas Nelson, Jr. (1738-1789) during the American Revolutionary War. 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. The house was damaged during the siege of Yorktown. It served as a hospital during the Civil War.
About Nelson House
The Nelson House was the home of Thomas Nelson Jr., signer of the Declaration and Virginia governor in 1781. During the Yorktown siege, British troops occupied the town, and allied fire damaged the house. It directly links a leading Patriot with the decisive battlefield.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Nelson House
The Nelson House was the home of Thomas Nelson Jr. , signer of the Declaration and Virginia governor in 1781.
During the Yorktown siege, British troops occupied the town, and allied fire damaged the house. It directly links a leading Patriot with the decisive battlefield.
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