Colonial Yorktown
Dudley Diggs House 1760. Diggs was a member of the legislature captured by Tarleton.
The Great Valley linked the waterfront with Main Street atop the bluffs. Retail stores owned by Nelson family were at the upper end of the valley.
Sessions-Pope-Shields House 1760
Grace Church, used as a magazine during the siege, was built in 1697.
Cole Diggs House 1720. Diggs was a member of the royal governor's council.
Swan Tavern is now an antiques store.
Courthouse reconstructed
Customs House
All photos copyright 2006 by John Hamill.