West Along Main Street-Historic Yorktown - Yorktown VA
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 14.117 W 076° 30.503
18S E 366200 N 4122039
Yorktown’s prosperity as a port peaked around the middle of the 18th century. By 1781, Main Street, as depicted in this painting, had become a quieter, less active avenue.
Waymark Code: WM1337Z
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2020
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West Along Main Street-Historic Yorktown— Colonial National Historical Park — “York-Town…tho’ but stragglingly built…makes no inconsiderable Figure. You perceive a great Air of Opulence amongst the Inhabitants, who have some of them built themselves Houses, equal in Magnificence to many of our superb ones at St. James’ as those of Mr. Lightfoot, Nelson, &c/” Edward Kimber, “Observations in Several Voyages and Travels in America in the Year 1736.”
Yorktown’s prosperity as a port peaked around the middle of the 18th century. By 1781, Main Street, as depicted in this painting, had become a quieter, less active avenue.
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Painting by Sidney King
Group that erected the marker: National Park Service
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
intersection of Main Street and Church Street
Yorktown , VA USA
23690
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