Early Colonial Custom House

Yorktown was made a port of entry at a General Assembly of the Colony and Dominion of Williamsburg on October 23, 1705, in the fourth year of the reign of Queen Anne, and this Custom House was built in 1706. The Comte de Grasse Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Inc., purchased the Custom House in 1924, when its board of management included Mrs. Emma Leake Chenoweth, Regent, Mrs. Elizabeth Fox Madison, Mrs. Nannie Cooke Curtis, Mrs. Lula Wade Renforth, Mrs. Nettie Richardson Clements, Mrs. Lillie Hidgins Walthall, and Mrs. Margaret Crooks Smith. It was restored by Mrs. Letitia Pate Evans, a member of the Comte de Grasse Chapter, during 1920-1930, and dedicated to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American independence. The Old Custom House at 410 Main Street, Yorktown, Virginia, has been placed on the Virginia Historic Landmark Register and the National Register of Historic Places, with a date given as circa 1720.

Yorktown, Virginia · United States