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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
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| HM Number | HM15US |
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| Placed By | National Park Service |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, September 26th, 2014 at 11:12am PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 366200 N 4122039 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 37.23528333, -76.50838333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 14.117', W 76° 30.503' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 14' 7.02" N, 76° 30' 30.18" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 757 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 201-209 Church St, Yorktown VA 23690, US |
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