About this image...

Image Title: York Hall, Captain George Preston Blow House, Route 1005 And Main Street, Yorktown, Virginia. Guest House In Memory Garden, 1929

Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer

Date: 1929

Notes: Site History. House Architecture: Griffin & Wynkoop, for Captain George Preston Blow, additions to 18th century brick house, the home of Thomas Nelson Jr., 1738-1739, after purchase by Blow in 1914. Landscape: Charles Freeman Gillette, from 1914. Associated Name: Adele Matthiessen (Mrs. George P.) Blow. Other: Also known as Nelson House. Today: Garden not extant, the house, without additions by Captain Blow, is a National Park Service site.

Subjects: Gardens--Virginia--Yorktown--1920-1930
Servants' quarters--Virginia--Yorktown--1920-1930

Original Media: Photograph

Collections: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection » more info...

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