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[[File:Colonial Williamsburg 2007 - Bassett Hall.jpg|frameless|760px|link=|alt=Bassett Hall]]
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'''Bassett Hall is an eighteenth-century Williamsburg residence closely associated with John D. Rockefeller Jr., Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg.'''<ref name="official">{{cite web
|url=https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/events/the-rockefellers-bassett-hall/
|title=The Rockefellers' Bassett Hall
|publisher=Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
|access-date=2026-10-26
}}</ref>

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== Overview ==

Colonial Williamsburg identifies Bassett Hall as one of the original surviving buildings shown to Rockefeller during the early campaign to restore Williamsburg. The Rockefellers later used the property as their Williamsburg home.

The site or trade forms part of the broader interpretation of [[Colonial Williamsburg]], the restored Historic Area in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]].<ref name="historic-area">{{cite web
|url=https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/discover/historic-area/
|title=Historic Area
|publisher=Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
|access-date=2026-10-26
}}</ref>

== What to notice ==

The house is interpreted largely as the Rockefellers knew it, with antiques, folk art, domestic furnishings, gardens, and landscape connecting the eighteenth-century property to the twentieth-century preservation movement.

== Historical context ==

Buildings in the Historic Area are interpreted within the political, economic, social, and domestic life of eighteenth-century Williamsburg. Some structures are original survivors, while others are reconstructions created from documentary, archaeological, and architectural evidence. Visitors should consult Colonial Williamsburg's current schedule because access, tours, and programming can change.

== Visiting context ==

This subject is best understood as part of the larger Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area. The main [[Colonial Williamsburg]] guide provides an overview of major sites, museums, trades, dining, and visitor information.

== See also ==

* [[Colonial Williamsburg]]
* [[Williamsburg, Virginia]]

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/discover/historic-area/ Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area]
* [https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/events/the-rockefellers-bassett-hall/ Colonial Williamsburg — The Rockefellers' Bassett Hall]

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