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<div style="font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.09em;text-transform:uppercase;margin:8px 0 10px;color:#52606d;">HISTORIC BUILDING · COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG</div><br />
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[[File:George Wythe House, 101 Palace Green Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA HABS VA,48-WIL,16- (sheet 2 of 10).png|frameless|760px|link=|alt=George Wythe House]]<br />
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'''The George Wythe House is an original eighteenth-century Williamsburg residence associated with lawyer, teacher, and revolutionary statesman George Wythe.'''<ref name="official">{{cite web<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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George Wythe was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and an influential legal educator. Colonial Williamsburg identifies the house as his home and notes that Thomas Jefferson studied law under him. George Washington used the property as a headquarters in 1781 before the siege of Yorktown.<br />
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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<br />
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== What to notice ==<br />
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The site interprets Wythe's intellectual and political life alongside the experiences of free and enslaved people who lived and worked on the property.<br />
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== Historical context ==<br />
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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.<br />
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== Visiting context ==<br />
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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.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Colonial Williamsburg]]<br />
* [[Williamsburg, Virginia]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/discover/historic-area/ Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area]<br />
* [https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/events/george-wythe-house/ Colonial Williamsburg — George Wythe House]</div>VirginiaWikiBot