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88 Original Buildings in the Historic Area

Listed below are the 88 original structures that stand today in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area. All are from the 18th or early 19th centuries, with the exception of the Wren Building (in part late 17th-century). They have undergone varying degrees of restoration. Some are not located on their original site, and not all are owned by Colonial Williamsburg.

Block Building Name
1 1 16 Benjamin Waller House
2 1 16C Benjamin Waller Smokehouse
3 1 19 Bassett Hall Smokehouse
4 1 20 Bassett Hall Dairy
5 1 21 Bassett Hall Kitchen
6 1 22 Bassett Hall
7 2 7 William Finnie House
8 2 7F William Finnie Quarters
9 2 28 Ewing House
10 2 31 Moody House
11 2 31D Moody Smokehouse
12 2 38 Orrell House
13 2 48 The Quarter
14 2 52 Bracken Tenement
15 2 52A Bracken Tenement Smokehouse
16 3 10 Lightfoot House
17 4-2 2 Custis Kitchen
18 5 1 William Byrd III House
19 7 12 Robert Nicolson House
20 7 20 Benjamin Powell Dairy
21 7 21 Benjamin Powell Office
22 7 24 Benjamin Powell Kitchen
23 7 25 Benjamin Powell Smokehouse
24 7 26 Benjamin Powell House
25 9 6 Nelson-Galt Office
26 9 7 Nelson-Galt House
27 9 22A Wetherburn's Dairy
28 9 24 Palmer House
29 9 30 Charlton House
30 9 30A Charlton Smokehouse
31 9 31 Wetherburn's Tavern
32 10 1 Dr. Barraud House
33 10 20 Dr. Barraud Privy
34 11 9A George Reid Well
35 11 11 George Reid House
36 11 11A George Reid Woodshed
37 11 14 William Lightfoot House
38 11 14A William Lightfoot Smokehouse
39 11 14B William Lightfoot Dairy
40 12 9 The Magazine
41 12 13 Market Square Tavern
42 13-1 26F Custis Tenement Necessary House
43 13-1 35 Taliaferro-Cole Shop
44 13-1 40 Taliaferro-Cole House
45 13-2 20 Greenhow Brick Office
46 14 4 Travis House
47 16 1 Brafferton Building
48 16 2 President's House
49 16 3 Wren Building
50 17 4 Nicolson Store
51 17 5 Alexander Craig House
52 17 9 Margaret Hunter Shop
53 17 12 Secretary's Office
54 18-1 5 Prentis Store
55 18-1 7 Ludwell-Paradise House
56 19 3 Courthouse
57 19 11 James Geddy House
58 19 13 Roscow Cole House
59 20 3Z Governor's Palace Icehouse
60 21 1 Bruton Parish Church
61 21 4 George Wythe House
62 22 5 John Blair House
63 27 1 Coke-Garrett House
64 27 1E Coke-Garrett Office
65 27 2 Public Gaol
66 27 4 Booker Tenement
67 27 30 Coke-Garrett Privy
68 28 3 Tayloe House
69 28 3A Tayloe Smokehouse
70 28 3B Tayloe Office
71 28 6 Peyton Randolph House
72 28 41A Franklin Street Kitchen
73 28 42 Tayloe Storehouse
74 29 1 Grissell Hay Lodging House
75 29 2 St. George Tucker House
76 29 3 Grissell Hay Kitchen
77 29 4A Grissell Hay Privy
78 29 4B Grissell Hay Dairy
79 29 9 Thomas Everard Kitchen
80 29 10 Thomas Everard House
81 29 11A Grissell Hay Smokehouse
82 29 15 Thomas Everard Smokehouse
83 30-1 4 Timson House
84 30-2 13 Robert Carter House
85 30-2 14 Robert Carter Brick Quarters
86 45-1 40 James Galt House
87 45-1 41 Seymour Powell Tenement
88 46-1 10 John Saunders House