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Welcome to an almost daily peek at our beautiful Williamsburg, Virginia which includes the "Historic Triangle" consisting of Colonial Williamsburg -the world’s largest living history museum- Yorktown and Jamestown.

October 12, 2012

St. George Tucker House, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

George Tucker House

The St. George Tucker House sits prominently on the Courthouse greens in Colonial Williamsburg and is a long, sprawling home worthy of a lawyer, Revolutionary War officer, and prominent judge. 

In addition, Tucker built the first bathroom in town by converting his dairy building and in which he featured a copper tub into which hot water was piped. As an additional oddity, it had a drain; unheard of at the time. 

A friend of his son erected the first known Christmas tree in the house 1842.

The house is used by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as a reception area for those who donate. 

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