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The Colonial Parkway, part of Colonial National Historical Park and located on Virginia’s James-York peninsula, is a scenic roadway constructed by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Public Roads between 1931 and 1958. Originally constructed to link the three historic sites of Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Jamestown, the district encompasses 21.44 miles of road from the parking lot at the Yorktown Visitor Center to the parking lot of the Jamestown Visitor Center. The Colonial Parkway was designed and constructed as a curvilinear, scenic route with expansive views over both the York and James Rivers. The entire length of the Colonial Parkway possesses extraordinary integrity to the period of its construction.
[Colonial Parkway Unit Additional Documentation: NRHP Approved 7/9/2001]
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
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Programs
DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
