Wythe House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Wythe House
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= Williamsburg, Virginia
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 16
lat_seconds = 18
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 42
long_seconds = 12
long_direction = W
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1750
architect= Richard Taliaferro
architecture= Georgian
designated= April 15, 1970cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1040&ResourceType=Building
title=Wythe House |accessdate=2008-04-20|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 15, 1970cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=70000866

Wythe House was the Williamsburg, Virginia home of George Wythe, signer of the Declaration of Independence and father of American jurisprudence.

It is located in what is now Colonial Williamsburg, on Palace Green, adjacent to Bruton Parish Church.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/70000866.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: James Dillon] |32 KB|date=October 9, 1974 |author=James Dillon |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/70000866.pdf "Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1974"] |32 KB]

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