Williamsburg, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Great Hopes Plantation: A Colonial Virginia Farm

Photographed By Adam Margolis, December 28, 2021

1. Great Hopes Plantation: A Colonial Virginia Farm Marker

Inscription. In the eighteenth century, nearly all Virginians lived on rural farmsteads. When people traveled to Williamsburg, the journey took them past many such small plantations. Those they met along the way-whites of modest means, free blacks, and slaves-were the most common inhabitants of Virginia.

Great Hopes is a recreation of such a Virginia farm. Historic farmers tend livestock, plant corn, wheat, and tobacco. Carpenters prepare building materials. Interpreters undertake the many tasks that went with lives shaped by the land, the climate, and the season, and the institution of slavery.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 37° 16.656′ N, 76° 42.03′ W. Marker is in Williamsburg, Virginia. Marker can be reached from Visitor Center Drive (County Route 132V) east of Virginia Route 132, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg VA 23185, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Governor's Palace & Gardens (approx. ¼ mile away); Robert Carter House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Shop of Kenneth McKenzie (approx. 0.3 miles away);

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Mattey Free School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Site of the First Theatre (approx. 0.3 miles away); Gowan Pamphlet (approx. 0.3 miles away); Elkanah Deane (approx. 0.4 miles away); Grissell Hay Lodging House (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Williamsburg.

Also see . . . Great Hopes Plantation. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Submitted on January 4, 2022.)

Photographed By Adam Margolis, December 28, 2021

2. Great Hopes Plantation: A Colonial Virginia Farm Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 3, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. This page has been viewed 571 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 3, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.