Downtown in Hampton, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
The Sclater Building
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, July 31, 2010
1. The Sclater Building Marker
Inscription.
The Sclater Building. . The oldest surviving commercial structure in Old Hampton was built by William S. Sclater following the War Between the States. The lot is part of an original one-half acre on which, by the 1750's, was a large brick house belonging to a Captain Alexander Hamilton, gentleman merchant. During the Revolutionary War it was owned and operated as an ordinary by John Paul. The present building was occupied by retail stores, including Lemuel H. Sclater's Drugstore as early as 1881, H. R. Booker's Hardware Store (1895) and Wyatt Brothers, men's clothiers (1930-1969). It then became the offices of the law firm of E. Sclater Montague, grandson, and David N. Montague, great-grandson of Lemuel H. Sclater.
The oldest surviving commercial structure in Old Hampton was built by William S. Sclater following the War Between the States. The lot is part of an original one-half acre on which, by the 1750's, was a large brick house belonging to a Captain Alexander Hamilton, gentleman merchant. During the Revolutionary War it was owned and operated as an ordinary by John Paul. The present building was occupied by retail stores, including Lemuel H. Sclater's Drugstore as early as 1881, H. R. Booker's Hardware Store (1895) and Wyatt Brothers, men's clothiers (1930-1969). It then became the offices of the law firm of E. Sclater Montague, grandson, and David N. Montague, great-grandson of Lemuel H. Sclater.
Erected 1985 by David N. Montague in cooperation with The Woman's Club of Hampton, Virginia.
Location. 37° 1.549′ N, 76° 20.639′ W. Marker is in Hampton, Virginia. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of East Queens Way and Kings Way, on the right when traveling west on East Queens Way. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hampton VA 23669, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Peninsula and in Coastal Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,312 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 2, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
