Glass House
Glass House is a building in James City, Virginia which is located on Colonial Parkways. Glass House is situated nearby to the museum Jamestown Settlement, as well as near the village Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Also known as: “Historic Jamestowne Glass House” and “Jamestown Glasshouse”
- Address: 352 Colonial Parkways, James City County, VA 23185
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jamestown Settlement and Historic Jamestown.
Jamestown Settlement
Museum
Photo: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jamestown Settlement is a living history museum operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia, created in 1957 as Jamestown Festival Park for the 350th anniversary celebration. Jamestown Settlement is situated 1,600 feet north of Glass House.
Historic Jamestown
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Historic Jamestown is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America. It is located on Jamestown Island, on the James River at Jamestown, Virginia, and operated as a partnership between Preservation Virginia and the U.S. National Park Service as part of Colonial National Historical Park. Historic Jamestown is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Glass House.
Jamestown Tercentennial Monument
Work of art
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Jamestown Tercentennial Monument is an obelisk-shaped monument erected in Historic Jamestown in Jamestown, Virginia, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Jamestown Colony. The monument was installed in 1907. Jamestown Tercentennial Monument is situated 1 mile southeast of Glass House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jamestown and Scotland.
Jamestown
Locality
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg.
Scotland
Village
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scotland also known as Scotland Wharf is a census-designated place in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 203. Scotland is situated 2½ miles south of Glass House.
Williamsburg
Photo: Humberto Moreno, CC BY 4.0.
Williamsburg is a city in southeast Virginia. Settled in 1632, it was the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1779 and in 1926, John D. Rockefeller Jr commissioned a restoration project to bring Williamsburg back to its former colonial glory.
Glass House
- Categories: building and tourism
- Location: James City, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.22071° or 37° 13′ 15″ northLongitude
-76.78531° or 76° 47′ 7″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
879566C7+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 370414323OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
4761033
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