Yorktown Custom House

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Come and visit on the 4th of July. Open for tours again.

Our wonderful Custom House is not neglected.....just hoping for visitors when the world is open again. Private tours can be arranged by calling our Regent!

From 1720 to 2020, the Yorktown Custom House is still in the news! Thank you Rick Gay.

Daughters of the American Revolution in Yorktown celebrate 300 years of Custom House with Lego warehouse model | Williamsburg Yorktown Daily Man, with know-how and determination, one can really create unique things using Lego. Take for instance Dick Gay, who owns a company in Williamsburg called Brick X — the company has been around for…

Rick Gay aka Doc Brick Brick-X, LLCwas asked to reproduce the warehouse configuration of 1720 as a Custom House museum display. Instead of sand and clay, he used 4300 LEGO bricks working about 77 hours to design and build the model after consulting restoration blueprints from 1929 which gave hints of original details.
The design of the building is based on the width of the windows and everything was scaled around that size. The load bearing wall inside the building is actually a key part holding up the second and third floors. Details include owner Mr. Ambler not being happy with a farmer’s to***co; a warehouse worker nailing down a crate; and a colonial tax collector inspecting a barrel that has been hoisted to the second floor. The LEGO Group doesn’t make colonial style windows. They are hand striped. The second and attic floors are built using a process known as SNOT. This means Studs Not On Top. The studs are actually facing the viewer and clip together very much like the actual Custom House. Mr. Ambler’s desk has drawers, correspondence, and quills. There is even a ladder to get to the second floor.
With current LEGO technology, the “newly built” Custom House 1720 will help share the story of the Comte de Grasse Chapter’s historic Custom House.

Due to Covid-19 concerns, the Custom House is open by appointment only. Please send message for more information.

Visit the Custom House on December 7 from 10 am to 3 pm. You can learn about Admiral Comte de Grasse whose Flagship was the Ville de Paris before heading down to the Waterfront for the Yorktown Lighted Boat Parade.

Ville de Paris We'd like to Thank our Sponsors who make it possible for us to put on this Parade each year. First up... Jennifer Carver and the Custom...