James Semple House

Infobox_nrhp | name =James Semple House
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= S side of Frances St. between Blair and Walker Sts., Williamsburg, Virginia
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 16
lat_seconds = 12
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 41
long_seconds = 36
long_direction = W
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1770
architect= Jefferson,Thomas
architecture= Other
designated= April 15, 1970cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1038&ResourceType=Building
title=James Semple 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=70000864

James Semple House is a home within what is now known as Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. Its design is attributed to Thomas Jefferson and it was built in 1770.

Future U.S. president John Tyler, a relative of the Semples, resided here while attending school.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/70000864.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: James Semple House] |32 KB|date=October 16, 1964 |author=James Dillon |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/70000864.pdf "Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1969"] |32 KB]

References

External links

* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Williamsburg/JSempleHouse_photo.htm James Semple House, Williamsburg, Virginia, one photo at Virginia DHR]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va0650 Semple House, Francis Street, Williamsburg, VA: 1 photo, 1 data pages and supplemental material] , at Historic American Building Survey