{"id":16215,"date":"2012-12-15T09:34:56","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T14:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=16215"},"modified":"2016-09-18T22:34:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T19:34:47","slug":"colonial-williamsburg-part-three-the-wythe-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/colonial-williamsburg-part-three-the-wythe-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonial Williamsburg, Part Three: The Wythe House"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the governor’s palace, I wandered over to the first house that had a flag. There was a waiting period for the tour and the lady out front told me that I was much better off getting in line to view the Wythe house across the street as it closes at 1:00 and there were only a couple of tours left.<\/p>\n

This is because the house is one of the few period buildings remaining and it even still has all the original 18th century woodwork, including the floors. Of greatest importance to most guests is this is the house where Thomas Jefferson studied law, so you can actually walk on the same floor and through the same doors as he did.<\/p>\n

George Wythe was the first American law professor and a prominent opponent of slavery. The Wythe house was a wedding gift from his second wife’s father. They had no children, but they did received nieces and nephews regularly, as well as the Jeffersons.<\/p>\n\n\t\t