As one of the most beautiful restored buildings in
Colonial Williamsburg, the majestic Peyton Randolph House attracts millions of visitors each year. Original constructed in 1715, the home saw such guests as Gen. George Washington, French Gen. Comte de Rochambeau, and Marquis de Lafayette. Some features of the original home included the grand staircase, grand hall, parlor, a two-story brick kitchen, stable, coach house, and dairy.
Peyton Randolph served as Speak of the Virginia House of Burgesses in the years prior to the Revolution, and inherited the home from his father, Sir John Randolph. The elder Randolph had the distinction of being the only colonial Virginian to be knighted. Visitors today discover a home decorated, furnished and designed with much accuracy to the Randolph's era in the home.
