Peacock Hill

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Not to be confused with Peacock Hill, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Albemarle County.

Peacock Hill is a small neighborhood located centrally in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is located immediately adjacent to the restored Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg, consisting of the four blocks bounded by Lafayette, Prince George, Boundary, and Nassau Streets.

History

The name "Peacock Hill" can be traced to the 1800s, when a resident of the small hill near Williamsburg's central Duke of Gloucester Street actually raised peacocks.

Its most famous former resident is Georgia O'Keeffe, who lived briefly in a cinder-block house owned by her father on Scotland Street, near the top of Peacock Hill. Currently, Peacock Hill houses the College of William and Mary's Center for Gifted Education and the historic Matthew Whaley Elementary School.

References

v t e Colonial Williamsburg

History	Battle of Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg History Historic Triangle Middle Plantation Rich Neck Plantation

Structures	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum Alexander Craig House Bassett Hall Bruton Parish Church Capitol Charlton House Courthouse DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum Governor's Palace James Semple House John Crump House Matthew Whaley School Nicolson Store Palmer House Peyton Randolph House Raleigh Tavern St. George Tucker House Wetherburn's Tavern Williamsburg Inn Wren Building Wythe House

People	W. A. R. Goodwin The Rockefellers Abby Aldrich Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Richard Taliaferro DeWitt Wallace George Wythe

Geography	Williamsburg Hampton Roads Virginia

Other	Carter's Grove Country Road Carter's Grove Plantation College of William & Mary Colonial Parkway Grand Illumination Merchants Square National Historic Landmark National Trust for Historic Preservation Peacock Hill

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