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Peacock Hill is a small neighborhood located centrally in Williamsburg,
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. It is located immediately adjacent to the restored Historic Area of
Colonial Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has 7300 employees at this location a ...
, consisting of the four blocks bounded by Lafayette, Prince George, Boundary, and Nassau Streets. The city's police and fire stations, public library, community building, and Stryker Center for government all border the neighborhood.


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 Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has 7300 employees at this location and ...
actually raised peacocks. Its most famous former resident is
Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist artist. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been called the "Mother of Ame ...
, who lived briefly in a cinder-block house owned by her father on Scotland Street, near the top of Peacock Hill. For a time, Peacock Hill housed the
College of William and Mary The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William III ...
's Center for Gifted Education, and for nearly a century it has been the home of Matthew Whaley Elementary School.


References

*http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports%5CRR1613.xml *http://dspace.swem.wm.edu/bitstream/10288/655/3/Brooks,%20GT,%204.11.05,%20transcript%20pt%201.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Peacock Hill Colonial Williamsburg