This is the home Rockefeller used while the funding and oversaw the reconstructioon of Williamsburg. If this is your first visit you might want to skip if you are pressed for time, but make sure you catch it on another visit. The tour guides here are very good.

Worth seeing where Rockafeller lived while paying for the construction of Colonial Williamsburg. Must have been a very interesting man.

Bassett Hall is a wonderful introduction to how restoration of Colonial Williamsburg began. A definite not to bbe missed site.

This tour was wonderful. Our guide was so pleasant and enthusiastic in addition to be so knowledgeable. I just wanted to spend a day with the Rockefellers after her excellent tour. A beautiful home and lovely gardens. A Must!

Enjoyed this stop very much. Be sure to see the introductory film for background on the Rockefellers. We had a wonderful tour guide who really took the time to tell us about each room ... worth the time!

So enjoyed the movie and the pictures. Gave great background to the transformation of Williamsburg to Colonial Williamsburg. This part is a must see! Once we got into the house, though, we were held up in the foyer by a very lengthy discussion of the house followed by what seemed like an unending question and answer session. We left after... More

Easy access, nice for musical and theather performances, comfortable seating, outside of the Village

John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife, Abby,, bought this 1760 home to be closer to the renovation and development of Colonial Williamsburg in tle 1930s. They renovated the house and furnished it with relatively simple furniture and art work from their town house in New York. They lived here until her death in 1948 and his in 1960 then... More

Having spent an entire week exploring every nook and cranny of Colonial Williamsburg, it was a pleasant shock to visit Bassett Hall. This home is preserved in the 1930's and full of the rich history of the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg and it's benefactors. You will leave here thinking, "and now I know the rest of the story!"