Two stories of brick with a jerkinhead roof, the Sheild House has been considerably rebuilt over time. The fine Flemish bond brickwork with glazed headers is fronted by a Doric portico added c. 1830. In 1935, while surveying Yorktown for the National Park Service, Charles Peterson described the house in what is probably the first historic structures report.
Sheild House (Sessions-Sheild)
c. 1760. Later changes and rebuilding. 1931, restoration. Main St. (at Nelson St.). Open to the public