| Year |
Owner or Occupants |
| Late 17th century to 1753: |
Bray family |
| ca. 1749 – 1753: |
Col. Thomas Bray |
| 1753 – 1789: |
Col. Philip Johnson and wife, Elizabeth Bray
Johnson |
| 1771 – 1773: |
Richard Hunt Singleton, renter |
| ca. 1793 – 1796: |
Richard Corbin |
| 1796 – ca. 1840: |
Burwell Bassett |
| 1840 – 1843: |
Abel Parker Upshur |
| 1843 – 1845: |
John Coke |
| 1845 – 1869: |
Col. Goodrich Durfey |
| 1869 – 1879: |
Israel Smith |
| 1879 – 1927: |
Smith heirs |
| 10/22/27: |
Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin acquired the property for
Colonial Williamsburg, granting Edith and Alice Smith life tenancy.
|
| 5/16/30: |
Fire destroys most of the roof and part of the
second floor interiors; most earlier portions remain intact. |
| 8/17/31: |
Life tenancy in the main house is released in
exchange for a monthly stipend and a life right in Bassett Hall
cottage for Edith Smith and a stipend for Alice Smith. |
| 12/27/33: |
Colonial Williamsburg deeds all of Bassett Hall
property, except nine and one-half acres on which the house
is located, to John D. Rockefeller Jr. |
| 11/36: |
The Rockefellers move into Bassett Hall. |
| 4/25/36: |
Colonial Williamsburg transfers nine and one-half
acres with the house to Bassett Hall Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc. |
| 1/30/42: |
Bassett Hall Inc. transfers nine and one-half
acres with the house to John D. Rockefeller Jr. |
| 10/21/43: |
Edith Smith dies, ending all Smith life rights
to Bassett Hall. |
| 11/18/48: |
John D. Rockefeller
Jr. gives Bassett hall to John
D. Rockefeller 3rd, reserving
a life interest for himself.
|
| 5/11/60: |
John D. Rockefeller
Jr. dies. John D. Rockefeller
3rd assumes responsibility for
Bassett Hall. |
| 7/10/78: |
John D. Rockefeller
3rd dies leaving Bassett Hall
property to family members who
present it to Colonial Williamsburg. |
| 5/9/79: |
John D. Rockefeller
3rd Fund Inc. gives furnishings
of Bassett Hall to Colonial
Williamsburg. |
| 6/15/80: |
Bassett Hall opens to the public as a house
museum. |
| 2000 – 2002: |
Bassett Hall undergoes renovation |
| 12/9/02: |
Bassett Hall reopens to the public |
Historic Triangle