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About Yates House
 "Yates
House, built in 1870 by Robert Nathaniel Ailsworth, is an historic home
in Middlesex County, Virginia. Alvin Nathaniel Yates, whose mother was
Ida Mae Ailsworth Yates, daughter of Robert Nathaniel and Mary Ellen
Cundiff Ailsworth, purchased the home and he and his wife, Iva Games
Yates raised their family here. Although only two families inhabited the
home since it was built, many Deltaville natives have ties to this
place.
The Yates House
Community Arts Center (YHCAC) will be opening its doors soon with a
fresh coat of paint! The Yates House Gallery is still here, but we are
now a not for profit group able to access public monies to keep the Arts
alive. We can run programs, offer exhibits, host cultural events, teach
classes for both adults and children, but in order to keep the not for
profit status, the IRS says we cannot sell art. We hope to bring a
variety of artistic and cultural opportunities to our community. Please
stop in to see us!
The Center's Board of Directors endeavors to maintain the history of the area and
provide the community with a meeting place to learn about art and craft
and techniques to create works and a place to enjoy outdoor events such
as salons, farmers’ markets and concerts. Yates House is a place to
browse, have a cool drink on the porch and feel the attitude and
atmosphere that’s nurtured this area. Come in, relax, enjoy all that
this arts center has to offer and let yourself wander in mind and
spirit."
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Click Here
for a tour of a few of the many Community activities and
special events hosted at Yates House.
Open Thursday through Saturday, 11 A.M. to 5
P.M. and by Appointment (scroll down for directions). |
Currently serving on the Board of Directors of Yates House
Community Arts Center are Candie Newman, Blanche Scharf, Jim Ziemer,
Johanna Langer, Maggie Hurt, Len Scharf, and Pam Waldron.
Check our menu for information on art and craft classes, summer
concerts, farmers’ market, exhibits, paint outs, the newsletter.
Please contact
us through the website if you have any questions about what you see
here.
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you in advance should it become available. If you would like to be a volunteer at Yates House,
we have a place
for you!
Stop by for a Visit, Call or
Click Here to Contact us by E-Mail.
Directions to Yates House Gallery
From Richmond area: Take Interstate 64 East to
Exit 220, West Point. Follow Rt. 33 East to Deltaville. After passing
Taylor’s Restaurant on the left and Hurd’s Hardware and EVB Bank on the
right, continue East one more block. You will see the sign for Yates
House Gallery on the right side. Follow the gravel drive to the gallery.
Parking is behind the picket fence in front of the gallery.
From Norfolk, Virginia Beach: Take Rt. 64 West to Ft. Eustis
exit. Follow signs to Rt. 17 North. Follow Rt. 17 across the York River
on the Coleman Bridge and continue north until Gloucester. Follow the
Business 17 route in Gloucester and make a right turn at the first
traffic light on Rts. 3 and 14. Continue to follow Rt. 3 toward White
Stone, Kilmarnock, Irvington. Cross the Piankatank River and follow Rt.
3 to the intersection of Rt. 33. Turn right on Rt. 33 East and continue
as above.
From Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia:
1. Take Int. 95 to Richmond and continue with directions from Richmond.
2. From Alexandria, take Rt. 5 to Rt. 301 to Rt. 17 in Port Royal. Then
follow Rt. 17 to Saluda and follow Rt. 33 to Deltaville. |
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