Legacy and Honors
Places associated with him have been preserved, and numerous place names are in his honor:
- Wythe's home in Williamsburg, Virginia stands next to Bruton Parish Church, of which Wythe was a vestryman. His house was acquired by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 1938. Today it is operated as a museum, the Wythe House.
- Several places in Virginia were named for him: Wythe County, Virginia, its county seat Wytheville; high schools in Wytheville and Richmond; an elementary school in Hampton; a section of US-301 named Wythe Street in Petersburg; and the Olde Wythe Neighborhood in Hampton.
- The Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
- George Wythe College of Cedar City, Utah was named for him.
- George Wythe Hotel in Wytheville was named for him.
- George Wythe Randolph, who became the Secretary of War of the Confederate States of America was named for him.
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