William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 11. Building 14.
Architectural elements - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia- Williamsburg
Detail view of cornice and gable, William Lightfoot House, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia.
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
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William Lightfoot House Garden
Landscape drawings
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 03. Building 10.
Preliminary concept sketch offering a bird's-eye view looking south towards William Lightfoot House garden and the Lightfoot Kitchen site, Williamsburg, Virginia;
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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William Lightfoot/Nightengale House: outbuildings
Block 11. Building 14.
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Outbuildings behind the William Lightfoot House, Williamsburg, Virginia
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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William Lightfoot/Neale House: front stoop balustrade
Block 11. Building 14.
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architectural elements - Virginia - Williamsburg
A man, possibly Arthur Shurcliff, takes the measurements of the balustrade on the front exterior stairway of the William Lightfoot House while a colleague makes field notes, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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William Lightfoot House
Block 11. Building 14.
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architectural elements - Virginia - Williamsburg
Two men, possibly Arthur Shurcliff and a colleague, taking the measurements of the exterior stairway of the William Lightfoot House, formerly known as the Nightengale House, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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William Lightfoot House
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 11. Building 14.
Architeture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architectural elements - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking southwest towards two members of the Williamsburg Restoration team, including possibly Arthur Shurcliff on left, undertaking fieldwork and examining the exterior stairway of the William Lightfoot House, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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William Lightfoot and Paradise houses: view looking north
Block 11. Building 14.
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 18-1. Building 07.
Ludwell-Paradise House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking down a brick pathway alongside the east side of the William Lightfoot House towards the Ludwell-Paradise House on the opposite side of Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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William Lightfoot House
Block 11. Building 14.
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the east gable and elevation of the the William Lightfoot House, formerly known as the Nightengale House, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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William Lightfoot House
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 11. Building 14.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the east elevation of the William Lightfoot House, formerly know as the Nightengale House, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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William Lightfoot House
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 11. Building 14.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the east elevation of the William Lightfoot House, formerly know as the Nightengale House, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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William Lightfoot House
Block 11. Building 14.
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the east elevation of the William Lightfoot House, formerly known as the Nightengale House, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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William Lightfoot House
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 11. Building 14.
Rear elevation of the William Lightfoot House, Williamsburg, Virginia
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Circa 1932
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William Lightfoot House
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 11. Building 14.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pre-restoration view looking southwest of the north façade of the William Lightfoot House (formerly known as the Nightingale House), Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928.
Holmes, Clyde
Circa 1928
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Duke of Gloucester Street
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 11.
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pre-restoration view looking southeast of the intersection of Duke of Gloucester Street and Queen Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928. Past Queen Street, the first house is now the location of the Peter Hays Shop and next to that is the William Lightfoot House.
Holmes, Clyde
Circa 1928
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William Lightfoot House
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 11. Building 14
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pre-restoration view of the north façade of the William Lightfoot House (formerly Nightingale House), Williamsburg, Virginia. The Norfolk Café is visible to the left.
Swem, Earl Gregg
Circa 1920
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Nightingale House, Williamsburg, Virginia
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 11. Building 14.
Post-restoration view of the William Lightfoot House, once known as the Nightingale House. Yorktown merchant William Lightfoot constructed the dwelling to serve as a town home during visits to Williamsburg to participate in the Governor's Council. Later occupants enlarged the house to include an east wing and front porch, both of which were removed during the building's restoration in 1931.
A.D. Handy Co.
Circa 1930s
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Nightingale House
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 11. Building 14.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern Slides - Hand colored - 1930-1940
Pre-restoration view of the William Lightfoot House, once known as the Nightingale House, 1929. Yorktown merchant William Lightfoot constructed the dwelling to serve as a town home during visits to Williamsburg to participate in the Governor's Council. Later occupants enlarged the house to include an east wing and front porch, both of which were removed during the building's restoration in 1931.
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Block 10 ; Block 11: Duke of Gloucester Street
Block 10
Block 11
Brick House Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Captain Orr's Dwelling (Williamsburg, Va.)
James Anderson House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Orlando Jones House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Orlando Jones Office (Williamsburg, Va.)
William Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
William Lightfoot Kitchen (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
This view shows the properties located on the south side of Duke of Gloucester Street in blocks 10 and 11 between Botetourt and Queen Streets. Dr. Carter's Brick House (now the Brick House Tavern) is depicted at the far left. To the right of the tavern is Ravenscroft House which is now interpreted as the James Anderson House. Nancy Camp's House, which was not reconstructed, is depicted next door to Anderson's residence. The Orlando Jones House is depicted alongside the <a href="http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports%5CRR1215.xml">Orlando Jones Office</a>. The office is the smaller attached section to the left of the house. The building designated the Lightfoot Law Office was William Lightfoot's Kitchen. William Lightfoot's House is shown to the right of his kitchen. The building designated Lightfoot Kitchen may depict what was Peter Hay's Kitchen.
Moorehead, Singleton P.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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William Lightfoot House
Block 03. Building 10.
Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
<p>Exterior of the William Lightfoot House, viewed from Duke of Gloucester Street, 1935. "The William Lightfoot House and Kitchen on the south side of the street belonged to a Yorktown merchant whose business apparently brought him to Williamsburg so often that he felt the need for a local dwelling."</p>
<p>(Source: Michael Olmert and Suzanne Coffman, <em>Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg</em> [Williamsburg, VA: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2007], 52).</p>
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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