Speaker's Chair

Speaker's Chair

Block 08. Building 11.

Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)

Public Buildings-Virginia-Williamsburg

Historic Buildings-Virginia-Williamsburg

Furniture-Virginia-Williamsburg

View of the Speaker's Chair in the House of Burgesses, Capitol building, 1935. The speaker's chair, which is original, provides a focal point in the main apse with a semi-circle of benches for members of the House along the walls around the room. Located on the first floor (east wing) of the reconstructed Capitol building of 1705, the House of Burgesses served as a place for members of Virginia's House of Burgesses to assemble to discuss legislative issues. As a meeting room, it also served as the scene of many important political debates leading up to the American Revolution.

Lincoln, F.S.

1935

1935

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LC325P12

Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Gelatin or collodian printing out paper, mounted on board.

8x10 inches