Great Hall, Wren Building

Great Hall, Wren Building

Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)

College of William and Mary

Block 16. Building 03.

Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg

Lantern slide featuring a photo of the interior of the Great Hall of the Wren Building, College of William & Mary, taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. It is the eighth slide in a set produced by the Pacific Stereopticon Co. of Los Angeles, California, now defunct, to illustrate the story of Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin's dream to restore a portion of Williamsburg, Virginia to its 18th-century appearance as a shrine to early American ideals.

The slide offers a view looking towards the fireplace in the Great Hall. During the colonial era, the room served as a dining area for professors and students to gather for common meals. Members of the House of Burgesses also occasionally met in this room when the Capitol underwent renovations.

Lincoln, F.S.

Pacific Stereopticon Co.

1935

Pacific Stereopticon Company Lantern Slide Collection

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Image

PSC-008

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

Lantern slide

2 x 3 inches