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Title
Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia
Subject
Raleigh Tavern (WIlliamsburg, Va.)
Block 17. Building 06.
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - WIlliamsburg
Taverns (Inns) - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Lincoln, F.S.
Description
Entrance detail of the Raleigh Tavern's southern facade, viewed from the southwest along Duke of Gloucester Street, 1935. The tavern's signboard and a fence stand in the foreground, while the front entrance of the building is visible in the background. A lead bust of Sir Walter Raleigh, the noted navigator-explorer, is featured in the broken pediment above the tavern's front doors. Eighteenth-century spelling was not exact and Raleigh most often wrote his name without the “i”.
The Raleigh Tavern was the frequent scene of both jollity and consequence. Burned to the ground in 1859, the tavern was reconstructed from published illustrations, insurance policies, and archaeology that uncovered most of the original foundations.
Is Part Of
Peter Hornbeck Lantern Slide Collection, AV-2000.9, Box 2
Rights Holder
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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