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Pre-restoration view of north and east elevations of Bassett Hall on Francis Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928.

Pre-restoration view of the entrance to Bassett Hall on Francis Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928.

Pre-restoration view of the north façade of Bassett Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928.

Pre-restoration view of northwest corner of Bassett Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928,

Bassett Hall Outbuildings, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1930's.

View of a paper mulberry tree ringed by boxwood hedges in the garden behind Bassett Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, mid-1930s. Artist Charles Sheeler would later paint this same tree in an oil painting titled "Bassett Hall" given to Abby Aldrich…

Postcard featuring the North elevation of Bassett Hall published by The Williamsburg Drug Co. in association with The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, NY.

The caption reads: "Bassett Hall, Williamsburg, Va. Built about 1765. Residence of the Hon. Burwell…

View of Bassett Hall from the front gate, 1935.  "The Bray family owned the Bassett Hall property from the early seventeenth century until 1753 when it was transferred to Colonel Philip Johnson, husband of Elizabeth Bray.  Johnson probably built the…