1
20
17
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/009465996feb07146013900b70e09543.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=EW3DI6T9ciiNkuvGFwXTrsj2GKhyNRK%7EaO5FN5VsXrtJ0Cn4CsER1WKO8sf6Oe-mP25MUnUcuvbhjOSHBMNSbbPUd72OjZLhwAUvbuoO3U4kQX4xw%7E%7EaLuq88OZNizpQRP6g6gk5%7Efpbsk%7EMpkK6rT4w5E%7EaLbHPN0uDzFET5nDmmrvPXTQQuwb0NRs-NJHGgkMZ832ZAWyReiOAPFkUL1X%7Epp6cJTJaojOUKgzWzNGOrRkFcZvQwD6tN2uBW5mj-AzyIfv6Nt7lIm0iRBCmKsZoxJUOgsz8jmCfaR838x2TgS0tsFV1c4pFaCBk7-UON8TvVc6v6soyeMvl5UU-gQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
a8244b92f21ea4121c2517e47b320b7c
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Architectural Photo Albums Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Williamsburg office of architects Perry, Shaw and Hepburn began compiling this extensive collection of 367 boxes of black and white photographs in a series of photo albums in the late 1920s and early 1930s. After the establishment of a Department of Architecture in 1934, the architectural team continued to add photographs to the albums until the 1980s. Together, they comprise a detailed chronological record of the changes that have occurred over time at each site in the Historic Area, ranging from pre-restoration views and archaeological excavations to restoration or reconstruction progress, landscaping installation, completion, and renovation photographs.
Contract photographers Thomas Layton and Frank Nivison took many of the earliest images of the restoration work. Layton, a photographer who operated a studio at 507 E. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia, worked for the restoration between 1928 and 1930 creating periodic photo documentation of work at the Wren Building, Capitol, Raleigh Tavern, and Ludwell-Paradise House, as well as many pre-restoration views of sites throughout the Historic Area. Frank Nivison, a photographer from the University Film Foundation at Harvard University, took over in late 1930 and spent the next five years meticulously photographing each successive stage of work at sites under reconstruction or restoration. Photos by Layton and Nivison are supplemented by images of pre-restoration Williamsburg that the architects collected from town residents and had copied for research use in the photo albums. They include images taken by Clyde Holmes, D.N. Davidson, and Edward Beckwith. In addition, the albums encompass some photographs taken by members of the architectural team, including Landscape Architect Arthur Shurcliff and Interior Designer Susan Higginson Nash. Post-1930s photos within the albums encompass those taken by official Colonial Williamsburg photographers such as Thomas Williams, Loring J. Turner, Dan Spangler, Chuck Kagey, and Steve Toth to document the continuing evolution of architectural and archaeological investigations and restoration work at each site.
The collection is organized according to the Foundation’s in-house Block and Building System. Initial folders on properties identify the various names associated with buildings through time. Some houses have been known by a succession of names and, in most instances, are now called by the builder’s name or that of the most famous occupant.
In some instances, the images are the first generation master prints, and notes on backs of photographs sometimes identify the people shown and describe what is shown—especially in those documenting archaeological excavations. Usually, the Foundation’s archaeological drawings (also in the Library’s Special Collections Section) show the exact positions and directions from which certain shots were made. Evolution of the work of restoration and reconstruction can be followed chronologically in most instances, although the collection has not been expanded since its transfer from the Architectural Research Department in the 1980s.
Images of Carter’s Grove Plantation are included due to its ownership by the Foundation until sale in the early twenty-first century. Van Cortlandt Manor, in Westchester Co., New York is also documented due to its acquisition by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1953. The restoration there was carried out by architects from Colonial Williamsburg and the Foundation’s drawing files contain the plans for this work. The house today is a National Historic Landmark belonging to Historic Hudson Valley.
Following the portion concerning Williamsburg’s Historic Area buildings are a series of notebooks identified by subject. Topics included are: aerial views of the Historic Area from 1925 - 1956, Williamsburg street views, architectural details, Williamsburg Shopping Center, mantels (salvaged models bought in early restoration), 18th-c. theaters, Kingsmill, H. Avery Tipping’s English Houses, and Johannes Kip engravings (bird’s-eye views of English country houses).
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Architectural Photo Albums Collection, AV2013.2
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Subject
The topic of the resource
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Photograph albums
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
367 boxes
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print mounted on linen
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
8 x 10 inches
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Description
An account of the resource
Progress photo of the construction of the Bath House next to the West Swimming Pool at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Title
A name given to the resource
West Pool Bathhouse, Williamsburg Inn
Subject
The topic of the resource
Block 02. Building 65.
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Swimming pools - Virginia - Design and construction.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1964-GR-1015
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1964
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Rossner, Gerry
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Architectural Photo Albums Collection, AV2013..2, Box 27, Folder 3
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Bathhouses
Construction Progress
Gerry Rossner
Virginia
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Inn
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/138cbfc36ce9f03672aec8dd9874faad.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=vbZEKzN1FQV3%7El%7EM7reYDYveZioUqhzBMmAbODnTUXj3DUxlYnhdMiSdEDFT0bZYAgwNNdjrnEmqXuRdUXEs4fjdx7TnbiqN7vsyj4ZIYXKCqrVAX7LtAsfREEhrrZL7aU72Abkw2y4BAurmUfZX19h6ychh56Tn8Tg96Velr2hIss%7EDCjrOMi7%7ExWGntJdhh4mtUpvmPOn%7EkxYd6wFqz9cF6NK9w5t0Vfzqk%7EUXVATkcqkmAIf-LCAIa2tWLx50t8s91zg7t43oj7bhIF%7E7U7gLfDfROvxy%7E0ILweOtk6ZcbWgAufzHHujLHz8woL%7EIgeKg8bEtg%7EhrOAQhIOW4uQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
e559928d63af1d6cc54d3fe00a5ffa75
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/664b3be51c39e1a3a7b559daf413353f.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=diD4yKM7p7-SceUH1Gy7v7Ec4QWETx-0%7Ed6ataodCP1DKfNAyiJ-jwN9kxc77rTIaMK9mytTli3mWo-krF6qGT2yNr5QtKfUvALdivPnG1xAW2YaNDb%7Ee8YEqBwBwvOk3j17ge5Iz2ZOKndmEIKmGmCaEpHzgQhgm4mRIlq153fC3prIQVjxBQFwma809BcenG32q01zeOIVv4e1PciDyq6Zz%7E1vJ92sXPlGvB3eFJ4Pe-wK8VRl1lVaUNbwapwS-HfJnROZbxsO3D0LDC6%7Ex%7EJ-xaRjBYEwNpwV41xjf-6ihuNx899xQ6Q2T9cd1MXGzLb8fE-SvNM-zGduM15u5w__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
0df3d3a0f45c509258c0a7d9f421572c
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Architectural Photo Albums Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Williamsburg office of architects Perry, Shaw and Hepburn began compiling this extensive collection of 367 boxes of black and white photographs in a series of photo albums in the late 1920s and early 1930s. After the establishment of a Department of Architecture in 1934, the architectural team continued to add photographs to the albums until the 1980s. Together, they comprise a detailed chronological record of the changes that have occurred over time at each site in the Historic Area, ranging from pre-restoration views and archaeological excavations to restoration or reconstruction progress, landscaping installation, completion, and renovation photographs.
Contract photographers Thomas Layton and Frank Nivison took many of the earliest images of the restoration work. Layton, a photographer who operated a studio at 507 E. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia, worked for the restoration between 1928 and 1930 creating periodic photo documentation of work at the Wren Building, Capitol, Raleigh Tavern, and Ludwell-Paradise House, as well as many pre-restoration views of sites throughout the Historic Area. Frank Nivison, a photographer from the University Film Foundation at Harvard University, took over in late 1930 and spent the next five years meticulously photographing each successive stage of work at sites under reconstruction or restoration. Photos by Layton and Nivison are supplemented by images of pre-restoration Williamsburg that the architects collected from town residents and had copied for research use in the photo albums. They include images taken by Clyde Holmes, D.N. Davidson, and Edward Beckwith. In addition, the albums encompass some photographs taken by members of the architectural team, including Landscape Architect Arthur Shurcliff and Interior Designer Susan Higginson Nash. Post-1930s photos within the albums encompass those taken by official Colonial Williamsburg photographers such as Thomas Williams, Loring J. Turner, Dan Spangler, Chuck Kagey, and Steve Toth to document the continuing evolution of architectural and archaeological investigations and restoration work at each site.
The collection is organized according to the Foundation’s in-house Block and Building System. Initial folders on properties identify the various names associated with buildings through time. Some houses have been known by a succession of names and, in most instances, are now called by the builder’s name or that of the most famous occupant.
In some instances, the images are the first generation master prints, and notes on backs of photographs sometimes identify the people shown and describe what is shown—especially in those documenting archaeological excavations. Usually, the Foundation’s archaeological drawings (also in the Library’s Special Collections Section) show the exact positions and directions from which certain shots were made. Evolution of the work of restoration and reconstruction can be followed chronologically in most instances, although the collection has not been expanded since its transfer from the Architectural Research Department in the 1980s.
Images of Carter’s Grove Plantation are included due to its ownership by the Foundation until sale in the early twenty-first century. Van Cortlandt Manor, in Westchester Co., New York is also documented due to its acquisition by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1953. The restoration there was carried out by architects from Colonial Williamsburg and the Foundation’s drawing files contain the plans for this work. The house today is a National Historic Landmark belonging to Historic Hudson Valley.
Following the portion concerning Williamsburg’s Historic Area buildings are a series of notebooks identified by subject. Topics included are: aerial views of the Historic Area from 1925 - 1956, Williamsburg street views, architectural details, Williamsburg Shopping Center, mantels (salvaged models bought in early restoration), 18th-c. theaters, Kingsmill, H. Avery Tipping’s English Houses, and Johannes Kip engravings (bird’s-eye views of English country houses).
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Architectural Photo Albums Collection, AV2013.2
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Subject
The topic of the resource
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Photograph albums
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
367 boxes
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print mounted on linen
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
8 x 10 inches
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Swimming Pool, Williamsburg Inn
Description
An account of the resource
Recto and verso, progress photo looking southwest towards the Williamsburg Inn Swimming Pool and Bath House, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1940,
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
N6325R, N6325V
Subject
The topic of the resource
Block 02. Building 65.
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Hotels - Virginia - Williamsburg
Swimming pools - Virginia - Williamsburg
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Architectural Photo Albums Collection, AV2013.2, Box 24, Folder 3
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nivison, Frank
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1940
Bathhouses
Construction Progress
Frank Nivison
Swimming Pools
Virginia
Williamsburg Inn
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/6534c8cf0d3fa7a80762d838e776ffee.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=NYQX5RmWI0RtZ4jBJZrMmAY0WXDEgIdXpAKWiN6eVVti2WnqHtQmPrIFR2npfLoEKCEc6fGUz5ID3cEcRbalC5KmW9zl3dJntoMLOCMmdI3LVhGD7JlQFqWGqtOJZLL7r0XWArdfNKkueF%7EkjmcuH2lh1Cm5XGUafF1luQmjYu6mDZSRIuzmzjLblORc0xWr2TWF%7EF8acy4mfWqEVpeXR4i-GO1MtEylbsQ7mK%7EgqVQ-oHY1MXo4RsOlDukmbi4vN7jqYdW-GhfLQ2QaxybgK080beZ4hyIfUnZHuQLvxSpjvvlV2hVwUttqfnjaffIt9tIjWQCetGdDUOLDwlC97g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
57a635d08c11521ed9c839880bf6341b
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/1b5fe3d86d956de2c61084eca0d3fea1.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=MfHwi3iMwrKdPIotwBaooiSvjDPedKLHOl92jPYBozaOY02wgrs5i11f-Oh7S53XVaVzBJ28sz9J-VK8m5stiOLguom1aGi0Fki9FfVqaw1ut255SGis9F4Sn7X26pe8LhaT4AOSXFemcxujN2RaUOldQQxht-uFEDZzuiAAo5M11yZmFk8XMVQmStiCeCjqgTrlVGyKOdc3sZLXLUQHu0GV8s6aL7ldPpt9QVigAB22tR9Q8vDfKBUV4kM8byoRfIk%7EIr748HtpCu25s9GRf3qrLmZXe0u-pO%7EWwbhXcUfbV0xwC7EI%7Es9rGmeRHLEGpuW2jXD4Em7BNBz8yOJAXw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
16bcb867060178ff5a09150c66fc9f4f
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Architectural Photo Albums Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Williamsburg office of architects Perry, Shaw and Hepburn began compiling this extensive collection of 367 boxes of black and white photographs in a series of photo albums in the late 1920s and early 1930s. After the establishment of a Department of Architecture in 1934, the architectural team continued to add photographs to the albums until the 1980s. Together, they comprise a detailed chronological record of the changes that have occurred over time at each site in the Historic Area, ranging from pre-restoration views and archaeological excavations to restoration or reconstruction progress, landscaping installation, completion, and renovation photographs.
Contract photographers Thomas Layton and Frank Nivison took many of the earliest images of the restoration work. Layton, a photographer who operated a studio at 507 E. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia, worked for the restoration between 1928 and 1930 creating periodic photo documentation of work at the Wren Building, Capitol, Raleigh Tavern, and Ludwell-Paradise House, as well as many pre-restoration views of sites throughout the Historic Area. Frank Nivison, a photographer from the University Film Foundation at Harvard University, took over in late 1930 and spent the next five years meticulously photographing each successive stage of work at sites under reconstruction or restoration. Photos by Layton and Nivison are supplemented by images of pre-restoration Williamsburg that the architects collected from town residents and had copied for research use in the photo albums. They include images taken by Clyde Holmes, D.N. Davidson, and Edward Beckwith. In addition, the albums encompass some photographs taken by members of the architectural team, including Landscape Architect Arthur Shurcliff and Interior Designer Susan Higginson Nash. Post-1930s photos within the albums encompass those taken by official Colonial Williamsburg photographers such as Thomas Williams, Loring J. Turner, Dan Spangler, Chuck Kagey, and Steve Toth to document the continuing evolution of architectural and archaeological investigations and restoration work at each site.
The collection is organized according to the Foundation’s in-house Block and Building System. Initial folders on properties identify the various names associated with buildings through time. Some houses have been known by a succession of names and, in most instances, are now called by the builder’s name or that of the most famous occupant.
In some instances, the images are the first generation master prints, and notes on backs of photographs sometimes identify the people shown and describe what is shown—especially in those documenting archaeological excavations. Usually, the Foundation’s archaeological drawings (also in the Library’s Special Collections Section) show the exact positions and directions from which certain shots were made. Evolution of the work of restoration and reconstruction can be followed chronologically in most instances, although the collection has not been expanded since its transfer from the Architectural Research Department in the 1980s.
Images of Carter’s Grove Plantation are included due to its ownership by the Foundation until sale in the early twenty-first century. Van Cortlandt Manor, in Westchester Co., New York is also documented due to its acquisition by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1953. The restoration there was carried out by architects from Colonial Williamsburg and the Foundation’s drawing files contain the plans for this work. The house today is a National Historic Landmark belonging to Historic Hudson Valley.
Following the portion concerning Williamsburg’s Historic Area buildings are a series of notebooks identified by subject. Topics included are: aerial views of the Historic Area from 1925 - 1956, Williamsburg street views, architectural details, Williamsburg Shopping Center, mantels (salvaged models bought in early restoration), 18th-c. theaters, Kingsmill, H. Avery Tipping’s English Houses, and Johannes Kip engravings (bird’s-eye views of English country houses).
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Architectural Photo Albums Collection, AV2013.2
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Subject
The topic of the resource
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Photograph albums
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
367 boxes
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print mounted on linen
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
8 x 10 inches
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Swimming Pool, Williamsburg Inn
Description
An account of the resource
Recto and verso, progress photo looking towards the northeast elevation of the Williamsburg Inn Bath House and Swimming Pool under construction, 1940,
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
N6251R, N6251V
Subject
The topic of the resource
Block 02. Building 65.
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Swimming pools - Virginia - Williamsburg
Hotels - Virginia - Williamsburg
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nivison, Frank
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1940
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Architectural Photo Albums Collection, AV2013.2, Box 24, Folder 3
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Bathhouses
Construction Progress
Construction Workers
Frank Nivison
Swimming Pools
Virginia
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Inn
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/9dfd805817ecd2b4a24d0d1950104f91.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=ByEb3MOmWPuk1GVPdCu1On2CTzIsuDZcRbdvq9-M531BIMaT7P4udD5vyYetuWU%7EgH7ccx6nrltmAm6hKvPCHIIj16vuV-P7NIQbdbVVO%7EdxFwPKN5loRl9hOlemg%7ErjUG2JXpD0YwB4OF8jxQ%7EBVDOud3D%7Eqfsbuwt6fJzT929WoIoChdyqEOhsQT57gBlbjNR1cohMwFSuuGt3RzXpANnWBjGj6vrhEbNd7e84%7EWrZi5EQpfzjbePv9bu9nDU7M9vU4S09GcxN2JK9tj1ctaNawBiaYuELQB0ynT56PEU4PVj3qd2V56fw9sVqlZ4aMXWVB0xdkFc7rijqjbkmOQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
7fe0913a7e3d35fc61979b49c39deeb8
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/d3801c345a68f140de458aeefe434bca.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=eq9yi8Gii%7EcmJ9Wwstz3hnMEsrMixxG0uVhL-CTPpqP6afKIwo0hOs8KSUYd0i3qiXEysiBg3aH1ArRVpDZg5U72V%7E88vROn2ENuLU3tIGCjM94djesxlpAmW75RzQ79nZo0UHq8ts6uIpRaROqWCVHTFlSMOeUeTS0yMjV1DO8kDkpjxihPCk546oropsnJg3MQmMtqqvJnxSFg8aBAuCt-0rqUl8IBFlOxbNGWSaubOkWbJrrtSyQiZ94S3PP9T6eyvunb0%7E3jw94x9yCyPMf8XS0GTulHWo9DvgZZ4q%7E8HaUlyzL-X1lyMehLjZBII4vjsabhfw%7EnAx1BxYxlYA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
282d9427570c683fde2467105e9267ed
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Architectural Photo Albums Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Williamsburg office of architects Perry, Shaw and Hepburn began compiling this extensive collection of 367 boxes of black and white photographs in a series of photo albums in the late 1920s and early 1930s. After the establishment of a Department of Architecture in 1934, the architectural team continued to add photographs to the albums until the 1980s. Together, they comprise a detailed chronological record of the changes that have occurred over time at each site in the Historic Area, ranging from pre-restoration views and archaeological excavations to restoration or reconstruction progress, landscaping installation, completion, and renovation photographs.
Contract photographers Thomas Layton and Frank Nivison took many of the earliest images of the restoration work. Layton, a photographer who operated a studio at 507 E. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia, worked for the restoration between 1928 and 1930 creating periodic photo documentation of work at the Wren Building, Capitol, Raleigh Tavern, and Ludwell-Paradise House, as well as many pre-restoration views of sites throughout the Historic Area. Frank Nivison, a photographer from the University Film Foundation at Harvard University, took over in late 1930 and spent the next five years meticulously photographing each successive stage of work at sites under reconstruction or restoration. Photos by Layton and Nivison are supplemented by images of pre-restoration Williamsburg that the architects collected from town residents and had copied for research use in the photo albums. They include images taken by Clyde Holmes, D.N. Davidson, and Edward Beckwith. In addition, the albums encompass some photographs taken by members of the architectural team, including Landscape Architect Arthur Shurcliff and Interior Designer Susan Higginson Nash. Post-1930s photos within the albums encompass those taken by official Colonial Williamsburg photographers such as Thomas Williams, Loring J. Turner, Dan Spangler, Chuck Kagey, and Steve Toth to document the continuing evolution of architectural and archaeological investigations and restoration work at each site.
The collection is organized according to the Foundation’s in-house Block and Building System. Initial folders on properties identify the various names associated with buildings through time. Some houses have been known by a succession of names and, in most instances, are now called by the builder’s name or that of the most famous occupant.
In some instances, the images are the first generation master prints, and notes on backs of photographs sometimes identify the people shown and describe what is shown—especially in those documenting archaeological excavations. Usually, the Foundation’s archaeological drawings (also in the Library’s Special Collections Section) show the exact positions and directions from which certain shots were made. Evolution of the work of restoration and reconstruction can be followed chronologically in most instances, although the collection has not been expanded since its transfer from the Architectural Research Department in the 1980s.
Images of Carter’s Grove Plantation are included due to its ownership by the Foundation until sale in the early twenty-first century. Van Cortlandt Manor, in Westchester Co., New York is also documented due to its acquisition by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1953. The restoration there was carried out by architects from Colonial Williamsburg and the Foundation’s drawing files contain the plans for this work. The house today is a National Historic Landmark belonging to Historic Hudson Valley.
Following the portion concerning Williamsburg’s Historic Area buildings are a series of notebooks identified by subject. Topics included are: aerial views of the Historic Area from 1925 - 1956, Williamsburg street views, architectural details, Williamsburg Shopping Center, mantels (salvaged models bought in early restoration), 18th-c. theaters, Kingsmill, H. Avery Tipping’s English Houses, and Johannes Kip engravings (bird’s-eye views of English country houses).
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Architectural Photo Albums Collection, AV2013.2
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Subject
The topic of the resource
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Photograph albums
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
367 boxes
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print mounted on linen
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
8 x 10 inches
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Swimming Pool, Williamsburg Inn
Description
An account of the resource
Recto and verso, progress photo looking northwest towards construction workers installing the foundations of the Williamsburg Inn Bath House with the swimming pool visible in the background, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
N6212R, N6212V
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nivison, Frank
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. RockefellerJr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Block 02. Building 65.
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Hotels - Virginia - Williamsburg
Swimming pools - Virginia - Williamsburg
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1940
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Architectural Photo Albums Collection, AV2013.2, Box 24, Folder 3
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Bathhouses
Construction Progress
Construction Workers
Frank Nivison
Swimming Pools
Virginia
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Inn
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/ba55a1a3ad12b5e1b4ceeb117f44e07a.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=Z1jGuGj7JjjaqG8dzqBEWAnjjv9V8np4k3KYSSUQpYfpAhf9Mraj%7Ejieeo4zHOiJrrtYmtcPPs2fghrAL3Ai8KHr9HXiWWpdL3lMYlQMQqhv0fFId2HgdMcgheOJRmsBoKqJbXMNlGukQOx2eyu-n53irMHQnEBbmIgIjWyX6q2z9cWjk5%7EMHKgMAWfPVro54pAdVL-JiHLEfFZTYiNK2xuX9sl%7EYR4cGh5-9IZXGBQsB7NayqgguadPfvVK4Hhkp-f5ikZj%7E-V56k54vlJeGAVOJIZgkO9Ul8Esqj3zOacY6BPuZIHHdbtNDsCKuelnxlp9QaQAgtBJYJp7uhhfHg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
67d4a48a829cc415cc6c44b7bfa89299
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Description
An account of the resource
The son of Norfolk architect Finlay Forbes Ferguson Sr., who served as an Advisory Architect in the late 1920s as Williamsburg’s restoration began, Finlay Ferguson Jr. contributed to two different periods of architectural projects at Colonial Williamsburg. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s architecture program, Finlay Jr. started the first phase of his career working as a draftsman at Colonial Williamsburg between 1930-1933. He assisted other members of the research and design team with preparation of conjectural sketches, preliminary elevations and floor plans, and final measured drawings. Finlay left Williamsburg to work in his father’s architectural firm, Peebles and Ferguson, on the restoration of Fort Macon in Moorehead City, North Carolina between 1934-1935. He continued his association with the Norfolk firm until 1939, when he returned to Colonial Williamsburg to work on research and design for the restoration of Bruton Parish Church until 1943. After serving in the Navy during the remainder of World War II, Ferguson resumed practicing architecture in Norfolk. His early association with Colonial Williamsburg allowed him to become a respected expert in architectural restoration and he oversaw projects at the Adam Thoroughgood House, the Moses Myers House, the Willoughby-Baylor House, and the Old Norfolk Academy. Ferguson also designed the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial and restored St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Edenton, North Carolina.
Ferguson joined his architectural colleagues in taking numerous photographs of both ongoing work in the Historic Area and field research at other sites. These are preserved in the Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, which encompasses over four hundred black and white images of restoration projects underway in Williamsburg’s Historic Area, as well as architectural design precedents at historic sites in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina used to facilitate reconstruction of details not documented in historical records, archaeological investigations, or visual representations.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1933-1943
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
439 photographs
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print mounted on linen
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bagnio & Laundry, Governor's Palace
Description
An account of the resource
Progress photo of the reconstructed bagnio and laundry outbuildings at the Governor's Palace complex, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1930
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson, Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, Box 1, Folder 3.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AV2009-16_FER0337
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bathhouses
Finlay Forbes Ferguson
Governor's Palace
Laundries
Outbuildings
Virginia
Williamsburg
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/39d88f4d6cdcc24d06008da4fc9ef579.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=iywO06HmoSKUVuanmSw768CY77dN5Ox-jLj%7E4SosBYjJNBep2gXFlcGmdi4TAfrGPst7o%7EgUK6Zt4NMal3IVUJT0OYWTCXOY2i4frLuEISCwNQit8Jxw433B-yikO3dD5FTMDuHwFnrvQITeAa2zYDFFKx-I2ty9YcZB9TTk9tzv-TpeHhg0BVJ9NEQtvsUrZTXdq1vpS4euy7dVSrSfoaNmFUQ1LImcYXAtCRUaqR0OCfCDUyCQX8W6vgHZDg5AJiIiLzQ4RY2bGMa%7ErWJy06mWhy5UwWSfKoyanVZ53hbbsD91383UeSQMg8bjZn4IVp-SuYgCwtMWZ6s5FZUelg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
629942c5d98c32de47c51c9093ff7d09
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Description
An account of the resource
The son of Norfolk architect Finlay Forbes Ferguson Sr., who served as an Advisory Architect in the late 1920s as Williamsburg’s restoration began, Finlay Ferguson Jr. contributed to two different periods of architectural projects at Colonial Williamsburg. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s architecture program, Finlay Jr. started the first phase of his career working as a draftsman at Colonial Williamsburg between 1930-1933. He assisted other members of the research and design team with preparation of conjectural sketches, preliminary elevations and floor plans, and final measured drawings. Finlay left Williamsburg to work in his father’s architectural firm, Peebles and Ferguson, on the restoration of Fort Macon in Moorehead City, North Carolina between 1934-1935. He continued his association with the Norfolk firm until 1939, when he returned to Colonial Williamsburg to work on research and design for the restoration of Bruton Parish Church until 1943. After serving in the Navy during the remainder of World War II, Ferguson resumed practicing architecture in Norfolk. His early association with Colonial Williamsburg allowed him to become a respected expert in architectural restoration and he oversaw projects at the Adam Thoroughgood House, the Moses Myers House, the Willoughby-Baylor House, and the Old Norfolk Academy. Ferguson also designed the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial and restored St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Edenton, North Carolina.
Ferguson joined his architectural colleagues in taking numerous photographs of both ongoing work in the Historic Area and field research at other sites. These are preserved in the Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, which encompasses over four hundred black and white images of restoration projects underway in Williamsburg’s Historic Area, as well as architectural design precedents at historic sites in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina used to facilitate reconstruction of details not documented in historical records, archaeological investigations, or visual representations.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1933-1943
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
439 photographs
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
3x4.25
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bathhouse, Pokety Farms
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, Box 1, Folder 2.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AV2009-16_FER0253
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Outbuildings - Maryland - Cambridge
Bathhouses - Maryland - Cambridge
Description
An account of the resource
Bathhouse at Pokety Farms, Cambridge, Maryland, the estate of Colonel Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1950
Bathhouses
Cambridge
Finlay Forbes Ferguson
Maryland
Outbuildings
Pokety Farms
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/79569522bbe403dcf778917001551334.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=wA-yDBauUUNS--ESEZTuSUc2K4tTyiLYGFGVF%7EKBxHiYtzoAn8XI5SsOVVvX1saKiclOB0xKwuPCfjkhOJ%7Eeuv69RavIXH%7Ew41DuH-E2FYeClsa6A6751l3Iw%7Ez1AVSRj2jj%7E0VX3K5uzglQ0iMJ%7EXZzykl1M9KyR8KZNUqgFiHmuLv43CzuhBfkjJwPx0wDjUrBWclQedwN7IBqqZbCL9AVwbaVBsb84YqjVTlSqTH9AYOTaIXrhhN5Wr-tI305ZxjxrXE3QQa8KottXjPbnHiK3-pKDGKDIbIo2qDItSB2vIoZApJgYycCGmHzQBgBGleguRecq3t1dA3%7ELu9-HQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
0bcabd088efb2534463eedc7c64b7019
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Description
An account of the resource
The son of Norfolk architect Finlay Forbes Ferguson Sr., who served as an Advisory Architect in the late 1920s as Williamsburg’s restoration began, Finlay Ferguson Jr. contributed to two different periods of architectural projects at Colonial Williamsburg. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s architecture program, Finlay Jr. started the first phase of his career working as a draftsman at Colonial Williamsburg between 1930-1933. He assisted other members of the research and design team with preparation of conjectural sketches, preliminary elevations and floor plans, and final measured drawings. Finlay left Williamsburg to work in his father’s architectural firm, Peebles and Ferguson, on the restoration of Fort Macon in Moorehead City, North Carolina between 1934-1935. He continued his association with the Norfolk firm until 1939, when he returned to Colonial Williamsburg to work on research and design for the restoration of Bruton Parish Church until 1943. After serving in the Navy during the remainder of World War II, Ferguson resumed practicing architecture in Norfolk. His early association with Colonial Williamsburg allowed him to become a respected expert in architectural restoration and he oversaw projects at the Adam Thoroughgood House, the Moses Myers House, the Willoughby-Baylor House, and the Old Norfolk Academy. Ferguson also designed the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial and restored St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Edenton, North Carolina.
Ferguson joined his architectural colleagues in taking numerous photographs of both ongoing work in the Historic Area and field research at other sites. These are preserved in the Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, which encompasses over four hundred black and white images of restoration projects underway in Williamsburg’s Historic Area, as well as architectural design precedents at historic sites in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina used to facilitate reconstruction of details not documented in historical records, archaeological investigations, or visual representations.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1933-1943
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
439 photographs
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
2.75x4
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bathhouse, Pokety Farms
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, Box 1, Folder 2.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AV2009-16_FER0252
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Maryland - Cambridge
Outbuildings - Maryland - Cambridge
Bathhouses - Maryland - Cambridge
Description
An account of the resource
Bathhouse at Pokety Farms, Cambridge, Maryland, the estate of Colonel Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1950-1951
Bathhouses
Cambridge
Finlay Forbes Ferguson
Maryland
Pokety Farms
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/49d6f88cfb9f1f5d0c7bd99da403a564.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=WVQsssBuxFlTxX7m6MIx7Y2fnw0se8NMihHMFLNOG6a6ADmp4mi-S6Ta7oTVykrD9PZt8%7En9MxvEHZDYqHT83XAoZ51iQMSErzpwolDbjwMHXmoruCxVIcy8HudnVyD3RNoDmVmkU7XvSjl4DCgI2q4pOKme%7ErHoH8io3nlDi%7EJSNd1AJqWvwDVfj2zq7bp7E4Ug7TM6f7bGViPImE3KikU7ESmwGEpqL7OkOAOxN%7ERfcJb2lZ7Cxhu5BrNdmO6nhC3w8913CfhfkHxq8ePfZeOfcKDsedwW74mGCuNK%7EHhbb5rzEPtFXbr5fsKDn4zDEsfMpRODk-A1zHllkaghrQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
7673fedb825f304887b9ce4c8a97c25b
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Description
An account of the resource
The son of Norfolk architect Finlay Forbes Ferguson Sr., who served as an Advisory Architect in the late 1920s as Williamsburg’s restoration began, Finlay Ferguson Jr. contributed to two different periods of architectural projects at Colonial Williamsburg. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s architecture program, Finlay Jr. started the first phase of his career working as a draftsman at Colonial Williamsburg between 1930-1933. He assisted other members of the research and design team with preparation of conjectural sketches, preliminary elevations and floor plans, and final measured drawings. Finlay left Williamsburg to work in his father’s architectural firm, Peebles and Ferguson, on the restoration of Fort Macon in Moorehead City, North Carolina between 1934-1935. He continued his association with the Norfolk firm until 1939, when he returned to Colonial Williamsburg to work on research and design for the restoration of Bruton Parish Church until 1943. After serving in the Navy during the remainder of World War II, Ferguson resumed practicing architecture in Norfolk. His early association with Colonial Williamsburg allowed him to become a respected expert in architectural restoration and he oversaw projects at the Adam Thoroughgood House, the Moses Myers House, the Willoughby-Baylor House, and the Old Norfolk Academy. Ferguson also designed the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial and restored St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Edenton, North Carolina.
Ferguson joined his architectural colleagues in taking numerous photographs of both ongoing work in the Historic Area and field research at other sites. These are preserved in the Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, which encompasses over four hundred black and white images of restoration projects underway in Williamsburg’s Historic Area, as well as architectural design precedents at historic sites in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina used to facilitate reconstruction of details not documented in historical records, archaeological investigations, or visual representations.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1933-1943
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
439 photographs
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
3.25x4.5
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Outbuildings, Pokety Farms
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1950
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, Box 1, Folder 3.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AV2009-16_FER0257
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Maryland - Cambridge
Outbuildings - Maryland - Cambridge
Description
An account of the resource
Detail view of a portion of the smokehouse and bathhouse at Pokety Farms, Cambridge, Maryland, the estate of Colonel Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Bathhouses
Cambridge
Cupolas
Finlay Forbes Ferguson
Maryland
Pokety Farms
Smokehouses
Weathervanes
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/f74b0d82c71e049853bbe73953da19da.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=ZR6y0JP-9NBrBjD5Iuj32yrWFJftYfLCXtxvxdnrDBCEGbIVsPgYb8Nqt6JtiSsHKoCKEQ2CrFG5GnIHZ7qPQ3KCoa9Q5eIAnSmtbm1u8uNSGYXO5goEabjYW1GM9ykQhijr%7EMVm2xFtWdYdHAhQ9pfoRQlFC1TUuIYlSu0ExUzmZ3d-RpcA%7ELTUcTWB0GGeFBP43DhEbxdUBe8GlIUEpEIhle2QGQEu46lI1xDVo1FohZrQ6dGVmUzZf6i2PzpM%7E5hoxcNCHbomB9NjowDWLNl9peNwlDGsxK2GUTvsfBn-rK1Yignrlr7Cxhga9XSbO6qXycW725MvTN6l34yELg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
e03ab12f318f8fe4bc166da315fdd941
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Description
An account of the resource
The son of Norfolk architect Finlay Forbes Ferguson Sr., who served as an Advisory Architect in the late 1920s as Williamsburg’s restoration began, Finlay Ferguson Jr. contributed to two different periods of architectural projects at Colonial Williamsburg. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s architecture program, Finlay Jr. started the first phase of his career working as a draftsman at Colonial Williamsburg between 1930-1933. He assisted other members of the research and design team with preparation of conjectural sketches, preliminary elevations and floor plans, and final measured drawings. Finlay left Williamsburg to work in his father’s architectural firm, Peebles and Ferguson, on the restoration of Fort Macon in Moorehead City, North Carolina between 1934-1935. He continued his association with the Norfolk firm until 1939, when he returned to Colonial Williamsburg to work on research and design for the restoration of Bruton Parish Church until 1943. After serving in the Navy during the remainder of World War II, Ferguson resumed practicing architecture in Norfolk. His early association with Colonial Williamsburg allowed him to become a respected expert in architectural restoration and he oversaw projects at the Adam Thoroughgood House, the Moses Myers House, the Willoughby-Baylor House, and the Old Norfolk Academy. Ferguson also designed the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial and restored St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Edenton, North Carolina.
Ferguson joined his architectural colleagues in taking numerous photographs of both ongoing work in the Historic Area and field research at other sites. These are preserved in the Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, which encompasses over four hundred black and white images of restoration projects underway in Williamsburg’s Historic Area, as well as architectural design precedents at historic sites in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina used to facilitate reconstruction of details not documented in historical records, archaeological investigations, or visual representations.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1933-1943
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
439 photographs
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
3.25x4.5
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Pokety Farms
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, Box 1, Folder 3.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AV2009-16_FER0255
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Maryland - Cambridge
Architectural elements - Maryland - Cambridge
Description
An account of the resource
Detail view of the corner of the cornice on the batthouse at Pokety Farms, Cambridge, Maryland, the estate of Colonel Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1950
Bathhouses
Cambridge
Cornices
Finlay Forbes Ferguson
Maryland
Pokety Farms
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/6bc91366046f9be8a4d0dc026451dc8c.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=fIpYrsfjpdhhMgcMOLspy0sKbA1zp3LBdVYJLwm7Cb5iqzmPdCv36cORk%7EBaeXKkb3SjdVNfWPjIz-Ot8YXM5pQFxO89SAemNGygRN9avnnxA0zXzBxLhnwuF7RK1RhP-CNzg6MrqEyEv-Y3B-uwJIjLpjxj7PyzNICPbk32TZ1IaIz4kzcMJfHv-eU3mW9Eppp2-W6CX4VvvdwqTo7YKwO5SDTKAuqDCm8w9-RqcAJSeJk2wxmBZNJYdp%7EMSMYnQlNN5M5fw42nSTwdrYMXnk2JOXcef22QvcQdrHemtpNvVKmB58EmBm0-IIqtzqygB04OMCCxDcmeuH7Z2ZWdkw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
558f15ce89f685da61bd15a59cde4bcb
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Description
An account of the resource
The son of Norfolk architect Finlay Forbes Ferguson Sr., who served as an Advisory Architect in the late 1920s as Williamsburg’s restoration began, Finlay Ferguson Jr. contributed to two different periods of architectural projects at Colonial Williamsburg. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s architecture program, Finlay Jr. started the first phase of his career working as a draftsman at Colonial Williamsburg between 1930-1933. He assisted other members of the research and design team with preparation of conjectural sketches, preliminary elevations and floor plans, and final measured drawings. Finlay left Williamsburg to work in his father’s architectural firm, Peebles and Ferguson, on the restoration of Fort Macon in Moorehead City, North Carolina between 1934-1935. He continued his association with the Norfolk firm until 1939, when he returned to Colonial Williamsburg to work on research and design for the restoration of Bruton Parish Church until 1943. After serving in the Navy during the remainder of World War II, Ferguson resumed practicing architecture in Norfolk. His early association with Colonial Williamsburg allowed him to become a respected expert in architectural restoration and he oversaw projects at the Adam Thoroughgood House, the Moses Myers House, the Willoughby-Baylor House, and the Old Norfolk Academy. Ferguson also designed the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial and restored St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Edenton, North Carolina.
Ferguson joined his architectural colleagues in taking numerous photographs of both ongoing work in the Historic Area and field research at other sites. These are preserved in the Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, which encompasses over four hundred black and white images of restoration projects underway in Williamsburg’s Historic Area, as well as architectural design precedents at historic sites in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina used to facilitate reconstruction of details not documented in historical records, archaeological investigations, or visual representations.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1933-1943
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
439 photographs
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
3x4.25
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Pokety Farms
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, Box 1, Folder 2.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AV2009-16_FER0244
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Maryland - Cambridge
Historic buildings - Maryland - Cambridge
Description
An account of the resource
Restoration progress photo of the rear elevation and bathhouse of Pokety Farms, Cambridge, Maryland, the estate of Colonel Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1950
Bathhouses
Cambridge
Construction Progress
Finlay Forbes Ferguson
Maryland
Pokety Farms
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/805dfebb61c014e3ed2293f7de4d4bf8.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=JmdX30BBJFSziXGCAthIcObHAVKTKBUYMwBz8gY8fXh%7ELGK--p0O53nl8yRSUnFiN9GRiaSVoiCy0cIhnYohlrUl2swe1aItItp9ug%7ENlBDKOKj-FqohcIVYDE9uugHqr4apGEwfzka93%7EsFkROO1%7Eg8hUDd6PiuAMiIGeM7ZWrDf8Khe6HxG3PYK%7ELU3BEFvnuoOeDPtN76xV3zphaQ8v7SzrxFVZRzvMyqntOA3bMmQ7wD6CNpJJTfQuO57ANys%7EkTUFdDeWwy4t5BU8MCksabmwgxVUNEOmMjAGRCtIBi34GvMfb1b3Etg2m48cnujrjGVYLv6QjLT7cS61wTUA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
479d8fe512c823db258349ff59a9ca19
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Description
An account of the resource
The son of Norfolk architect Finlay Forbes Ferguson Sr., who served as an Advisory Architect in the late 1920s as Williamsburg’s restoration began, Finlay Ferguson Jr. contributed to two different periods of architectural projects at Colonial Williamsburg. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s architecture program, Finlay Jr. started the first phase of his career working as a draftsman at Colonial Williamsburg between 1930-1933. He assisted other members of the research and design team with preparation of conjectural sketches, preliminary elevations and floor plans, and final measured drawings. Finlay left Williamsburg to work in his father’s architectural firm, Peebles and Ferguson, on the restoration of Fort Macon in Moorehead City, North Carolina between 1934-1935. He continued his association with the Norfolk firm until 1939, when he returned to Colonial Williamsburg to work on research and design for the restoration of Bruton Parish Church until 1943. After serving in the Navy during the remainder of World War II, Ferguson resumed practicing architecture in Norfolk. His early association with Colonial Williamsburg allowed him to become a respected expert in architectural restoration and he oversaw projects at the Adam Thoroughgood House, the Moses Myers House, the Willoughby-Baylor House, and the Old Norfolk Academy. Ferguson also designed the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial and restored St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Edenton, North Carolina.
Ferguson joined his architectural colleagues in taking numerous photographs of both ongoing work in the Historic Area and field research at other sites. These are preserved in the Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, which encompasses over four hundred black and white images of restoration projects underway in Williamsburg’s Historic Area, as well as architectural design precedents at historic sites in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina used to facilitate reconstruction of details not documented in historical records, archaeological investigations, or visual representations.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1933-1943
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
439 photographs
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
2.5x2.75
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Pokety Farms
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, Box 1, Folder 2.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AV2009-16_FER0242
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Maryland - Cambridge
Historic buildings -Maryland - Cambridge
Description
An account of the resource
Restoration progress photo of the rear elevation and bathouse of Pokety Farms, Cambridge, Maryland, the estate of Colonel Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1950
Bathhouses
Cambridge
Construction Progress
Finlay Forbes Ferguson
Frame Dwellings
Maryland
Pokety Farms
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/e38d73518e732c43afc06b5115e019d0.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=iimliVadbGeFTMy74B6yZ3pJ0lyUSAlHyBKWWlTbz-vQMcL3OHVr2spoCemkgFPmNBAzCTdRvJ2yinOZXHo0q7o7dODgQUFu9ouJrQPrtBYejnqEd5Wgr-FhCQ4Vpa%7EIj6G%7EijNKy0ech4fb6qli0Mw49GkNSBuZ4LCUZBU21E1NhyDdpcPD3AB1YJuYvkI2LZxBRd6EwEhSVBvKrFB2kLgqSrEr1zNloKaI2TYbitz-97jNlTGxExWXgbT%7Eyv16Xkk3UnL8onlJYpJ1jl6yO5s%7El-XXy%7ENje%7EuF5UHojYGyfpyq8xGnwcZl7AH8FnhVGwfq%7E2B624TNUkCzRKPusQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
eff99da5d3524511edea8d66fb30930c
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Description
An account of the resource
The son of Norfolk architect Finlay Forbes Ferguson Sr., who served as an Advisory Architect in the late 1920s as Williamsburg’s restoration began, Finlay Ferguson Jr. contributed to two different periods of architectural projects at Colonial Williamsburg. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s architecture program, Finlay Jr. started the first phase of his career working as a draftsman at Colonial Williamsburg between 1930-1933. He assisted other members of the research and design team with preparation of conjectural sketches, preliminary elevations and floor plans, and final measured drawings. Finlay left Williamsburg to work in his father’s architectural firm, Peebles and Ferguson, on the restoration of Fort Macon in Moorehead City, North Carolina between 1934-1935. He continued his association with the Norfolk firm until 1939, when he returned to Colonial Williamsburg to work on research and design for the restoration of Bruton Parish Church until 1943. After serving in the Navy during the remainder of World War II, Ferguson resumed practicing architecture in Norfolk. His early association with Colonial Williamsburg allowed him to become a respected expert in architectural restoration and he oversaw projects at the Adam Thoroughgood House, the Moses Myers House, the Willoughby-Baylor House, and the Old Norfolk Academy. Ferguson also designed the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial and restored St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Edenton, North Carolina.
Ferguson joined his architectural colleagues in taking numerous photographs of both ongoing work in the Historic Area and field research at other sites. These are preserved in the Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, which encompasses over four hundred black and white images of restoration projects underway in Williamsburg’s Historic Area, as well as architectural design precedents at historic sites in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina used to facilitate reconstruction of details not documented in historical records, archaeological investigations, or visual representations.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1933-1943
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
439 photographs
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
2.5x2.75
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Pokety Farms
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, Box 1, Folder 2.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AV2009-16_FER0240
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Description
An account of the resource
Progress photo of construction workers restoring the rear elevation, left, and bathhouse, far right, of Pokety Farms, Cambridge, Maryland, the estate of Colonel Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1950
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Maryland - Cambridge
Historic buildings - Maryland - Cambridge
Bathhouses
Cambridge
Construction Progress
Construction Workers
Finlay Forbes Ferguson
Frame Dwellings
Maryland
Pokety Farms
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/95f618e57b78a77aa0db8c0aa9bf8d07.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=Kfph34MGLllWYv-IOlJX-IMlbnJ3PcS%7EYatJjSR26nTVVH9ot330YkKKzyQK1O76JRkfkK519SEYFC2t2h18oNzT2%7E5luUQaEvdhoUaltJknllKUQhbA8QE4X3C%7EoM8zsb1Ky1Q%7EVNbGbSjVEaNqOQHRTkpDmM5d0yCdAFzJ2gY-sL7VZnKs7d64DCPfg9Ih9koE1urkz%7Eh6-CUpHcugTWS6XZ%7EMtiu-NqBkqKY01II250ZfQdmuU06k2kk2VpO3vnafcnDC8WSnfl6l3%7EGFSjgm8ufOqioVQ-FH0Xts4A%7EevPH98%7Ey7EzIsUar%7EPRxQnys-X9R%7Eei0qGZqh5JVXUw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
966511f9d061cfc1f112d31980872559
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Description
An account of the resource
The son of Norfolk architect Finlay Forbes Ferguson Sr., who served as an Advisory Architect in the late 1920s as Williamsburg’s restoration began, Finlay Ferguson Jr. contributed to two different periods of architectural projects at Colonial Williamsburg. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s architecture program, Finlay Jr. started the first phase of his career working as a draftsman at Colonial Williamsburg between 1930-1933. He assisted other members of the research and design team with preparation of conjectural sketches, preliminary elevations and floor plans, and final measured drawings. Finlay left Williamsburg to work in his father’s architectural firm, Peebles and Ferguson, on the restoration of Fort Macon in Moorehead City, North Carolina between 1934-1935. He continued his association with the Norfolk firm until 1939, when he returned to Colonial Williamsburg to work on research and design for the restoration of Bruton Parish Church until 1943. After serving in the Navy during the remainder of World War II, Ferguson resumed practicing architecture in Norfolk. His early association with Colonial Williamsburg allowed him to become a respected expert in architectural restoration and he oversaw projects at the Adam Thoroughgood House, the Moses Myers House, the Willoughby-Baylor House, and the Old Norfolk Academy. Ferguson also designed the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial and restored St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Edenton, North Carolina.
Ferguson joined his architectural colleagues in taking numerous photographs of both ongoing work in the Historic Area and field research at other sites. These are preserved in the Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, which encompasses over four hundred black and white images of restoration projects underway in Williamsburg’s Historic Area, as well as architectural design precedents at historic sites in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina used to facilitate reconstruction of details not documented in historical records, archaeological investigations, or visual representations.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1933-1943
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
439 photographs
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bagnio and Laundry, Governor's Palace
Subject
The topic of the resource
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 20. Building 03M.
Block 20. Building 03R.
Bathhouses - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
An account of the resource
Bagnio and laundry, two outbuildings constituting part of the Governor's Palace complex, Williamsburg, Virginia
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1930
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Finlay Forbes Ferguson Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2009.16, Box 1
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Fer-337
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Bathhouses
Finlay Forbes Ferguson
Governor's Palace
Laundries
Virginia
Williamsburg
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/3b7d439c50f06e1b792f4bf0609b8171.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=jAFx0HtSKzXVLu6arDvJfpAiThzCvN-q1E0LyrLpeHTqETirwuo3HIm3FYYNhPy68Ep8Utqb2oyoGLtJ-cXraa0jHF6uXhqAtUoJOXQeeCWhE7%7E-SDebAL7n2x6nS0Zv5skj4JEIcsP4vcqvlEVgIJwBzJG2DCqBF7kbWsHX7%7EoKWLqZ9hXffqqtqtvwIriOrNvLN0F-xzpmR22c5nPrnJ91gV9JjhmosysGG6UXZhQF-EVlZA2KqLaKooUJ3DooFPkZf3MU2XMw9uN9fkvSF4jBVmEtwT%7Ee6cO%7Etiyldg9L81MShG4VaOQamYr4joR03wzdKD3J5aXGv543XIw6gw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
fd19f9142bee0ed8c5555afedac8fcce
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Andrew Hepburn Pencil Sketches
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hepburn, Andrew, 1880-1967
Architectural drawings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Sketches - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
An account of the resource
Biographical Sketch
Andrew Hopewell Hepburn was born in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania on March 6, 1880 to Robert Hopewell Hepburn and Elizabeth Hunt. After attending primary schools in New Jersey and Maryland, he undertook study to prepare for entrance into the Naval Academy at Annapolis but did not receive an appointment. He turned his interests towards architecture and gained admittance to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated with an architectural degree in 1904. While at M.I.T., he met Robert E. Lee Taylor, a native of Norfolk, Virginia and a graduate of the University of Virginia. The two worked as colleagues in the office of Harry Morse in Philadelphia. After marrying Beatrice Outram Sturgis in 1907, Hepburn formed a partnership with Taylor in Norfolk, Virginia, where a building boom was predicted to coincide with the Jamestown Tercentennial. The pair collaborated on such projects as the reconstruction of a hospital in Ghent and the Auslow Gallery Building.
When the predicted building boom in Norfolk did not materialize, Hepburn relocated to New York City to join the office of Herbert Hale. He later transferred to the firm of Henry F. Bigelow in Boston and then moved on to work for Guy Lowell until 1914. With the start of the First World War, Hepburn received an appointment from the U. S. Housing Administration to serve as architect for Seaside Village, a housing community in Bridgeport, Massachusetts. During this project, he met Arthur Shurcliff, who served as the landscape architect and would later join him in Williamsburg, Virginia. The end of the war led him to his next project with Albert Farwell Bemis to design inexpensive, prefabricated houses for workmen. After that he formed a partnership with Thomas Mott Shaw, with whom he worked from 1919-1922, and then the two added a third partner, William Graves Perry, to form the firm of Perry, Shaw & Hepburn. Hepburn helped to prepare and deliver some of the firm’s first concept drawings for the restoration of Williamsburg to show to Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin and Dr. Lyon G. Tyler. He helped lead the effort to develop a master plan for restoring Williamsburg, Virginia to its colonial appearance.
Scope and Content Note
Andrew Hepburn’s pencil sketches, created between 1927 and 1948, are primarily rapid concept drawings he prepared as a member of the architectural team for various projects that were part of Colonial Williamsburg’s restoration. They encompass perspective sketches, bird’s-eye views, plans, elevations, and details relating to such 18th-century buildings as the Governor’s Palace and St. George Tucker House, and modern structures such as the Williamsburg Inn and the Business Block, later known as Merchants Square.
Reconstruction of the Governor's Palace involved educated guesswork on the part of the architects as they examined archaeological and documentary evidence and then tried to fill in the gaps through study of architectural precedents. One of Hepburn's drawings of the front elevation of the Palace reflects how the architectural team thought it might have appeared prior to the discovery of the Bodleian plate, a copperplate found at the Bodleian Library which included a depiction of the Palace complex. Hepburn also finished studies for the Ballroom Wing and the outbuildings and stable complex.
One of Hepburn's major responsibilities involved creating the original concept sketches for structures that would be part of a new business block at the west end of Duke of Gloucester Street. In order to restore Williamsburg to its eighteenth-century appearance, many business, civic, residential and religious buildings along Duke of Gloucester, Francis, and Nicholson streets had to be re-located. The architects suggested concentrating business activity in a new park and shop complex designed to blend harmoniously with the architectural styles of the buildings being restored. The eleven sketches relating to Merchants Square document his evolving ideas for the complex and range from bird's-eye views of blocks of shops to details of multi-bay windows, doorways, and elevations.
Between 1937-1938, Hepburn traveled to Williamsburg every other week to oversee construction progress on the Williamsburg Inn. His involvement with the project is reflected in ten sketches of both exterior and interior architectural features ranging from fireplaces, doors and windows to the proposed bath house, pediments, colonnades, and entrances.
Together, the set of thirty pencil sketches by Hepburn offer insight into the design process for major eighteenth-century and modern structures that are iconic architectural landmarks for Colonial Williamsburg today.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Hepburn, Andrew
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1929-1934
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Pencil on paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
7 1/4" x 12" inches
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Proposed Bath House for the Williamsburg Inn
Description
An account of the resource
Pencil sketch of a proposed Bath House for the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Hepburn, Andrew H.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
19390707
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
19390707
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Andrew Hepburn Pencil Sketches, Drawing #21
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AHH-021 W
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Subject
The topic of the resource
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 02. Building 65.
Bathhouses - Virginia - Williamsburg
Andrew Hepburn
Bathhouses
Bathing Pavilions
Pencil Sketches
Virginia
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Inn
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/a5a02f4fcb637f8d0425620f766c450b.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=Op-8oUMMp0YGaxnXA0xsTNo9fAM0utRw7VftqX5gwRYtr5OVUdqFkJgpxja%7Erp86%7EMeMDs60amVoHYvDsdBPK98FEW0qWMDax562ipywVriAWiYks3D2VsN7vtqOLI2ntQ2REG2aeu6MMP0AlMMeR6hEChTD4IcrbkKuk2fSRD-MyCNUJpCY9opwEgCjb8Zb-shcY38RiJi4v4c8TbbjcuxdoFLZ635OMmZ5fOAouv44u7WtNykPjdn9E%7EmtI%7EdcFTYQv%7EvVPUQkcy2zJTXtNihW71pczbnLy2LSeVvFb%7Ems9SKT01e1fd8uKQdJSk-EdXOI8SInfgyzzZIE%7EfOlWA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
77c0904ab1f48bee96edb0ddabd92097
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Peter Hornbeck Lantern Slide Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Hornbeck, Peter - 1936-1998
Williamsburg (Va.)--History.
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
An account of the resource
Mr. Peter Hornbeck, a renowned Landscape Architect and Harvard professor, assembled this collection of lantern slides produced between the late 1930s and early 1940s. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Peter Hornbeck managed the landscape architecture firm of Hornbeck Associates in North Andover, Massachusetts during the 1950s. He became a faculty member of the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1963 and taught courses focusing upon historic landscape preservation and city planning.. These lantern slides served as visual aids during lectures he gave about the Williamsburg Restoration and eighteenth-century garden history. The lantern slides encompass a variety of images of Williamsburg available commercially from A.D. Handy, F.S. Lincoln, Eldredge Studio, and the National Geographic Society. They also include some images of historic homes and gardens in other parts of Virginia and in Great Britain.
This collection is significant as a record of how landscape architects were interpreting and presenting eighteenth-century garden history during the 1930s and 1940s. It also provides a visual record of Williamsburg buildings and gardens before, during, and after the restoration work undertaken in the early 1930s. In addition, the collection documents how the Williamsburg Restoration publicized its work through commercial slide sets. For example, Mr. F.S. Lincoln, a New York photographer hired to compile a photographic portfolio of restored Williamsburg buildings for a special issue of the "Architectural Record" in 1935, also created colorized lantern slides of his photos for sale in Williamsburg shops. The Peter Hornbeck Lantern Slide Collection contains numerous examples of these early souvenir images.
A precursor of 35mm slides, lantern slides are large format positive transparencies, usually 3.25 x 4 inches, sandwiched between two pieces of glass. Many were hand-colored. A projector allowed the slides to be viewed on a wall or screen. Instead of automatically advancing from one slide to the next, the lantern slides had to be manually placed into a slot on the projector.
Invented in 1848, lantern slides evolved from those associated with magic lanterns in the late nineteenth-century to the format represented in this collection. Between 1848-1870, oil lamps served as the light source for magic lantern projectors. By the 1890s, the carbon arc lamp offered a better lighting method. The introduction of electricity in the twentieth-century allowed the projection of lantern slides to become common in schools and universities. Lantern slides became obsolete in the 1950s when the Kodachrome three-color process brought about the introduction of 35mm slides.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Lantern Slide
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
3.25 x 4 inches
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Governor's Palace Outbuildings, Williamsburg, Va.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
A. D. Handy Co.
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Peter Hornbeck Lantern Slides Collection, AV-2000.9, Box 3
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
HLS-118
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Subject
The topic of the resource
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
An account of the resource
Overhead view of outbuildings flanking the Governor's Palace to the west, 1935. The brick buildings in the back (side by side, facing the camera) are the Scullery and Palace Kitchen. Directly in front of the Palace Kitchen is the whitewashed Smokehouse, followed by the Salthouse (same size, also whitewashed). The brick building directly behind the Smokehouse and Salthouse (to the north) is the Laundry. The small brick hexagonal structure in the foreground (adjacent to the Laundry) is the Bagnio (bathhouse), once used by the Governor. Two female costumed interpreters (formerly referred to as "hostesses") stand in gowns in the open courtyard near the Palace Kitchen and Scullery
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1935
A.D. Handy Company
Bagnio
Bathhouses
Courtyards
Glass Transparencies
Governor's Palace
Kitchens
Lantern Slides
Outbuildings
Peter Hornbeck
Public Buildings
Salthouses
Sculleries
Smokehouses
Virginia
Williamsburg
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/0e96582c7d8f1889f4da6f0d97802c29.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=mTGKQKWBnj1jMVYSEe1YMhmdrNyN7CtKoFFeQSCPkcU7p39RbIzh19lQbd12HyKwJGn4R%7EkypMA5y1Katjq86s8ZT9cDL%7EGlRC-u%7EWox1p6oFTfMWeg4zCLVi672wLFTHXNu86KFAh2VmHbpqVJAINrOeS3wjJt1%7EgaLxFnznsqr3h8scXsjTrLrCgPDx%7E-g39LAVGzu6N2p4TYleXVOJGyVVDkPD6KNdhhNVb%7EyvbsegwNcMgd-nvGwyEldsFgJSpeQxCT5lZ-Ztegnzl6xzr5gpDr-o3EAI8rxBelkUgspm6SohN8LVDdw4rhUu1mTMq-%7Eoipxt4IWwinpXP2-4g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
a2daa5470eed75ba330cc1afb685c3a0
Omeka Image File
The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files.
Bit Depth
8
Channels
3
Height
768
Width
522
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
An Architect of the Restoration: The Pencil Sketches of Thomas Mott Shaw, F.A.I.A.
Description
An account of the resource
BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS MOTT SHAW, F.A.I.A.
Thomas Mott Shaw is best known as one of the founding partners and principal architects of the prominent Boston architectural firm Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn, which John D. Rockefeller Jr. hired in 1928 to design, plan, and supervise the groundbreaking historical restoration of Williamsburg, the former eighteenth-century capitol of Virginia.
Born in 1878 in Newport, Rhode Island, Thomas Mott Shaw received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard in 1900 and continued his education at the atelier (workshop) of Jean-Louis Pascal at the Ècole des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1900 to 1905.[1] After graduation in 1905, he began working in Boston as a draftsman in the office of Guy Lowell, a prominent American architect and landscape architect who designed the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, as well as numerous other public, commercial, academic, and private buildings and spaces, including many distinguished estates and gardens.[2] Shaw’s connections to Lowell were presumably academic in nature, as Lowell was a former Harvard alumnus who also studied under Pascal at the Ècole, where he graduated just one year before Shaw.[3] In 1908, Shaw left Lowell’s employ and opened his own architectural practice, which he pursued until 1916.[4] During the First World War, he served as a first lieutenant in the 489th Aero Squadron of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF).[5] He was stationed at the U.S. Army’s Air Service Production center at Romorantin, France, where he worked with the Air Service Construction Division #2. During this time, he helped design and build air fields, assembly plants for the fabrication of American aircraft, and barracks for military personnel.[6]
After the war, Shaw returned to the United States and partnered with Andrew H. Hepburn, an MIT graduate and practicing architect who had also worked under Guy Lowell.[7] The two men founded an architectural firm under the name of Shaw and Hepburn, which they managed together from 1918 to 1923.[8] When architect William G. Perry (another alumnus of Harvard, MIT, and the Ècole, as well as a former WWI Army Air Corps captain[9]) joined the partnership in 1923, the firm’s name changed to Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn.[10]
In January 1927, William Perry (representing his partners Shaw and Hepburn) was invited by Reverend William A. R. Goodwin (the rector of Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg) to produce drawings of Williamsburg as it may have looked in the eighteenth century.[11] Goodwin planned to submit the renderings to an unnamed donor who was interested in restoring the town to its former eighteenth-century appearance.[12] Shaw noted: “I worked on those drawings. We all did. We all worked on them (just like a projet in the Ècole des Beaux-Arts) to get them out.” [13] In late November 1927, after spending eleven months working pro bono[14] on a series of illustrations detailing the prospective restoration of the town and the College of William and Mary’s Wren Building, Perry submitted the firm’s drawings to Reverend Goodwin to deliver to his anonymous benefactor for consideration.[15] Soon after reviewing the architects’ work, Goodwin’s patron decided to begin funding the restoration of Williamsburg, and by early December 1927, the firm of Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn was approved “'to proceed with work on [the] Wren Building’ and reconstruction of the colonial Capitol and Governor’s Palace.”[16] It was not until April 1928, however, that the architects finally learned the identity of the secretive individual funding the endeavor.[17] The three men were summoned to New York for a meeting, where Goodwin introduced them to the wealthy businessman and philanthropist, John D. Rockefeller Jr.[18] After meeting the architects in person and discussing the project with them over lunch, Rockefeller decided that he liked what he had seen and heard. On 1 April 1928,[19] he “assigned overall ‘authority and responsibility’” of Williamsburg’s building and restoration to Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn.[20] Soon thereafter, the architects set up a small office in Williamsburg near Bruton Parish Church to manage the project.[21]
The architects “soon found that drawing plans was only a minor part of the [project]. The hard part was finding out what kind of plans should be drawn.”[22] Consequently, they organized a staff of historical researchers to assist them in their efforts to restore and rebuild Williamsburg’s eighteenth-century structures as authentically as possible. “Very early in the project, [the architects] decided to establish the highest possible standards for the job. ‘Nothing was ever done without a good reason,’ Shaw once stated. ‘If there were no documented reasons for doing a particular thing, we didn’t do it.’”[23]
Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn’s dedication to the ideals of historic preservation at Williamsburg also paralleled a larger “preservation fever” that was sweeping the nation in the 1920s, called the Colonial Revival.[24] “Historic preservation formed the core of the Colonial Revival, a social and stylistic mindset that peaked during the 1920s [25]…fueled by the usual turmoil – a world war, the Bolshevik Revolution, the Red Scare, and another spike in immigration, all of which increased the nostalgia for the good old colonial days.[26] ….Creating museums from historic buildings became a preferred philanthropy for the wealthy…and John D. Rockefeller Jr. launched the single largest preservation project the country had seen: Colonial Williamsburg.” [27]
In the wake of the stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent national economic collapse of the Great Depression, the fervor of the movement waned, as “only the wealthiest could afford to indulge in antiques, art, and architectural restoration.”[28] As one of the wealthiest men in the country, however, John D. Rockefeller Jr. was one of the few people who could indeed afford to finance his interests in the Colonial Revival. Despite the economic strife of the times, Rockefeller’s infusion of funds into Williamsburg not only helped support the research and restoration of this sleepy southern town back to its former eighteenth-century appearance as the colonial capitol of Virginia, but also provided Williamsburg with much-needed jobs during the worst years of the Depression. By the late 1930s, Rockefeller’s restoration had positioned the town as an architectural and cultural cornerstone of the Colonial Revival movement, fueled Colonial Revival sentiments in spite of the nation’s social and economic woes, and established Williamsburg as a pioneering example of historical preservation relating to the nation’s colonial and revolutionary past.
In time, Thomas Mott Shaw was eventually “placed on [a] consulting basis” with Williamsburg’s Restoration “when an architectural department was established by Colonial Williamsburg” on 1 October 1934.[29] In 1938, Shaw was recognized by the American Institute of Architects for his work on the Williamsburg Inn, “chosen for its excellency of design wedded to the sensitive appreciation of location.”[30] He was awarded the Institute’s Bronze Medal of Honor, the highest award given to a practicing architect in the country.[31] In 1939, Shaw was placed on an annual retainer with the Restoration, though he continued working as a consultant for Colonial Williamsburg on various design and restoration projects.
After a long and accomplished career, Thomas Mott Shaw died on 17 February 1965.[32]
THE THOMAS MOTT SHAW COLLECTION
This collection consists of thirty-four graphite and mixed media sketches drawn by architect Thomas Mott Shaw during the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg from the late 1920s through 1930s, depicting various architectural exteriors and interiors of historic buildings in and around Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area. It is not known precisely why these drawings were created – whether for in-house or external purposes by Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn, for Colonial Williamsburg’s staff or other interested parties, or perhaps even for Shaw’s own personal use – but they have since become historically important artifacts and images of Williamsburg’s Restoration period. These illustrations take us back in time to the early days of Williamsburg as a reconstructed historic site and living history museum, capturing views that offer interesting opportunities for insight and reflection into the early research, planning, design, building, and restoration of the town’s landscape, architecture, and character as Virginia’s eighteenth-century colonial capitol.
The earliest sketch in this collection, drawn in 1928, features the Bracken Tenement (also known as the Bracken House) on Francis Street, which was one of the first buildings to be restored in Williamsburg by Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn[33] in 1928.[34] The latest sketch, drawn in 1938, depicts a proposed addition to the Williamsburg Inn which was never built. Otherwise, the majority of the drawings – thirty-two in number – were completed in 1933.
In the fall of 1944, Shaw offered this collection of thirty-four sketches to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation “for use in connection with publicity or any other purpose you would like to use them for.”[35] Upon review of the sketches, Colonial Williamsburg’s staff accepted them, stating: “These sketches are something which we definitely should have in our archives….Mr. Shaw has done them from photographs and that in this respect they are not such creative work as might be done on location without the use of photographs….We have not undertaken to determine how best they can be utilized but there are several possibilities which we should like to explore further.”[36]
Though the sketches were thought to be “very good” and might be used in various ways,[37] Colonial Williamsburg’s staff chiefly appreciated the drawings for their “sentimental appeal by virtue of Mr. Shaw’s connection with Colonial Williamsburg”[38] and “the fact that they are the handiwork of Mr. Shaw, which…will make them quite valuable to Colonial Williamsburg in the future.”[39]
Shaw’s sketches were purchased and accepted into the research archives of Colonial Williamsburg’s Architectural Department between November 1945 and January 1946. These drawings are now part of the Architectural Drawings Collection in the Special Collections wing of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library. While a separate collection of Shaw’s personal papers and drawings also reside within the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art in Washington, D.C.,[40] the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is proud to possess the majority of Mr. Shaw’s drawings and correspondence associated with his meticulous and pioneering work on Williamsburg’s restoration.
ENDNOTES
[1] George H. Yetter, “Thomas Mott Shaw, F.A.I.A., 1878-1965” unpublished biography, Thomas Mott Shaw research folder, Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, Va.: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation).
[2] Ibid.
[3] Henry F. Withey and Elsie Rathburn Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects [Deceased] (Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970), 381-382.
[4] Yetter, “Thomas Mott Shaw, F.A.I.A., 1878-1965.”
[5] George H. Yetter, handwritten notes compiled from Thomas Mott Shaw Papers (in Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Sarah Quinan Shaw Johnson, Concord, Ma., 1975), Thomas Mott Shaw research folder, Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, Va.: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation).
[6] Ibid.; see also “Colonial Williamsburg Logbook” biographical sheet on Thomas Mott Shaw, dated 15 March 1947, Thomas Mott Shaw research folder, Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, Va.: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation).
[7] George H. Yetter, “Designers of Beauty: Academic Training and Williamsburg’s Architectural Restoration,” Colonial Williamsburg Journal (Winter 2012): 58.
[8] Yetter, handwritten notes compiled from Thomas Mott Shaw Papers; see also “Colonial Williamsburg Logbook” biographical sheet.
[9] Will Molineux, “The Architect of Colonial Williamsburg: William Graves Perry,” Colonial Williamsburg Journal (Autumn 2004), 61.
[10] “Colonial Williamsburg Logbook” biographical sheet.
[11] Fred Frechette, “Work on Restoration Started as ‘Bit of Fun,’” Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.), 21 May 1956, page number unknown, Thomas Mott Shaw research folder, Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
[12] Yetter, “Thomas Mott Shaw, F.A.I.A., 1878-1965.”
[13] Ibid. (T.M. Shaw quote excerpted from “Reminiscences of Thomas Mott Shaw,” Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archives, Oral History Collection, 11), Thomas Mott Shaw research folder, Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, Va.: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation).
[14] Frechette, “Work on Restoration Started as ‘Bit of Fun.’”
[15] George H. Yetter, “Thomas Mott Shaw” typewritten research notes, Thomas Mott Shaw research folder, Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, Va.: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation).
[16] Molineux, “The Architect of Colonial Williamsburg,” 63.
[17] Ibid.
[18] Ibid.
[19] Yetter, “Thomas Mott Shaw” typewritten research notes.
[20] Molineux, 63; see also Frechette, “Work on Restoration Started as ‘Bit of Fun.’”
[21] Molineux, 63.
[22] Frechette, “Work on Restoration Started as ‘Bit of Fun.’”
[23] Ibid.
[24] Mary Miley Theobald, “The Colonial Revival: The Past that Never Dies,” Colonial Williamsburg Journal (Summer 2002), 81.
[25] Ibid., 81.
[26] Ibid., 84.
[27] Ibid., 81.
[28] Ibid., 84.
[29] Yetter, “Thomas Mott Shaw” typewritten research notes.
[30] Frechette, “Work on Restoration Started as ‘Bit of Fun.’”
[31] Ibid.
[32] Yetter, “Thomas Mott Shaw, F.A.I.A., 1878-1965.”
[33] Frechette, “Work on Restoration Started as ‘Bit of Fun.’”
[34]Carl Lounsbury, “Bracken Tenement: Block 2, Building 52,” Colonial Williamsburg Foundation website, n.d., http://research.history.org/Architectural_Research/Research_Articles/ThemeBldgs/Bracken.cfm (accessed 5 May 2014).
[35] Letter from Thomas Mott Shaw to Vernon Geddy of Williamsburg Restoration, Inc., 25 October 1944, Thomas Mott Shaw research folder, Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
[36] Staff memo from B.W. Norton to Vernon Geddy of Williamsburg Restoration, Inc., 1 November 1945, Thomas Mott Shaw research folder, Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
[37] Staff memo from J.A. Upshur to Kenneth Chorley of Williamsburg Restoration, Inc., 12 January 1946, Thomas Mott Shaw research folder, Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
[38] Ibid.
[39] Ibid.
[40] Letter from Michael A. Grimes (archivist, Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art) to George H. Yetter (Associate Curator of Architectural Drawings, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation), 2 August 1989, Thomas Mott Shaw research folder, Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chappell, Edward A. “Architects of Colonial Williamsburg” in Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, ed. by Charles
Reagan Wilson, William R. Ferris, and Ann J. Adadie. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989, 59-61.
Greenspan, Anders. Creating Colonial Williamsburg: The Restoration of Virginia’s Eighteenth-Century Capitol. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
Hosmer, Charles Bridgham, and National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. Preservation Comes of Age: From Williamsburg to the National Trust, 1926-1949, Vol. 1. Charlottesville: Published for the Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States by the University Press of Virginia, 1981.
Kimball, Fiske, et al. The Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. New York: F.W. Dodge
Corporation, 1935.
Molineux, Will. “The Architect of Colonial Williamsburg: William Graves Perry,” Colonial Williamsburg Journal (August 2004): 58-65.
Theobald, Mary Miley. “The Colonial Revival: The Past that Never Dies,” Colonial Williamsburg Journal (Summer 2002): 81-85.
Yetter, George Humphrey. “Designers of Beauty: Academic Training and Williamsburg’s Architectural Restoration,” Colonial Williamsburg Journal (Winter 2012): 54-60.
Yetter, George Humphrey. Williamsburg Before and After: The Rebirth of Virginia's Colonial Capital. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1988.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Graphite on paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
31 x 45 cm
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Governor's Palace Smokehouse and Laundry
Subject
The topic of the resource
Governor’s Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
An account of the resource
Exterior view of the Smokehouse, Laundry, Salthouse, and Bagnio outbuildings flanking the Governor's Palace to the west, 1933. In the foreground is the Palace Smokehouse (depicted by a whitewashed wooden structure with a shingled roof), where meat was smoked for preservation purposes. Barely visible behind the Smokehouse is the Salthouse (also depicted as a whitewashed wooden structure with a shingled roof). The brick building visible to the left of the Smokehouse is the Palace Laundry, where the Palace's linens were washed. The small, tent-roofed, brick hexagonal structure beyond the Laundry is the Bagnio (bathhouse), once used by the Governor for bathing purposes. In the background, the Palace's facade, roof, and cupola are visible above the roofline of the outbuildings.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Shaw, Thomas Mott
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1933
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1933
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This material is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). For reproduction queries: <a href="http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary/Visual_Resources/VisualResourcePermission.cfm">Rights and reproductions</a>
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
D2008-COPY-1014-1036
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Bagnio
Barrels
Bathhouse
Bathhouses
Bricks
Brickwork
Chimneys
Colonial Architecture
Cupolas
Dentils
Dormer Windows
Dormers
Exteriors
Governor's Palace
Historic Buildings
Outbuildings
Palace Laundry
Palace Salthouse
Palace Smokehouse
Public Buildings
Railings
Shingles
Thomas Mott Shaw
Virginia
Weatherboarding
Williamsburg
-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/3854/archive/files/21a3b03afceac1cde57e257669317abf.jpg?Expires=1712793600&Signature=D9U9tV2jse8Mxpsy2Zmy2WM3Z1o%7E3jJPLu7zIKN8TrLZiK-YfTv8JM7SHMsYEgDMPuDOVFx-61HJGKiaq9-v70osqgbxtJ-mZ97giHZnb2FEhCUK4Xs7Y%7EFVMRLajpUwloGHTVKfsc4CND0GxjdeYi0ofig8AsUNr-bDmL62MevfO40dzdVMc0wHwnJgRsNI5Dv7MUHgFFa9Z2NY207rs3ocbi-jhyRqkIsvBEBgxj6sYBZ6hBaB5XZ29K3r0Go6P2HEHJgI%7EYZh-OZx8uXF7FtLWgSYFL2xYnA1ns%7ENr0QmkfIH09DADCmXHwj6wt%7EkVJNpKbuQdujNWXHS-9H6lA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
289fecb0ea8d644a28d97472eb414e48
Omeka Image File
The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files.
Bit Depth
8
Channels
1
Height
768
Width
608
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
F.S. Lincoln Photography Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The FS Lincoln Collection
Biographical Sketch
Mr. Fay S. Lincoln (known professionally as F.S. Lincoln) operated a photography studio in New York City from the 1930s until the mid 1960s. He was born in Keene, New Hampshire in 1894 and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Although he received training as an engineer, Mr. Lincoln chose to become a professional photographer in 1929, when he opened the firm of Nyholm & Lincoln in conjunction with another photographer, Peter Nyholm, in New York City. A few years later, he opened his own studio at 114 East 32nd St.1
In 1932, Lincoln began corresponding with Kenneth Chorley, President of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, about the possibility of contracting with the Foundation to photograph the completed restoration work at Williamsburg. Lincoln had learned that John D. Rockefeller, Jr. was looking for someone to create a master collection of photos of Williamsburg through Arthur S. Vernay, an acquaintance of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. In his correspondence, Lincoln noted he had completed photographic assignments for many of the top architects and designers in New York, including Arthur S. Vernay, Joseph Urban, James Gamble Rogers, Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker, McKim, Mead, & White, Robert Locher, and Eugene Schoen. He also pointed out that he had sold architectural photos to many prominent magazines, including "Architectural Record," "National Geographic," "Country Life," "Architectural Forum," and "Spur."2
Lincoln's credentials, along with sample photographs and recommendations from magazine editors, enabled him to secure a contract with Colonial Williamsburg on April 22, 1935. According to the terms of the contract, Lincoln was hired to prepare a master collection of photographs and negatives that Colonial Williamsburg could sell to tourists and residents of Williamsburg, as well as use for promotional purposes. Lincoln retained the right to sell copies of his photographs at his New York studio, provided he consulted with the Foundation regarding the proposed use of the photographs. He also retained title to all negatives and copyright for all photos until the termination of his business. Plans for a traveling exhibition of Lincoln's photographs of Williamsburg were also mentioned in the contract.3
During 1935, F.S. Lincoln traveled to Williamsburg at seasonal intervals to photograph views requested by the Foundation. A panel of Colonial Williamsburg employees reviewed each series of photos and selected a group to be added to the master collection. F.S. Lincoln photos illustrated two portfolios about Colonial Williamsburg published in the "Architectural Record" in December 1935 and November 1936. Full-page black and white photos of restored buildings and gardens accompanied articles on the restoration written by Kenneth Chorley, Fiske Kimball, William G. Perry, and Arthur Shurcliff. Thus, Lincoln's photos gave the American public their first introduction to the completed restoration.
Lincoln had also been hired by Colonial Williamsburg to create a group of photographs of Williamsburg that could be exhibited. Correspondence between staff members indicates that John D. Rockefeller, Jr. hoped to mount a traveling exhibit of Williamsburg photographs. An exhibit of a selection of Lincoln's views of Williamsburg, along with photos he took for "Harper's Bazaar," "House and Garden," "House Beautiful," "Vanity Fair," "National Geographic," and "Town and Country," was held at the Rabinovitch Gallery in New York City from October 4-17, 1935.
Although Foundation employees were satisfied with the quality of Lincoln's photographs, they were dismayed by the cost of individual prints and enlargements. Memos exchanged between members of the marketing staff indicate that employees were having a hard time convincing distributors to purchase enlargements of the Lincoln photos for display in shop windows. As a result, the Foundation's agreement with F.S. Lincoln was terminated on April 21, 1936.4
Despite this setback, F.S. Lincoln secured contracts for many other architectural photography projects in the 1930s. He received numerous commissions to photograph buildings in New York City and also traveled abroad on several assignments. In 1934, he completed a portfolio of photos of Mont St. Michel and in 1938 he toured the deep South and photographed examples of antebellum architecture. Lincoln's photos were widely published in the 1930s and 1940s in such magazines as "Architectural Record," "House Beautiful," "National Geographic," "Country Life," and "Architectural Forum." In addition, he published a book of his photographs in 1946 entitled "Charleston: Photographic Studies by F.S. Lincoln."5
F.S. Lincoln continued to operate a photography studio in New York City until 1965, when he retired and moved to Center Hall, Pennsylvania to live with his sister. He forwarded all of his negatives of Williamsburg buildings to the Foundation in 1972, along with a letter stating that “the copyright of the photographs has run out, so you are free to use them as desired.”6 Upon his death in 1976, the remainder of Lincoln's archive of prints and negatives, as well as some business papers, were donated to the Pennsylvania State University Archives.
Scope and Contents
The F.S. Lincoln collection consists of black and white negatives and prints taken by Mr. Lincoln in preparation for the publication of "The Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia," a series of articles appearing in the December 1935 and November 1936 issues of "The Architectural Record." Both issues featured a portfolio of buildings and gardens in the newly restored historic area of Williamsburg.
In order to produce a large pool of photos for use in these portfolios, Mr. Lincoln created comprehensive visual documentation of the work completed during the initial phases of the restoration (1927-1935.) He photographed the exteriors and interiors of thirty restored buildings, including the exhibition buildings open to the public, such as the Governor's Palace, the Capitol, Raleigh Tavern, Bruton Parish Church, the Wren Building, and the Powder Magazine. In addition, he captured exterior views of some of the shops open on Merchant's Square and restored buildings adapted for public use, such as the Public Library. He also photographed many of the gardens and garden ornaments throughout the restored area.
The collection is organized into series by format. Series included in the collection are negatives; bound matted and signed prints; unbound matted and signed prints; and small albums. Within each format, items are organized according to the numbering system assigned by Mr. Lincoln. The first three digits of numbers assigned to the images correspond to a particular building or subject category. For example, all images of the Capitol have numbers beginning with 325 and all miscellaneous views have numbers beginning with 365. After these first three digits, Lincoln added a P for print and then a successive number for each view. For example, the first view of the Capitol is number 325P1. An “LC” prefix has been added to all image numbers by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation to identify the images as coming from the Lincoln Collection.
Endnotes
1 Champagne, Anne, “Fay S. Lincoln Collection,” History of Photography 17, (Spring 1993): 127-128.
2 F.S. Lincoln to B.W. Norton, October 18, 1933. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archives.
3 Agreement dated April 22, 1935 between Colonial Williamsburg, Inc. and F.S. Lincoln, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archives.
4 Mr. Norton to Mr. Darling, February 22, 1937; Kenneth Chorley to F.S. Lincoln, April 6, 1937, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archives.
5 Champagne, Anne, “Fay S. Lincoln Collection,” History of Photography 17 (Spring 1993): 128.
6 F.S. Lincoln to James R. Short, May 15, 1972, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archives.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin or collodian printing out paper with platinum toning, mounted on board
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
8x10 inches
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Governor's Palace, Outbuildings
Subject
The topic of the resource
Block 20. Building 03.
Governor’s Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
Public buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
Gardens -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
Description
An account of the resource
Overhead view of outbuildings flanking the Governor's Palace to the west, 1935. The brick buildings in the back (side by side, facing the camera) are the Scullery and Palace Kitchen. Directly in front of the Palace Kitchen is the whitewashed Smokehouse, followed by the Salthouse (same size, also whitewashed). The brick building directly behind the Smokehouse and Salthouse (to the north) is the Laundry. The small brick hexagonal structure in the foreground (adjacent to the Laundry) is the Bagnio (bathhouse), once used by the Governor. Two female costumed interpreters (formerly referred to as "hostesses") stand in gowns in the open courtyard near the Palace Kitchen and Scullery.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Lincoln, F.S.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1935
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1935
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This material is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). For reproduction queries: <a href="http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary/Visual_Resources/VisualResourcePermission.cfm">Rights and reproductions</a>
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
LC327P52
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Bagnio
Bathhouse
Bathhouses
Chimneys
Costumed Interpreters
Dormer Windows
Dormers
Exteriors
F.S. Lincoln
Gardens
Governor's Palace
Historic Buildings
Hostesses
Outbuildings
Palace Kitchen
Palace Laundry
Palace Salthouse
Palace Scullery
Palace Smokehouse
Public Buildings
Virginia
Williamsburg