Governor's Palace, Entrance and Green
Block 20. Building 03.
Governor’s Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
Public buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
Gardens -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
<p>Overhead view of the Palace Green, looking south through a window of the Governor's Palace. Palace Street rings the Green. At the front gate of the Palace stands a gowned female costumed interpreter (once referred to as a "hostess"), while a carriage drawn by two horses stands in the front drive. Two male costumed interpreters, representing enslaved coachmen, wait with the carriage.</p>
<p>The long, broad expanse of the Green, lined on either side by catalpa trees (also known as catawba trees), creates an impressive vista and impression of grandeur upon approach to the Palace. "Palace Green was intended to focus the eye as well as the mind on the source of executive authority in Virginia and to provide the stately official residence at its head with an unimpeded vista to the heart of the community and beyond."</p>
<p>(Source: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation website, "See the Places: Historic Sites and buildings: Palace Green," http://www.history.org/almanack/places/hb/hbpalgr.cfm)</p>
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Ludwell-Paradise House, View from Door
Ludwell-Paradise House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 18-1. Building 07.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View through the front door of the Ludwell-Paradise House of a carriage awaiting a passenger, 1935. The front elevation of the George Reid House is visible across Duke of Gloucester Street.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Palace Green Viewed from the Governor's Palace
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Hand-colored lantern slide featuring photo of Palace Green taken by F.S. Lincoln from a second floor window in the Governor's Palace in 1935. It is the fortieth slide in a set produced by the Pacific Stereopticon Co. of Los Angeles, California, now defunct, to illustrate the story of Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin's dream to restore a portion of Williamsburg, Virginia to its 18th-century appearance as a shrine to early American ideals.
Overhead view of the Palace Green, looking south through a window of the Governor's Palace. Palace Street rings the Green. At the front gate of the Palace stands a gowned female costumed interpreter (once referred to as a "hostess"), while a carriage drawn by two horses stands in the front drive. Two male costumed interpreters, representing enslaved coachmen, wait with the carriage.
The long, broad expanse of the Green, lined on either side by catalpa trees (also known as catawba trees), creates an impressive vista and impression of grandeur upon approach to the Palace. "Palace Green was intended to focus the eye as well as the mind on the source of executive authority in Virginia and to provide the stately official residence at its head with an unimpeded vista to the heart of the community and beyond."
(Source: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation website, "See the Places: Historic Sites and buildings: Palace Green," http://www.history.org/almanack/places/hb/hbpalgr.cfm)
Lincoln, F.S.
Pacific Stereopticon Company
1935
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Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Va.
Raleigh Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 17. Building 06A.
Taverns (Inns) - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lincoln, F.S.
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
A carriage passes the southern façade of the Raleigh Tavern as it proceeds along Duke of Gloucester Street, 1935. The tavern's signboard and a fence stand in the foreground, while the front entrance of the building is visible in the background. A lead bust of Sir Walter Raleigh, the noted navigator-explorer, is featured in the broken pediment above the tavern's front doors. Eighteenth-century spelling was not exact and Raleigh most often wrote his name without the “i”.
The Raleigh Tavern was the frequent scene of both jollity and consequence. Burned to the ground in 1859, the tavern was reconstructed from published illustrations, insurance policies, and archaeology that uncovered most of the original foundations.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Lincoln, F.S.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Exterior of Governor's Palace, view of front gate, 1935. A female costumed interpreter (once called a "hostess") stands in a gown at the front gate, while a carriage drawn by two horses stands in the front drive. Two male costumed interpreters, representing an enslaved coachman and footman, wait with the carriage.
Lincoln, F.S.
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Palace Green, Williamsburg, Virginia
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lincoln, F.S.
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Overhead view of the Palace Green, looking south from the Governor's Palace, 1935. Palace Street rings the Green. Formal gardens are visible in the forecourt of the Palace, while a carriage drawn by two horses stands outside the front gate. Two male costumed interpreters, representing enslaved coachmen, wait with the carriage.
The long, broad expanse of the Green, lined on either side by catalpa trees (also known as catawba trees), creates an impressive vista and impression of grandeur upon approach to the Palace.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Botetourt Inn, Gloucester Court House, Virginia
Nash, Susan Higginson
Courthouses - Virginia - Gloucester
Botetourt Inn (Gloucester, Va.)
Hotels - Virginia - Gloucester
Botetourt Inn, Gloucester Court House, Virginia, 1930
Nash, Susan Higginson
1930
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Virginia Power and Electric Company
Industrial facilities - Virginia - Williamsburg
Carriages & coaches - American - Virginia - Williamsburg
Oxen - Virginia - Williamsburg
Mr. Moquin driving an ox-drawn carriage in front of the Virginia Electric and Power Company building formerly located at the back of the Governor's Palace site alongside of the railroad tracks, Williamsburg, Virginia
Nash, Susan Higginson
Circa 1929-1934
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Governor's Palace, Entrance Gate
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03A.
Historic Buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public Buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Colonial – Virginia – Williamsburg
<p>Exterior of the Governor's Palace, looking out through the front gate at the arrival of a carriage and costumed interpreters, 1933. “The Governor’s Palace was an important element in [Williamsburg’s] great civic design. Sited at the end of a broad, imposing green, the governor’s residence terminated in the primary north-south axis of the town. The high visibility and symmetrical formality of this complex did much to reinforce the importance of the governorship in the eyes of Virginians.” Construction began on the Governor’s Palace in 1706 under Governor Edward Nott, and finished in 1722 under Governor Alexander Spotswood. In the early 1750s, Governor Robert Dinwiddie commissioned the construction of a Ballroom Wing addition behind the Palace.</p>
<p>(Source: Michael Olmert and Suzanne Coffman, <em>Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg</em> [Williamsburg, VA: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2007], 88-89).</p>
Shaw, Thomas Mott
1933
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Approach to the Williamsburg Inn
Landscape architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 02. Building 65.
Hotels - Virginia - Williamsburg
Conceptual sketch of the hotel approach for the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg, Virginia, showing a driveway for automobiles and a driveway for horse-drawn carriages.
Shurcliff, Arthur
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Approach to Williamsburg Inn
Landscape architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 02. Building 65.
Hotels - Virginia - Williamsburg
Conceptual sketch of the hotel approach for the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg, Virginia, with a driveway for automobiles and a driveway for horse-drawn carriages.
Shurcliff, Arthur
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Williamsburg Inn
Landscape drawings
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va)
Block 02. Building 65.
Williamsburg Inn: birds-eye view looklng southeast, with notation, "North side showing tables and chairs arranged irregularly under low growing trees to enable guests to enjoy sight of restored area and the coming and going of visitors. The capacity of the oval to accomodate at least two lanes of live parking is suggested. At left is an area to accomodate the parking of horse drawn vehicles as suggested last November. Central vista with naturalistic marginal groves is indicated" Williamsburg, Virginia.
Shurcliff, Arthur
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Williamsburg Inn
Landscape drawings
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 02. Building 65.
Preliminary landscape bird's-eye view drawing looking north from the main door of the Williamsburg Inn towards automobiles and carriages dropping off and picking up guests on the oval entrance drive, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Shurcliff, Arthur
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Governor’s Palace Ballroom Garden
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of guests disembarking from a carriage at the east gate in the ballroom garden of the Governor's Palace , Williamsburg, Virginia. The west gate is visible in the distance at the end of the vista along the pathway.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1932
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Governor’s Palace East Gate
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of guests disembarking from a carriage at the east gate in the ballroom garden of the Governor's Palace , Williamsburg, Virginia. The west gate is visible in the distance at the end of the vista along the pathway.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1932
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Peyton Randolph Stable
Peyton Randolph House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Stables - Virginia - Williamsburg
Parking lots - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bird's-eye view looking southwest at proposed Peyton Randolph Stable at the head of North England Street and Palace parking lot, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1935
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Duke of Gloucester Street
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Carriages & coaches - Virginia - Williamsburg
Street lights - Virginia - Williamsburg
Street curb study for Duke of Gloucester Street showing a proposed design with a straight road and a hollowing surface, Williamsburg, Virginia. The view is looking east down the street towards the Capitol and shows an automobile proceeding along the road and a horse-drawn carriage parked by a hitching post.
Straight hollowing surface road, 1931, Williamsburg, Virginia;
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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Duke of Gloucester Street
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Carriages & coaches - Virginia - Williamsburg
Street lights - Virginia - Williamsburg
Street curb study for Duke of Gloucester Street showing a proposed design with a straight road and a hollowing surface, Williamsburg, Virginia. The view is looking east down the street towards the Capitol and shows an automobile and a horse-drawn carriage pulling out of parking bays.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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Duke of Gloucester Street
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Carriages & coaches - Virginia - Williamsburg
Street lights - Virginia - Williamsburg
Street curb study for Duke of Gloucester Street showing a proposed design with a curving road and a hollowing surface, Williamsburg, Virginia. The view is looking east down the street towards the Capitol and shows automobiles proceeding along the street and a carriage pulled into a parking bay to pick up a passenger.
Curving hollowing surface road, 1931, Williamsburg, Virginia;
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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Duke of Gloucester Street
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Carriages & coaches - Virginia - Williamsburg
Street lights - Virginia - Williamsburg
Street curb study for Duke of Gloucester Street showing a proposed design with rigid curbs and irregular edges with a hollowing surface, Williamsburg, Virginia. The view is looking east down the street towards the Capitol and shows automobiles proceeding along the street and a carriage pulled into a parking bay to pick up a passenger.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1931
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