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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Governor's Palace, Front Gate
Block 20. Building 03.
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
Public buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
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.
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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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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Greetings from Historic Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) - Virginia - Williamsburg - Pictorial works
A postcard set titled "Greetings from Historic Williamsburg. A Collection of images from Colonial Williamsburg." The cover page includes the Governor's Palace, a view of the Palace gardens, and the interior of Bruton Parish Church. Page two has the images of the Wren Building at the College of William and Mary, the Courthouse of 1770, and the Powder Magazine. Page three is a view of guests enjoying a meal at King's Arms Tavern. Page four are the images of the Colonial Capitol, Raleigh Tavern, and Bruton Parish Church. Page five has the rear view of Wythe House & Gardens and the interior of the Governor's Palace Kitchen.
Description reads: "A Visit in Pictures to Virginia's Colonial Capital. This is Williamsburg, the restored capital of the eighteenth century colony of Virginia. Here is the little city as it was for nearly a century when Williamsburg was the home of the Royal Governor and the center of a proud society.
Today the twentieth-century visitor walks the same shaded streets where men like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and George Mason began their march into history. And here once more is the Capitol, where Patrick Henry roared his defiance of the Stamp Tax, and where Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights become law. Here are the stately town houses, the modest dwellings of the townspeople, the taverns, shops, and public buildings.
Here craftsmen help to re-create the everyday life of the past. You can see the smiths, wigmaker, weaver, printer, bookbinder, baker, cabinetmaker, cobbler, apotheary, and silversmith making articles which for beauty and utility can take their place with the finest of the present day.
Here carriages drawn by spirited steeds still draw up before the gate of the Palace of the Royal Governors of Virginia, once the social center and symbol of royal authority in the colony. Formal gardens reflecting the influence of English taste upon the colonists still surround the Palace - gardens of boxwood, clipped hedges, pleached arbors, tulips, marigolds, hollyhocks, daylilies, crape myrtle, and magnolias.
Here in the evening by flickering candlelight one may tour the Capitol - visit the General Courtroom, the Governor's Council Chamber, and the Hall of the House of Burgesses - or sit in graceful surroundings at the Governor's Palace to enjoy a concert of eighteenth-century music played on instruments of the period.
Here is the College of William and Mary, founded in 1693, and Bruton Parish Church, where Washington and other patriots worshipped. Here is Williamsburg - seat of culture, center of learning, birthplace of freedom."
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
H. S. Crocker Co. Inc.
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John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s Physician with Coach Driver
African American Photographers
Coaches & carriages - Virginia - Williamsburg
Coach drivers - Virginia - Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
Documentary photography - Virginia - Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s personal physician posing with a Colonial Williamsburg coachman in front of his carriage near Market Square.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
Visitors, Foreign - Saudi Arabia
Kings, Queens, Rulers, etc.
Heads of state - Saudi Arabia
Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia, 1906-1975
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia rides through the Historic Area in a carriage during his June 1966 visit. King Faisal came to Williamsburg on his way to meet President Johnson for his first official state visit. Due to some logistical changes at the last minute, King Faisal arrived by helicopter around midnight. The heliport at the Williamsburg Inn was hurriedly adapted for night use through the use of floodlights.
1966-06
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Lassie in a Carriage
Lassie (Dog)
Entertainers - American
Celebrities - American
Television
Dogs in motion pictures
Lassie rides in a carriage during her May 1966 tour to Williamsburg. She and her CBS film crew came to film the outdoor scenes of the third episode of "Lassie the Voyager." In this episode, she is put on trial for being a stray dog and is defended by a resident attorney.
Unknown
1967-05
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1967-597
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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Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia
Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980
Foreign Visitors - Yugoslavia
Heads of State - Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia rides in a carriage with Williamsburg Mayor (Dr.) Henry M. Stryker, Colonial Williamsburg President Carlisle Humelsine, and others. Tito was in the United States for an informal visit to tour the nation. While visiting Colonial Williamsburg, Tito fell ill and stayed in bed at the Lightfoot House. Tito's wife visited Carter's Grove and, per her request, an American grocery store.
1963-10
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Model of Capitol
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 11.
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architectural models
Detail of horse-drawn carriage on the grounds of an architectural model of Capitol, Williamsburg, Virginia
Barrows, John
1930
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Bar-663. See also 1995-57 CN.
Oxen Passing Bruton Parish Church
Oxen - Virginia - Williamsburg
Carriages & coaches - American - Virginia - Williamsburg
Oxen pulling a carriage pass a truck parked along the brick wall surrounding Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
Barrows, John A.
Circa 1930
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Palace Green
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings-Virginia-Williamsburg
Public buildings-Virginia-Williamsburg
Block 20. Building 03A.
The vista south along Palace Green is a feature mentioned by Thomas Jefferson who noted that native American catalpa trees were planted along the sides. The open space continues south of Duke of Gloucester Street on what Benjamin Bucktrout's map of 1800 labels as King 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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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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Paul-Henri Spaak, Secretary General of NATO
Spaak, Paul-Henri, 1899-1972
Statesmen - Belgium
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 02. Building 65.
Paul-Henri Spaak, Secretary General of NATO and Belgian statesman, is seated in a carriage in front of the Williamsburg Inn, preparing for a ride around the Historic Area.
Crane, John
1957-10
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Peyton Randolph House
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Peyton Randolph House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 28. Building 06.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Museum docents - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard illustrated with a view of a carriage passing the front of the Peyton Randolph House, Williamsburg, Virginia. Back of card reads: "Home to one of colonial America's leading statesmen."
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
H. S. Crocker Co. Inc.
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Peyton Randolph Stable
Peyton Randolph House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Stables - Virginia - Williamsburg
Carriages & coaches - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bird's-eye view looking northeast at the proposed Peyton Randolph Stable at head of North England Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, with the Palace parking lot beyond the trees at the rear of the property and the Grissell-Hay House garden (formerly known as the Van Garrett House) in the foreground.
Campbell, W.M.
1935-06
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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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