Benjamin Waller Graveyard
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 01. Building 15A.
Benjamin Waller House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Benjamin Waller graveyard, Williamsburg, Virginia
Swem, Earl Gregg
Circa 1920
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Blair Family Tombs
Tombs & sepulchral monuments - Virginia - Jamestown
Jamestown Island (Va.)
Cemeteries - Virginia - Jamestown
Blair tombs in churchyard, Jamestown Island, Virginia
Barrows, John A.
Circa 1930
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Bar-316w (see also 1991-707CN)
Boiler House, Trinity Church
Church architecture - Maryland - Dorchester County
Historic buildings - Maryland - Dorchester County
Boiler house in cemetery of Trinity Church, Church Creek, Dorchester County, Maryland.
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
1956
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Bonne Elms, Graveyard
Cemeteries - Virginia - Middlesex County
Sepulchral monuments - Virginia - Middlesex County
A view of the gravestone for Lucy Berkeley in the cemetery at Boinne Elms, Middlesex County, Virginia.
Beckwith, Edward A.
1926
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Bray Monument, Bruton Parish Church
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Tombs & sepulchral monuments - Virginia - Williamsburg
Coat of arms on Bray monument in churchyard of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
Barrows, John A.
Circa 1930
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Bray Monument, Bruton Parish Church
Tombs & sepulchral monuments - Virginia - Williamsburg
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Bray family monument in churchyard of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
Barrows, John A.
Circa 1930
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Bar-137w (see also 1990-681CN)
Bruton Parish Cemetery
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Tombs & sepulchral monuments - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of a table tomb in the Bruton Parish Church cemetery, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
1930
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Bruton Parish Cemetery
Tombs & sepulchral monuments - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architects Singleton P. Moorehead and Washington Reed examining a tomb in the Bruton Parish Church cemetery, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
1930
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Bruton Parish Cemetery
Tombs & sepulchral monuments - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Detail view of a table tomb in the Bruton Parish Church cemetery, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
1930
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Bruton Parish Church
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 21. Building 01.
Lantern slide featuring a photo of the exterior of Bruton Parish Church as it appeared around 1935. It is the twenty-first 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.
A smaller seventeenth-century structure stood on the site from 1683 until 1715, when the larger and more elaborate cruciform-style church replaced it. Located at the edge of Palace Green on the corner of Duke of Gloucester Street and Palace Street, the church was originally designed by colonial Governor Alexander Spotswood.
A series of restoration efforts began under Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin's direction between 1903-1907 and continued periodically until completed in 1940. In this 1935 photo of the north facade of Bruton Parish Church, the building retains the Colonial Revival window shutters installed by architect J. Stewart Barney during his 1906 renovation of the exterior, according to how be believed the church appeared in the eighteenth century. The shutters were later removed during final restoration efforts in 1939, given the availability of further research information.
Bruton Parish continues to serve an active Episcopal congregation and has functioned as a site of worship for the community since the parish was first founded in 1674.
Pacific Stereopticon Co.
ca. 1935
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Bruton Parish Church
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard illustrated with a view of the northeast exterior elevation of Bruton Parish Church. Part of a series produced by the Albertype Co. of Brooklyn, New York, for Colonial Williamsburg, the card is an example of early efforts to promote Williamsburg as tourist destination. This photo pre-dates the final 1939 restoration of the church, when such features as the exterior shutters, the stove chimney, and louvered window grills on the tower were removed to bring the exterior back to its 18th-century appearance.
Albertype Co.
ca. 1930s
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Bruton Parish Church
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pre-restoration view of Bruton Parish Church and its cemetery, Williamsburg, Virginia circa 1928.
Davidson, D. N.
Circa 1928
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see also 78-1269
Bruton Parish Church
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking south through the trees and cemetery towards the tower of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Beckwith, Edward A.
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Bruton Parish Church
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking southeast towards Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
Barrows, John A.
1930
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Bruton Parish Church
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking southeast towards Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
Barrows, John A.
Circa 1930
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Bruton Parish Church
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking east towards tower of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
Barrows, John A.
Circa 1930
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Bruton Parish Church
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 21. Building 01.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Tombs & sepulchral monuments - Virginia - Williamsburg
North elevation of Bruton Parish Church viewed from the cemetery, Williamsburg, Virginia
Unknown
Circa 1903
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Bruton Parish Church and Church Yard, Williamsburg, Virginia
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard featuring a view of the northwest elevation of Bruton Parish Church and its cemetery. Published by the Albertype Company and sold by H.D. Cole in his shop on Duke of Gloucester Street, it is an example of a souvenir card available to tourists prior to the existence of Colonial Williamsburg.
The caption reads: "Built in 1710. Here Washington and three other presidents worshipped. The bell in the steeple, made in England in 1761, was the first in America to proclaim civil independence. The lecturn was presented by President Roosevelt, and the Bibles by King Edward VII, and President Wilson."
Albertype Co.
Circa 1920s
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Bruton Parish Church Cemetery
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Albumen prints
Centennial Photographic Company
Block 21. Building 01.
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Tombstones and monuments of important historical figures fill the cemetery of Bruton Parish Church. The efforts of the Centennial Photographic Company to document the graves of earlier inhabitants underscores its mission to visually record historic features of the town. Along with several marked memorials to fallen Confederate soldiers, the graveyard is known to contain the unmarked plots of at least forty Confederate soldiers who died after the Battle of Williamsburg.
One of the earliest organized activities to preserve Williamsburg's historic heritage occurred in the churchyard under the direction of the Catharine Memorial Society. In the early 1880s, a group of women led by Cynthia Beverly Tucker Coleman raised money to repair the cemetery in memory of her daughter, Catharine Brooke Coleman. This photo records the condition of the graveyard prior to any preservation efforts.
Centennial Photographic Company
ca.1875
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Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, VA
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of early Divided Back postcard published by Williamsburg resident Henry Dennison Cole and sold at his shop on Duke of Gloucester Street. It features a view of the exterior of Bruton Parish Church from the cemetery. The shutters on either side of the nave windows and the window grilles on the church tower would later be removed during final restoration work in the late 1930s.
The caption reads: "Built in 1710-15. Where Washington worshipped in 1781. The parish dates back from 1632. Four presidents of the United States have worshipped within its walls, Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, and Tyler. The bell which hangs in the tower was made in England and presented to the church in 1761 and summoned the patriots together in Revolutionary times. The present brick wall enclosing the graveyard was built in 1752 and cost $1,000.00."
Cole, Henry Dennison
Circa 1920s
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