Secretary's Office, Capitol
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 11.
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Furnishings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the Secretary's Office at the Capitol soon after its completion, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Tebbs, Robert W.
1933
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Wren Building, College of William and Mary
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 16. Building 03.
College of William & Mary
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the south elevation and south entrance of the Wren Building, College of William and Mary, soon after the completion of its restoration, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Tebbs, Robert W.
1933
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Capitol Cupola
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 11.
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architectural elements - Virginia - Williamsburg
Detail view of the cupola on the Capitol soon after its reconstruction, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Tebbs, Robert W.
1933
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Main Stairway, Bassett Hall
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 01. Building 22.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking southwest from second floor at main stairway of Bassett Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, Block 1. Building 22.
Spangler, Dan
1979-05
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Stair Hall, Bassett Hall
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 01. Building 22.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
First floor stair hall looking south, Bassett Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, Block 1, Building 22.
Spangler, Dan
1979-05
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Capitol
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 08. Building 11.
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Progress photo of scaffolding on cupola of Capitol under reconstruction, Williamsburg, Virginia
Nash, Susan Higginson
Circa 1929-1934
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Library, Rose Hill
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Albemarle County
Plantations - Virginia - Albemarle County
Furnishings
Library, Rose Hill, Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia
Beckwith, Edward
1933
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Claremont Manor Kitchen
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Surry County
Historic buildings - Virginia - Surry County
Furnishings
Claremont Manor Kitchen, Surry County, Virginia
Beckwith, Edward
1934
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Claremont Manor Kitchen
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Surry County
Historic buildings - Virginia - Surry County
Furnishings
Claremont Manor Kitchen, Surry County, Virginia
Beckwith, Edward
1934
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St. Michael's Church, Charleston
Church architecture - South Carolina - Charleston
Historic buildings - South Carolina - Charleston
Architectural elements - South Carolina - Charleston
View looking towards the front entrance, tower and steeple of St. Michael's Church, Charleston, South Carolina
Barrows, John
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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 from across Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928.
Davidson, D. N.
Circa 1928
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George Wythe House First Floor Passage
Garrison, Richard
George Wythe House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 04.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
First floor interior passageway at George Wythe House, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1930's. On verso of photo is a note written by the photographer.
Garrison, Richard
Circa 1930's
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Parlor, Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Va.
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lincoln, F.S.
Furniture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Interior of the parlor in the Governor's Palace, 1935. The painted portrait above the mantel represents King James I of England (and VI of Scotland). A handsome tilt-top mahogany tea table (accession # 1930-184) stands in the middle of the room, and an elegant card table stands to the left against the wall.
Interior furnishings and decor reflect curators' views in the 1930s as to how Williamsburg's historic interiors may have looked in the eighteenth century. Nevertheless, with the advance of new research findings over the years, the interiors of the Governor’s Palace have changed to reflect a more authentic and accurate view of the building’s likely contents and room arrangements.
Lincoln, F.S.
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Wren Chapel
Block 16. Building 03.
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Begun in 1695, the construction of the Wren Building marked the birth of an academic center in colonial Virginia. A series of fires in 1705, 1859, and 1862 damaged parts of the structure but never completely destroyed exterior walls.
When the wing housing the Chapel opened in 1732, it quickly became an important part of each student's daily routine. Morning and evening prayer services offered a contemplative beginning and end to each day of classes.
A.D. Handy Co.
Circa 1930s
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Peyton Randolph House
Peyton Randolph House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of official Colonial Williamsburg postcard featuring a photo of a costumed interpreter pausing just inside the door of the stair passage of the Peyton Randolph House.
The caption reads: "Elegant and spacious, this stair passage, with its pine wainscot, welcomes visitors to the home of the first president of the Continental Congress, where the Comte de Rochambeau headquartered in 1781, and the Marquis de Lafayette was entertained during his triumphal return to the United States in 1824."
H.S. Crocker Co., Inc. for Colonial Williamsburg
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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 official Colonial Williamsburg postcard featuring a photo of the northeast exterior elevation of Bruton Parish Church. The Albertype Co. of Brooklyn, NY produced some of the earliest official postcards for Colonial Williamsburg. This one promoted the church as one of the prominent 18th-century public buildings still standing along Duke of Gloucester Street.
The caption reads: "Burton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia. Court Church of Colonial Virginia. In this building worshipped seven Royal Governors, and the Revolutionary Fathers and early statesmen of Virginia, including Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, Tyler, Henry, Marshall, and many others.
Church work was established here about 1632. The name, Bruton, dates from 1674, at which time the Rev. Rowland Jones, ancestor of Mrs. Washington, was minister. In 1683 the first brick church was built. Williamsburg became the capitol in 1699, and the old church was torn down and the present cruciform structure erected in 1710-15.
The Bell in the Steeple, made in England in 1761, was the first in America to proclaim Civil Independence. The lectern was presented by President Roosevelt, and the bibles by King Edward VII, and President Wilson."
Albertype Co.
ca. 1930s
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Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of official Colonial Williamsburg postcard illustrated with a view of the northeast exterior elevation of Bruton Parish Church. Part of a series of cards produced by the Albertype Company to promote Williamsburg as a tourist destination in the 1930s, it shows the church before final restoration work occured in 1939. The exterior shutters, louvered window grills on the church tower, and ivy growing up the walls were all removed in the late 1930s in an effort to bring the exterior back to its 18th-century form.
The caption reads: "The present church was erected in 1710-1715 to replace an earlier church. In its aisles and graveyard are the graves of two colonial governors, three secretaries of state, and many other prominent persons of the colonial period."
Albertype Co.
ca. 1930s
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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 postcard illustrated with a view of the northeast exterior elevation of Bruton Parish Church. The photo depicts the church prior to the final phases of restoration work in 1939 that brought the exterior back to its 18th-century appearance. The exterior window shutters and louvered window grills on the church tower all disappeared when architects determined that such elements would not have been used on a brick church in colonial Virginia.
The caption reads: "Bruton Parish Church. Built in 1678, and rebuilt in 1715, successor to Middletown Church, established 1632. In the Church can be seen three communion services, viz: The Jamestown Service, George III Service, and the Service presented by Lady Gooch in 1686. Also the Bible presented the Church in 1907 by His Majesty, King Edward VII of England, and the handsome bronze lectern by Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt at the same time."
ca. 1930s
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The Capitol
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 11.
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Hand-colored lantern slide featuring photo of the entrance gate leading into the Capitol complex taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. It is the thirty-fourth 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.
The slide shows the Capitol's north facade, from the north gate entrance looking toward the building. The clock and cupola are visible on the clock tower above the entrance to the building. "The H-shaped plan of the Capitol reflects the division of the government between the lower and upper houses of the legislature....As the General Assembly evolved, it comprised the Council [meeting in the west wing, to the right] and the House of Burgesses [in the east wing, to the left], each of which met separately."
(Source: Michael Olmert and Suzanne Coffman, Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg [Williamsburg, VA: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2007], 68).
Lincoln, F.S.
Pacific Stereopticon Co.
1935
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The Capitol
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 11.
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Hand-colored lantern slide featuring photo of the Capitol taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. It is the thirty-third 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.
The slide shows the exterior of the Capitol building, southern and western facades, viewed from the southwest near Francis Street. The Capitol's south-facing lawn and Blair Street are in the foreground. In the background stands the Capitol building, surrounded by the brick wall and southern entry gate. Rounded apsidal ends of the Capitol derive from Roman basilicas which contained such features in which public magistrates officiated. The royal coat of arms and clock are visible on the clock tower above the entrance to the building (completed during the reign of Queen Anne, the original cupola displayed the ruler’s coat of arms). Gnarled trunks of paper mulberry trees appear along Blair Street—a reference to the early colonists’ unsuccessful efforts to establish silk production in Virginia.
Lincoln, F.S.
Pacific Stereopticon Co.
1935
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