Botetourt Statue : College of William & Mary
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 16. Building 03.
College of William & Mary - Buildings
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slide featuring a photograph of the Botetourt Statue standing in front of the Wren Building on the College of William & Mary campus. It is the fifth in a set produced by the Pacific Stereopticon Co. of Los Angeles, California, now defunct, to illustrate the story of Goodwin's dream to restore a portion of Williamsburg, Virginia to its 18th-century appearance as a shrine to early American ideals.
The slide features a view of East elevation of the Wren Building. One of the oldest academic structures in the United States, the Wren Building retains a large portion of its original outside walls, despite being damaged by several fires in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The statue of Lord Botetourt stands in the foreground. It serves as a focal point on the path leading towards the building whose features are thought to be based upon an adaptation of a Sir Christopher Wren design. Due to preservation concerns, the statue has since been moved to an indoor location.
Pacific Stereopticon Co.
ca. 1935
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Botetourt Statue
Block 16. Building 3.
Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, Baron de, approximately 1718-1770 - Statues - Virginia - Williamsburg
Sculpture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
View of the statue of Lord Botetourt, in front of the east elevation of the Wren Building, College of William and Mary, 1933. "A unique historical monument, the Botetourt statue commemorates a popular governor of the colony of Virginia, Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt. Born in England in 1717 into a family which had already furnished the colony with one governor (Sir William Berkeley), Lord Botetourt was appointed Governor-General in August of 1768."
The statue of Lord Botetourt serves as a focal point on the path leading towards the Wren Building, whose features are thought to be based upon an adaptation of a Sir Christopher Wren design. Due to preservation concerns, the statue has since been moved to an indoor location. The Wren Building is one of the oldest academic structures in the United States, and retains a large portion of its original outside walls, despite being damaged by several fires in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
(Source: Special Collections Research Center web page, "Lord Botetourt," The College of William and Mary's Earl Gregg Swem Library/Special Collections Research Center, 9 December 2013, <http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Lord_Botetourt> [accessed 12 March 2014]).
Shaw, Thomas Mott
1933
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Lord Botetourt Statue
Block 16
College of William & Mary
Sculpture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
Statue of Lord Botetourt at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. The Wren Building under restoration is in the background.
Nash, Susan Higginson
Circa 1929-1934
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Na1703
Lord Botetourt Statue
Block 16
Sculpture - Virginia - Williamsburg
College of William & Mary
Rear view of statue of Lord Botetourt in front of the Wren Building at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Nash, Susan Higginson
Circa 1929-1934
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Na510
Wren Building, College of William and Mary
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
College of William and Mary - Buildings
Block 16. Building 03.
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Lincoln, F.S.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Front elevation of the Wren Building, College of William & Mary, with the Botetourt statue in the foreground, taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. 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.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Wren Building, Exterior
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 16. Building 3.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the East elevation of the Wren Building at the College of William & Mary taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. The wheel and muzzle of a cannon in the foreground offers a unique perspective towards the statue of Lord Botetourt and the restored façade of one of the earliest academic structures in America.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Wren Building, Exterior
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 16. Building 3.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the East elevation of the Wren Building at the College of William & Mary taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. The wheel and muzzle of a cannon in the foreground offers a unique perspective towards the statue of Lord Botetourt and the restored façade of one of the earliest academic structures in America.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Wren Building, Exterior
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 16. Building 3.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the East elevation of the Wren Building at the College of William & Mary taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. The wheel of a cannon in the foreground offers a unique perspective towards the statue of Lord Botetourt and the restored façade of one of the earliest academic structures in America.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Wren Building, Exterior
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 16. Building 3.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the East elevation of the Wren Building at the College of William & Mary taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. The wheel of a cannon in the foreground offers a unique perspective towards the statue of Lord Botetourt and the restored façade of one of the earliest academic structures in America.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Wren Building, Exterior
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 16. Building 3.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of East elevation of the Wren Building, College of William & Mary, taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. One of the oldest academic structures in the United States, the Wren Building retains a large portion of its original outside walls, despite being damaged by several fires in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The statue of Lord Botetourt stands in the foreground. It serves as a focal point on the path leading towards the building whose features are thought to be based upon an adaptation of a Sir Christopher Wren design. Due to preservation concerns, the statue has since been moved to an indoor location.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Wren Building, Exterior, Front Elevation
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 16. Building 03.
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Front elevation of the Wren Building, College of William & Mary, with the Botetourt statue in the foreground, taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. 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.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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William and Mary College, Williamsburgh, Va.
Albumen prints
Centennial Photographic Company
Block 16. Building 3.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Wren building (Williamsburg, Va.)
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.
During the Civil War, the Wren Building caught fire on September 8, 1862. Although this blaze was extinguished, a group of Union soldiers incensed by a Confederate raid re-ignited the fire on September 9th. The entire interior burned and only a shell of the exterior walls remained. This photo shows the reconstructed version completed after the conclusion of the war.
The Botetourt Statue survived the war despite vandalism and skirmishes taking place around it.
Centennial Photographic Company
ca. 1875
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