Palmer House, Kitchen
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 09. Building 24.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Kitchens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Exterior view of the Palmer House Kitchen taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. The one and a half story structure with a large chimney is a typical form for a colonial kitchen. It stands behind the main house, built by lawyer John Palmer, and provided a freestanding building for cooks to work in. This allowed the home to stay cooler during summer months and helped to prevent fires from spreading beyond the outbuilding.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Block 9: Duke of Gloucester Street
Block 9
Charlton House (Williamsburg, Va.)
John Coke Office (Williamsburg, Va.)
Kings Arms Barber Shop (Williamsburg, Va.)
Kings Arms Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Palmer Kitchen (Williamsburg, Va.)
Shields Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Tarpley's Store (Williamsburg, Va.)
Walthoe House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Wetherburn's Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
<p>This view, looking south along Duke of Gloucester Street at Block 9, bordered by Blair and Botetourt Streets, shows a number of businesses and residences. Depicted are the Kerr House and Kitchen (now the Palmer House and Kitchen), <a href="http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports%5CRR1135.xml">Walthoe House</a>, English Coffee House (now Shields Tavern), Tilledge House (now the <a href="http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports%5CRR1145.xml">John Coke Office</a>), Purdie's Dwelling (now part of the Kings Arms Tavern), the King's Arms Tavern and Barber Shop, Charlton's Inn (now the Charlton House), the Bland House (now Wetherburn's Tavern) and Tarpley's Store.</p>
Moorehead, Singleton P.
Singleton P. Moorehead Streetscapes
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Main Street, Williamsburgh, Va
Duke of Gloucester Street (Williamsburg, Va.)
Albumen prints
Centennial Photographic Company
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
This view looking west down Duke of Gloucester Street from the site of the Capitol captures the quiet, slightly dilapidated atmosphere of Reconstruction Era Williamsburg. The Palmer House is visible on the left, and what Colonial Williamsburg researchers believe is the porch of Charlton's Coffeehouse is seen to the right. A series of rutted horse and oxen trails wind their way from the foreground into the distance. Lines of trees shade foot paths on each side of the deserted street slumbering in the summer heat of mid-afternoon.
After the Capitol moved to Richmond in 1781, Williamsburg's colonial Capitol building fell into disrepair, and townspeople demolished the eastern portion in 1793. The remains burned down in 1832, leaving nothing but foundations. A building housing the Williamsburg Female Academy stood in the approximate location from 1849-1861. Mrs. Letitia Tyler Semple converted the building into a hospital for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Its ruins may have been visible behind the photographers when they set up on the grassy lot to take this vista photo.
Known in the 19th-century as the Vest House, the Palmer House served as a military headquarters during the Civil War. First occupied by Confederate generals John Magruder and Joseph E. Johnston, it became a Union point of command after the Battle of Williamsburg in 1862. General George B. McClellan resided in the house briefly before Federal provost marshals took over to police the occupied town. Its prominence may be one reason the photographers chose this vista, since the Centennial Photographic Company strove to record important Civil War sites.
The Virginia General Assembly officially christened the broad avenue Duke of Gloucester Street in 1699 to honor Prince William Henry. However, as the photo inscription notes, Main Street is the name by which most residents referred to the principle thoroughfare of Williamsburg in the 18th- and 19th-centuries.
Centennial Photographic Company
ca.1875
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Palmer House Garden and Stable
Garrison, Richard
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 09. Building 24.
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Palmer House garden and stable, ca. 1937. At the time this photo was taken, the stable stood on the Palmer property, but was later moved to the Nelson Galt House.
Garrison, Richard
1937
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Palmer House
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 09. Building 24.
Pre-restoration view of rear elevation of the Palmer House (previously known as the Kerr or Vest House), Williamsburg, Virginia
Swem, Earl Gregg
Circa 1920
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Palmer House
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 09. Building 24.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pre-restoration view of the Palmer House, formerly known as the Vest House, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1929,
Davidson, D. N.
Circa 1929
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Colonial Capitol Site
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Monuments & memorials - Virginia - Williamsburg
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 11.
APVA monument on the site of the colonial Capitol site, Williamsburg, Virginia, looking west down Duke of Gloucester Street, circa 1928. The Palmer House is visible to the left and the Cary Peyton Armistead House to the right.
Davidson, D. N.
Circa 1928
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Colonial Capitol Site
Monuments & memorials - Virginia - Williamsburg
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 11.
APVA monument on the site of the colonial Capitol of Williamsburg, Virginia, looking west down Duke of Gloucester Street, circa 1928. The Palmer House is visible to the left and the Cary Peyton Armistead House on the right.
Davidson, D. N.
Circa 1928
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Duke of Gloucester Street Looking West
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Cary Peyton Armistead House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 17. Building 34.
Block 09. Building 24.
View looking west on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Virginia, likely taken from the balcony or cupola of the Capitol, shortly before reconstruction of the street and removal of center island, January 15, 1934. The Cary Peyton Armistead House is on the right, and the Palmer House is on the left.
Nivison, Frank
01151934
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East End of Duke of Gloucester Street
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 09. Building 24.
Pre-restoration view looking West on Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia from the Capitol site towards the College of William & Mary. The Palmer House is visible to the left.
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Duke of Gloucester Street
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking west on Duke of Gloucester Street from Palmer House, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc., New York
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Duke of Gloucester Street
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
View looking east on Duke of Gloucester Street from Edinburgh Castle towards the newly reconstructed Capitol, Williamsburg, Virginia. The Palmer House is visible on the right.
Todd and Brown Inc., New York
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Capitol Site
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 11.
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Monuments & memorials - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking west down Duke of Gloucester Street from the site of the Capitol, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1905.
The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) acquired the site of Williamsburg’s colonial Capitol building in 1897 as a donation from the Old Dominion Land Company. They removed remnants of the Williamsburg Female Academy which stood on the site from 1849-1861. Archaeological excavations uncovered the original foundations of the Capitol. The APVA capped the foundations with cement to provide a layer of protection.
A memorial erected in the middle of the excavated foundations in 1904 commemorated members of the House of Burgesses who formed associations against the importation or purchase of British goods. This tablet still exists and was moved to the yard surrounding the reconstructed Capitol building.
Hodges, Q. Wilson
Circa 1905
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Palmer House
Block 09. Building 24.
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Palmer House, also known as the J.T. Christian House and the Vest house, prior to its restoration, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
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Palmer House
Block 09. Building 24.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Side elevation of the Palmer House, Williamsburg, Virginia, prior to its restoration
Todd and Brown Inc.
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Palmer House
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 09. Building 24.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Front elevation of the Palmer House prior to its restoration, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
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Palmer House
Block 09. Building 24.
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pre-restoration view of the Palmer House, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Nash, Susan Higginson
Circa 1929-1934
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Na1063
Palmer House
Block 09. Building 24.
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pre-restoration view of the side elevation of the Palmer House, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Nash, Susan Higginson
Circa 1929-1934
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Na1064
Capitol Site
Block 08. Building 11.
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Monuments & memorials - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking west down Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, from the site of the colonial Capitol.
The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) acquired the site of Williamsburg’s colonial Capitol building in 1897 as a donation from the Old Dominion Land Company. They removed remnants of the Williamsburg Female Academy which stood on the site from 1849-1861. Archaeological excavations uncovered the original foundations of the Capitol. The APVA capped the foundations with cement to provide a layer of protection.
A memorial erected in the middle of the excavated foundations in 1904 commemorated members of the House of Burgesses who formed associations against the importation or purchase of British goods. This tablet still exists and was moved to the yard surrounding the reconstructed Capitol building.
Nivison, Frank
Circa 1928
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N4176
see also Davidson #65
Palmer House
Block 09. Building 24.
Palmer House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Palmer House, also known as the Vest House, prior to its restoration, on the south side of the east end of Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Nivison, Frank
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N4177
see also Davidson #39