Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Va.
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 23
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of a postcard featuring a view of the Merchants Square area at the west end of Duke of Gloucester Street.
This image of businesses in Block 23, in what is known as the Arcade Building, shows the evolution of uses on Merchant's Square. Among the earliest in the shopping mall genre, the area has had a variety of tenants. Initially, it included the town's post office.
Curteich
1939
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AV-2004-03-03-R
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Duke of Gloucester Street Stores
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Business enterprises - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pre-restoration street scene along Block 14 on Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1928, Businesses pictured include a confectionery shop, post office, jewelry store, Person's Garage, and Florsheim Shoe.
Davidson, D. N.
Circa 1928
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D-40
see also N5156
Casey's Store
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Casey's Store (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Business enterprises - Virginia - Williamsburg
Carts and customers outside Casey's Store at the corner of Henry and Duke of Gloucester Streets, Williamsburg, Virginia
Unknown
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Cole-072
Merchants Square
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking west on Duke of Gloucester Street at Henry Street towards Merchants Square, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc., New York
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TB012
Duke of Gloucester Street at Merchants Square
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking east on Duke of Gloucester Street towards the Business Block, later named Merchants Square, from North Boundary Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc., New York
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TB017
Binn's Store
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 14. Building 14.
Business enterprises - Virginia - Williamsburg
Binn's Store and Person property, 300 and 302 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
1930
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TB389
Luttrell Building
Block 14. Building 16.
Business enterprises - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Luttrell Building, 305, 310, 312, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
1930
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TB390
Douglass Bakery
Business enterprises - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 14. Building 18.
Bakeries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lost architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Front elevation of Douglass Bakery, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
1930
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TB393
Douglass Bakery
Business enterprises - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 14. Building 18.
Bakeries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Front elevation of Douglass Bakery on W. Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
1930
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TB394
Rogers Store
Business enterprises - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 14. Building 20.
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Rogers Store after undergoing alterations to become Garner's Store, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
1929
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TB397
American Restaurant
Block 14. Building 21.
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Business enterprises - Virginia - Williamsburg
American Restaurant, 366-368 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, undergoing repairs and alterations to become Pender's Grocery Store.
Todd and Brown Inc.
1930
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TB398
College Shop
Block 15. Building 37.
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lost architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
College Shop, operated by the Wallace family, 442 West Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, prior to its demolition in order to construct the Business Block, now know as Merchants Square.
Todd and Brown Inc.
1929
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TB450
Kandy Kitchen and Norfolk Cafe
Block 15. Building 38.
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lost architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Kandy Kitchen and Norfolk Cafe, 428-430 West Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, prior to their demolition to construct the Business Block, now known as Merchants Square.
Todd and Brown Inc.
1929
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TB451
Post Office
Block 23. Building 30A.
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Post offices - Virginia - Williamsburg
South elevation of the Post Office on the north side of the Business Block, today known as Merchants Square, Williamsburg, Virginia. Bob Dean is pictured in front of the building.
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
1932
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Fer-291
Pender's Grocery Store
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Pender's Grocery Store on north side of Business Block, today known as Merchants Square, Williamsburg, Virginia
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
1932
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Fer-295
Business Block under Construction
Block 23. Building 30A.
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Automobiles parked in front of shops on the north side of the Business Block, today known as Merchants Square, under construction
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
1932
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Fer-298
North Side of Business Block
Block 23. Building 30A.
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Automobile parked in front of Pender's Grocery Store on the north side of the Business Block, today known as Merchants Square, Williamsburg, Virginia
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
1932
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Fer-299
Stringfellow Building
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking from Boundary Street towards the Stringfellow Building on the north side of the Business Block, today known as Merchants Square, Williamsburg, Virginia
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
1940
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Fer-301
Casey's Store
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 22. Building 09A.
View looking west along Duke of Gloucester Street towards Casey's Store on the Business Block, today known as Merchants Square, Williamsburg, Virginia
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
1932
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Fer-307
Shops under Construction
Block 22. Building 09A.
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Progress photo of northwest elevation of Shops 1 & 2 in the Business Block, today known as Merchants Square, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Nivison, Frank
19310216
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N310