Margaret Hunter Shop
Block 17. Building 09.
Margaret Hunter Shop (Williamsburg, Va.)
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Front and side elevation of Margaret Hunter Shop after its initial restoration. Careful archaeological and architectural investigations led to the shop's restoration in 1930 and further modifications brought it back to its full eighteenth-century appearance in 1951.
Barrows, John A.
1930-10
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Bar-328w (see also 1991-701CN)
Merchant's Square Shop Door
Block 23. Building 08.
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architectural elements - Virginia - Williamsburg
Progress photo of East entrance door sill, Merchants Square, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Nivison, Frank
1931-03-17
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Merchants Square Shops
Block 23. Building 30.
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Progress photo of construction of shops on the Business Block, today known as Merchants Square, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Layton, Thomas
1930-04-22
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L-44-X
Myers Tire Store
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Prentis Store (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 17. Building 11E,
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pre-restoration view of the Prentis Store when it served as the Myers tire store, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928.
Davidson, D. N.
Circa 1928
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see also N3614
Pender's Store
Block 09. Building 32.
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lost architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pender's Grocery Store, 400 E. Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
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Prentis Barber Shop, Williamsburg, Virginia
Prentis Shop (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 17. Building 11.
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
A costumed interpreter smokes a pipe outside the Prentis Shop during the period when it housed the Barber and Peruke Maker's Shop. The Ludwell-Paradise House is visible in the background.
Circa late 1930s
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R.W. Mahone & Co. Store
Block 09. Building 32.
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lost architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
R.W. Mahone & Co. Store, 404 E. Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, prior to its demolition
Todd and Brown Inc.
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TB247
Rexall Drug Store and Peninsula Bank
Block 23. Building 32.
Drugstores - Virginia - Williamsburg
Banks - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking northeast towards Shops 9-10, including the Rexall Drug Store and the Peninsula Bank on the north side of the Business Block. later known as Merchants Square, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
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Shops
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pencil concept sketch of the exterior of shop front facades with Federal double-bay windows in the proposed business blocks in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Hepburn, Andrew H.
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Shops
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores, Retails - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pencil concept sketches of plans and elevations of shops in the proposed business blocks of Williamsburg, Virginia.
Hepburn, Andrew H.
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Shops 3-12
Block 15. Building 32A.
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Shops 3-12, soon after their completion as part of the new Business Block, now known as Merchants Square, West Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
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TB455
Shops 4-8 on Block 23
Block 23. Building 30A.
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Business enterprises - Virginia - Williamsburg
Front elevation of shops 4-8 in the Business Block, later known as Merchants Square, including Garner's Clothing Shop, a Billiards Parlor, and a Confectionery Shop, Williamsburg, Virginia. Construction began on December 3, 1929 and completed on November 19, 1931.
Todd and Brown Inc.
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TB663
Shops 4-8 on Block 23
Block 23, Building 30A.
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Front elevations of shops 4-8 on the Business Block, later known as Merchants Square, including Garner's Clothing Shop, a Billiards Parlor, and a Confectionery Shop, Williamsburg, Virginial. Construction began on December 3, 1929 and completed on November 19, 1931.
Todd and Brown Inc.
1931
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Shops on Block 23
Block 23, Building 30A.
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Business enterprises - Virginia -Williamsburg
Rear elevation of shops 4-8 on the North side of the Business Block, later known as Merchants Square, including Pender's Grocery Store, Garner's Clothing Shop, Billiards Parlor, and Confectionery Shop, Williamsburg, Virginia. Construction began on December 3, 1929 and completed on November 19, 1931.
Todd and Brown Inc.
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TB662
Street Scene, Richmond
Streets - Virginia - Richmond
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Richmond
Automobiles parked in front of a retail store on a street near the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia
Nash, Susan Higginson
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Na1749
Stringfellow Building
Block 23. Building 08A.
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
South elevation of Stringfellow Building on the north side of the Business Block, later known as Merchants Square, Williamsburg, Virginia. Construction began on July 22, 1931 and completed on February 11, 1932.
Todd and Brown Inc.
1932
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The Sign of the Golden Ball
Golden Ball (Firm)
Block 17. Building 09.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Margaret Hunter Shop (Williamsburg, Va.)
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slide featuring a photo of the Golden Ball Shop in the early 1930s when it was located in what is today the Margaret Hunter Shop. It is the eleventh 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.
When Colonial Williamsburg first opened as a museum in the 1930s, Duke of Gloucester Street consisted of a combination of exhibition buildings and commercial establishments, and several retail establishments rented space in restored or reconstructed structures. The Golden Ball offered a selection of silver and pewter objects for sale. A neighboring structure, the James Craig House, houses today's Golden Ball, where visitors can watch silversmiths at work.
This building, "...an original structure, occupies a favorable spot on the busy 'downtown' end of the main street. Typical of commercial buildings, it has a gable-end facade, and its interior is divided between a large unheated storefront and a smaller counting office with a fireplace in the rear. Like many buildings, this one served as both workplace and home for its occupants." The first occupant (and later owner) of the building was Margaret Hunter, a milliner, who both "...imported and...made diverse and stylish accessories for men, women and children."
(Source: Michael Olmert and Suzanne Coffman, Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg [Williamsburg, VA: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2007], 57).
Pacific Stereopticon Co.
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Townhouse, Annapolis
Architecture, Domestic - Maryland - Annapolis
Stores, Retail - Maryland - Annapolis
Unidentified townhouse with shop on ground floor, Annapolis, Maryland
Nash, Susan Higginson
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Na1808
United States Post Office
Block 23. Building 32.
Post offices - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Grocery stores - Virginia - Williamsburg
United States Post Office and Pender's Grocery Store on the north side of the , Merchants Square, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
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United States Post Office and Williamsburg Drug Company
Block 23. Building 32.
Post offices - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Drugstores - Virginia - Williamsburg
United States Post Office, Shop 10, and Williamsburg Drug Company on the new Business Block, later known as Merchants Square, Williamsburg, Virginia. Construction began on July 7, 1930 and completed on February 10, 1931
Todd and Brown Inc.
1931
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