Davidson Shop (R.W. Mahone and Company Store)
Davidson Shop (Williamsburg, Va.)
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 18. Building 01D.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of front elevation of Davidson Shop when it housed R.W. Mahone & Co. General Merchandise, 1935. Located on the north side of Duke of Gloucester Street, the building was reconstructed according to archaeological, architectural, and documentary evidence. In the eighteenth century, it served as a combination residence and apothecary shop for Robert Davidson. Initial use of the restored building as a grocery and hardware store provided residents with a retail space while adding to the colonial ambiance for town residents and tourists.
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. Several grocers operated small food markets in restored or reconstructed structures.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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View of Ayscough Shop and Capitol
Ayscough Shop (Williamsburg, Va.)
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 05.
Block 08. Building 11.
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking across Francis Street towards the Ayscough Shop and the Capitol, taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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