Old Bruton Parish Church
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard published by James E. Abbe that features an exterior view of Bruton Parish Church. The rear of the George Wythe House is visible in the background.
A smaller seventeenth-century structure stood on the site from 1683 until 1715, when the larger and more elaborate cruciform-style church replaced it. Located at the edge of Palace Green on the corner of Duke of Gloucester Street and Palace Street, the church was originally designed by colonial Governor Alexander Spotswood.
A series of restoration efforts began under Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin's direction between 1903-1907 and continued periodically until completed in 1940. In this 1935 photo of the south facade of Bruton Parish Church, the building retains the Colonial Revival window shutters and screen doors installed by architect J. Stewart Barney during his 1906 renovation of the exterior, according to how be believed the church appeared in the eighteenth century. The shutters and screen doors were later removed during final restoration efforts in 1939, given the availability of further research information.
Abbe, James E.
1922
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Bruton Parish Church and Church Yard, Williamsburg, Virginia
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard featuring a view of the northwest elevation of Bruton Parish Church and its cemetery. Published by the Albertype Company and sold by H.D. Cole in his shop on Duke of Gloucester Street, it is an example of a souvenir card available to tourists prior to the existence of Colonial Williamsburg.
The caption reads: "Built in 1710. Here Washington and three other presidents worshipped. The bell in the steeple, made in England in 1761, was the first in America to proclaim civil independence. The lecturn was presented by President Roosevelt, and the Bibles by King Edward VII, and President Wilson."
Albertype Co.
Circa 1920s
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Abington Church: Burwell Tombs
Church architecture - Virginia - Gloucester County
Cemeteries - Virginia - Gloucester County
Tombs & sepulchral monuments - Virginia - Gloucester County
Burwell family tombstones in the churchyard of Abingdon Church, Gloucester County, Virginia
Barrows, John A.
circa 1930
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Bar-035 (see also 90-125CN)
Bruton Parish Church
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking southeast towards Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
Barrows, John A.
1930
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Bar-129w (see also 1990-670CN)
Bruton Parish Church
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking southeast towards Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
Barrows, John A.
Circa 1930
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Bar-130w (see also 1990-669CN)
Fairfield Presbyterian Church
Church architecture - New Jersey - Cumberland County
Historic buildings - New Jersey - Cumberland County
Exterior elevation of Fairfield Presbyterian Church, Cumberland, New Jersey
Barrows, John A.
Circa 1930
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Bar-266w (see also 1992-769CN)
Mattaponi Church
Church architecture - Virginia - King and Queen County
Historic buildings - Virginia - King and Queen County
Cemeteries - Virginia - King and Queen County
View looking across cemetery towards Mattaponi Church, King and Queen County, Virginia
Barrows, John A.
Circa 1930
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Bar-348. See also 1991-731CN.
Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, VA
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of early Divided Back postcard published by Williamsburg resident Henry Dennison Cole and sold at his shop on Duke of Gloucester Street. It features a view of the exterior of Bruton Parish Church from the cemetery. The shutters on either side of the nave windows and the window grilles on the church tower would later be removed during final restoration work in the late 1930s.
The caption reads: "Built in 1710-15. Where Washington worshipped in 1781. The parish dates back from 1632. Four presidents of the United States have worshipped within its walls, Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, and Tyler. The bell which hangs in the tower was made in England and presented to the church in 1761 and summoned the patriots together in Revolutionary times. The present brick wall enclosing the graveyard was built in 1752 and cost $1,000.00."
Cole, Henry Dennison
Circa 1920s
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Sam Robinson Leading a Tour
African American Photographers
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
Museum docents
Jamestown Island (Va.)
Sam Robinson, a long-time tour guide for Jamestown Church, speaking to a group of visitors at the site of the historic structure on Jamestown Island, Virginia, circa 1950s.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Sam Robinson Giving a Tour
African American Photographers
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
Jamestown Island (Va.)
Museum docents
Sam Robinson, long-time guide for Jamestown Church, speaking to a group of visitors.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Bruton Parish Church, Exterior
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
<p>View of the exterior of Bruton Parish Church taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. A smaller seventeenth-century structure stood on the site from 1683 until 1715, when the larger and more elaborate cruciform-style church replaced it. Located at the edge of Palace Green on the corner of Duke of Gloucester Street and Palace Street, the church was originally designed by colonial Governor Alexander Spotswood. </p>
<p>A series of restoration efforts began under Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin's direction between 1903-1907 and continued periodically until completed in 1940. In this 1935 photo of the south facade of Bruton Parish Church, the building retains the Colonial Revival window shutters and screen doors installed by architect J. Stewart Barney during his 1906 renovation of the exterior, according to how be believed the church appeared in the eighteenth century. The shutters and screen doors were later removed during final restoration efforts in 1939, given the availability of further research information. </p>
<p>The original wooden frame of a small <strong><a href="http://emuseum.history.org/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:96228#.Ux8f1WraVEc.gmail">bull's-eye window (accession # AF-21.1.1)</a></strong>, removed from the east end of the church around 1906, is now in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's architectural fragments collection. Otherwise, the building's exterior walls and windows are original and the interior has been restored to its eighteenth-century appearance. Large bull's-eye windows are still visible today in the south-facing end of the church (facing Duke of Gloucester Street) and the east end (facing Palace Green). Bruton Parish continues to serve an active Episcopal congregation and has functioned as a site of worship for the community since the parish was first founded in 1674.</p>
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Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Tombstone, Bruton Parish Cemetery
Block 21. Building 01.
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Cemeteries, American - Virginia - Williamsburg
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Detail of decorative element on tombstone in the cemetery at Bruton Parish Church, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Nash, Susan Higginson
Circa 1929-1934
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Tombstone of Governor Nott
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Nott, Edward, 1657-1706
Tombstone of Governor Nott in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia
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Bruton Parish Churchyard
George Wythe House, (Williamsburg, Va.)
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
View looking across tombstones in the Bruton Parish Churchyard towards the side of the George Wythe House, Williamsburg, Virginia
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Bruton Parish Churchyard
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
George Wythe House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking across tombstones in the Bruton Parish Churchyard towards the rear of the George Wythe House, Williamsburg, Virginia
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Bruton Parish Churchyard
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
George Wythe House (Williamsburg, Va.)
View looking across tombstones in the Bruton Parish Churchyard towards the rear of the George Wythe House, Williamsburg, Virginia
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Cole-068
Bruton Parish Churchyard
Bruton Parish Church (Willliamsburg, Va.)
Block 21. Building 01.
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Viewi looking across the Bruton Parish Churchyard towards the George Wythe House, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1936.
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Bruton Parish Church
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Church architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 21. Building 01.
Lantern slide featuring a photo of the exterior of Bruton Parish Church as it appeared around 1935. It is the twenty-first 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.
A smaller seventeenth-century structure stood on the site from 1683 until 1715, when the larger and more elaborate cruciform-style church replaced it. Located at the edge of Palace Green on the corner of Duke of Gloucester Street and Palace Street, the church was originally designed by colonial Governor Alexander Spotswood.
A series of restoration efforts began under Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin's direction between 1903-1907 and continued periodically until completed in 1940. In this 1935 photo of the north facade of Bruton Parish Church, the building retains the Colonial Revival window shutters installed by architect J. Stewart Barney during his 1906 renovation of the exterior, according to how be believed the church appeared in the eighteenth century. The shutters were later removed during final restoration efforts in 1939, given the availability of further research information.
Bruton Parish continues to serve an active Episcopal congregation and has functioned as a site of worship for the community since the parish was first founded in 1674.
Pacific Stereopticon Co.
ca. 1935
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