A Dining Room in the Travis House
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Taverns (Inns) - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 13. Building 23A.
Lantern slide featuring a photo taken by F.S. Lincoln of the Dining Room in the Travis House as it appeared in 1935. It is the twenty-sixth 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 popular restaurant for tourists in the 1930s, the Travis House stood for a period of time along Duke of Gloucester Street on the site formerly occupied by the Palace Theatre. Its menu featured dishes inspired by colonial recipes. The structure moved back to its original location at the northeast corner of Francis and Henry Streets in the early 1950s.
Colonel Edward Champion Travis built the home in 1765 and it acquired several additions as successive owners occupied the site. Travis served in the House of Burgesses and was its most prominent colonial occupant. The house became a residence for superintendents of Eastern State Hospital in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Eastern State Hospital turned the building over to the Williamsburg Restoration in 1929 and this led to its temporary move to Duke of Gloucester Street to become a restaurant between 1930-1951.
Lincoln, F.S.
Pacific Stereopticon Co.
1935
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PSC-026
Cornice Board, Travis House
Block 13. Building 23.
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architectural elements - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Detail view of cornice board on the Travis House, Williamsburg, Virginia
Barrows, John
1930
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Bar-608. See also 1992-722 CN.
Cutting Trees Behind Travis House
Block 13
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Custis Tenement (Williamsburg, Va.)
Landscape staff employees balance on a tree branch as they prune a tree behind Travis House when in its former location on Duke of Gloucester Street, with the Custis Tenement in background, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Nash, Susan Higginson
Circa 1929-1934
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Na1138
Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Duke of Gloucester Street (Williamsburg, Va.)
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Lincoln, F.S.
Hand-colored lantern slide illustrated with a photo of a view looking down Duke of Gloucester Street past the Travis House restaurant. Taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935, the photo served as one of the earliest promotional images for the newly opened establishment.
A popular restaurant for tourists in the 1930s, the Travis House served food inspired by colonial recipes. It stood for a period of time along Duke of Gloucester Street on the site formerly occupied by the Palace Theatre (Block 13, Building 23A). The structure moved back to its original location at the northeast corner of Francis and Henry Streets in the early 1950s (Block 14, Building 4).
Colonel Edward Champion Travis built the home in 1765 and it acquired several additions as successive owners occupied the site. Travis served in the House of Burgesses and was its most prominent colonial occupant. The house became a residence for superintendents of Eastern State Hospital in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Eastern State Hospital turned the building over to the Williamsburg Restoration in 1929 and this led to its temporary move to Duke of Gloucester Street to become a restaurant.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Gardeners, Travis House
Block 13. Building 23a.
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Landscape employees and their work truck beside the gazebo at the Travis House when in its former location on Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Nash, Susan Higginson
Circa 1929-1934
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Na1136
Landscaping behind Travis House
Block 13
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Custis Tenement (Williamsburg, Va.)
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Landscape employees prune trees behind the Travis House in its former location on Duke of Gloucester Street with the Custis Tenement in the background, Williamsburg, Virginia
Nash, Susan Higginson
Circa 1929-1934
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Na1137
Rear Elevation, Travis House
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 14. Building 04.
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking across a pasture towards a fence and the rear elevation of the Travis House, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Shurcliff, Arthur
1930
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AV201005_S474
Rear Elevation, Travis House
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 14. Building 04.
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking across a pasture towards a fence and the rear elevation of the Travis House, Williamsburg, Virginia
Shurcliff, Arthur
1930
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AV201005_S475
Travis Garden House
Block 13. Building 23A.
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Travis Garden House, Williamsburg, Virginia, before being moved to Blue Bell Tavern
Todd and Brown Inc.
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TB248
Travis House
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 14. Building 04.
Pre-restoration view of the Travis House on its original location at Francis and Henry Streets in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Swem, Earl Gregg
Circa 1920's
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Swem-12
Travis House
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 14. Building 04.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pre-restoration view of the Travis House undergoing repairs, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928.
Davidson, D. N.
Circa 1928
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D-1
see also N5160
Travis House
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 14. Building 04.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Rear view of Travis House undergoing repairs. circa 1928.
Davidson, D. N.
Circa 1928
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D-2A
see also N5158
Travis House
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 14. Building 04.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pre-restoration view of the front elevation of the Travis House, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928.
Davidson, D. N.
Circa 1928
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D-14
see also N3611
Travis House
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Travis House (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Block 14. Building 04.
Pre-restoration view of the Travis House, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928.
Davidson, D. N.
Circa 1928
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D-17
see also N3610
Travis House
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 13. Building 23A.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pre-restoration view of the south façade of the Travis House, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928.
Holmes, Clyde
Circa 1928
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H263 Print Hol-148
Travis House
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 13. Building 23A.
Pre-restoration view of south elevation of Travis House, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Beckwith, Edward A.
1926
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Be48 (see also Bec-158)
Travis House
Block 13. Building 23A.
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Travis House, Williamsburg, Virginia, prior to being moved to Block 5
Todd and Brown Inc.
1929
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TB332
Travis House
Block 13. Building 23A.
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Front elevation of Travis House, Williamsburg, Virginia, prior to the installation of the restaurant's sign
Todd and Brown Inc.
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TB334
Travis House
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 13. Building 23A.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking down the sidewalk along Duke of Gloucester Street with a portion of the Travis House on the left, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
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TB335
Travis House
Block 13. Building 23A.
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Rear elevation of the Travis House, Williamsburg, Virginia
Todd and Brown Inc.
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TB336