Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia

Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia

Raleigh Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)

Block 17. Building 07A.

Taverns (Inns) - Virginia - Williamsburg

Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg

Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg

Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg

Lantern Slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940

Exterior of the Raleigh Tavern, view looking northeast from across Duke of Gloucester Street, 1933. The Raleigh Tavern was the frequent scene of both jollity and consequence, and was "....the foremost of Williamsburg's taverns in the eighteenth century. Established about 1717, the Raleigh Tavern grew in size and reputation through the years. Letters, diaries, newspaper advertisements, and other records indicate that the Raleigh was one of the most important taverns in colonial Virginia. It served as a center for social, commercial, and political gatherings; small private and large public dinners; lectures and exhibitions; and auctions of merchandise, land, and the enslaved." Burned to the ground in 1859, the tavern was reconstructed from published illustrations, insurance policies, and archaeology that uncovered most of the original foundations.

(Source: Michael Olmert and Suzanne Coffman, Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg [Williamsburg, VA: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2007], 60).

Peter Hornbeck Lantern Slides Collection, AV-2000.9, Box 2

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Image

HLS-82

Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Lantern Slide

3.25 x 4 inches