Wren Building, Blue Room

Wren Building, Blue Room

Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)

Block 16. Building 3.

Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg

Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg

View looking towards the fireplace in the Blue Room of the Wren Building, College of William & Mary, taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. Begun in 1695, the construction of the Wren Building marked the birth of an academic center in colonial Virginia. A series of fires in 1705, 1859, and 1862 damaged parts of the structure but never completely destroyed exterior walls. The Blue Room served as a place for college officials to conduct business or to meet with students to discuss their academic performance or any need to improve conduct.

Portraits hanging on the walls are: left, "Portrait of Thomas Roderick Dew" (1802-1846) by William Garl Brown[e], Jr. and right, "Portrait of Robert Boyle" (1627-1691) by James Worsdale [after Johann Kerseboom.]

Lincoln, F.S.

1935

1935

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

Gelatin or collodian printing out paper with platinum toning, mounted on board.

8x10 inches