James Galt House, Garden

James Galt House, Garden

James Galt House (Williamsburg, Va.)

Block 45. Building 40.

Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg

Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg

Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg

View of the exterior of the James Galt House taken from the left to show the boxwood garden adjacent to the residence. James Galt served as a keeper at the Public Hospital and constructed the house in its original location on the hospital grounds in the mid-eighteenth century. After being deeded to Colonial Williamsburg by Eastern State Hospital in 1929, the structure moved to a site opposite Bruton Parish Church on Duke of Gloucester Street. In 1954, the house moved to its present location on Tyler Street as part of an effort to remove buildings from the Historic Area that did not stand within its bounds in the eighteenth century.

The Galt House's unusual appearance is due to the addition of a room on the chimney end, along with a lean-to structure. It began as a small single-room home and grew over time with additions to accommodate family.

Lincoln, F.S.

1935

1935

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