The caption reads: "James Semple House, Williamsburg, Virginia. A restored house which though built about 1801 was of an earlier colonial type. Once owned by Judge James Semple."

This information is now outdated but reflects the research data available at the time the postcard was generated. The house is actually an example of one of the extant 18th-century domestic buildings still standing in Colonial Williamsburg. It served as the residence of the William Finnie family in the third quarter of the 18th-century. Finnie served in the American Revolution as quartermaster general of the Southern Department. James Semple became the owner of the property in 1800.]]> Rights and reproductions]]> AVPC-93-090-V]]>