Donald MacDonald-Millar Sketchbook
Dublin Core
Title
Donald MacDonald-Millar Sketchbook
Subject
MacDonald-Millar, Donald, 1884-1973
Sketchbooks
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
This sketchbook contains field drawings and notations about several historic buildings in Williamsburg that the Reverend Donald MacDonald- Millar examined during a visit to the town in 1919. Sketches include architectural details of the Mary Cary House, George Wythe House, Ludwell-Paradise House, Powell-Hallam House (today known as the Seymour Powell Tenement), the Digges House (today identified as the Bray School) and the Robert Carter House. The sketchbook is significant as a record of the condition of these buildings in the second decade of the twentieth century, nine years before John D. Rockefeller Jr. agreed to fund the commencement of in-depth restoration work on some of Williamsburg's colonial structures. It also illustrates the growing interest in Williamsburg's architectural history among early pioneers in the field of historic preservation.
Creator
Millar, Donald MacDonald
Date
1919
Is Part Of
Donald MacDonald Millar Sketchbook, MS1989.5
Format
jpeg
Extent
14 pages
Type
Image
Identifier
D2022-COPY-0524-0002 to D2022-COPY-0524-0015
Rights Holder
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Pencil on paper
Collection
Citation
Millar, Donald MacDonald, “Donald MacDonald-Millar Sketchbook,” John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 24, 2024, https://rocklib.omeka.net/items/show/6245.