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Title
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Williamsburg Record Photographs
Description
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Arthur A. Shurcliff [ne Shurtleff] (1870 – 1957) was the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s first landscape architect. A student of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., considered the father of landscape architecture in America, Shurcliff’s Williamsburg gardens are recognized as consummate examples of the Colonial Revival style.
Record photography played an important role in the research process undertaken to restore Williamsburg’s historic district to its eighteenth century appearance. In addition to having professional contract photographers systematically produce pre-restoration and progress photos of each building site, the members of the architectural team comprising the Williamsburg office of architects Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn also took their own separate series of images to aid their specific projects. Assembled into a series of five volumes labeled "Williamsburg Record Photographs," Shurcliff’s photos document pre-restoration scenes of Williamsburg and archaeological investigations underway, as well as preliminary restoration or reconstruction work on structures, along with recreation of garden paths and plantings. Before beginning landscape work, Shurcliff carefully analyzed existing garden features at each site, examined any archaeological discoveries connected to garden layouts, and studied extant eighteenth-century sites throughout tidewater Virginia to aid with design precedents.
Creator
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Shurcliff, Arthur A.
Date
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1933-02
Is Part Of
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AV2010.5
Extent
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5 volumes; 575 photographs
Rights Holder
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Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Subject
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Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Photograph albums
Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957
Landscape architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
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Arthur Shurcliff Williamsburg Record Photograph Albums, AV2010.5, Box 1, Volume 2
Identifier
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AV201005_S238
Rights Holder
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Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Creator
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Shurcliff, Arthur
Description
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Front or south elevation of the Mayo House, also known as the Boston House, 511 E. Francis Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, prior to its demolition. Originally located on York Street at the approximate site of the Patrick Henry Inn, the Mayo family moved it to a site adjacent to the Ayscough House. The Mayos negotiated a life tenancy agreement with Colonial Williamsburg and originally planned to restore the structure themselves. However, when the work had not progressed in a timely manner, Colonial Williamsburg offered to undertake the restoration. After examining the house, which by then was in poor condition, the team of architects decided on its removal. Since the building’s original eighteenth-century site stood outside the museum’s boundaries, they felt conflicted about situating it in an unauthentic location. Many architectural elements from the interior were re-purposed for use in restoring other dwellings. For example, the Mayo House stairway is now featured in the George Pitt House.
Title
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Mayo House
Subject
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Mayo House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Lost architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 08.
Date
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1929
Arthur Shurcliff
Demolished Buildings
Mayo House
Virginia
Williamsburg