The Coke-Garrett House, Williamsburg, Va.

The Coke-Garrett House, Williamsburg, Va.

Coke-Garrett House (Williamsburg, Va.)

Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg

Block 27. Building 01.

Exterior of the Coke-Garrett House, view looking northwest. Once the eighteenth-century residence of silversmith John Coke, the structure later became the home of the Garrett family. The Garretts added the central Greek Revival-style portion to the house, as well as the brick office (pictured to the far right) in the early nineteenth century. Dr. Robert M. Garrett performed surgical procedures on wounded soldiers inside this office after the Battle of Williamsburg in 1862.

Part of a series of cards produced by the Albertype Company to promote Williamsburg as a tourist destination in the 1930s, it shows the front façade prior to any major restoration efforts, such as the removal of the 19th-century central porch.

Albertype Co.

1930s

Postcard

AV-2000-10-05-R
AV-2000-10-05-V

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

Postcard

3.5 x 5.5 inches