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Colonial Williamsburg is the historic district of the independent city of Williamsburg, Virginia. Colonial Williamsburg consists of many of the buildings that formed the original colonial capital of Williamsburg in James City County from 1699 to 1780, with all traces of later buildings removed. Colonial Williamsburg was the center of Government, Education and Culture in the colony of Virginia. Williamsburg was also built around four main buildings which were the Raleigh Tavern, College of William and Mary, The Governor's Palace, and Bruton Parish Church. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...
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Nickname: The Burg Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ...
A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ...
October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
An independent city is a city that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity. ...
Nickname: The Burg Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ...
In general, the word colonial means of or relating to a colony. In United States history, the term Colonial is used to refer to the period before US independence. ...
James City County, Virginia as shown on 1895 map James City County (formally, the County of James City) is a County located on the Virginia Peninsula, in the U.S. State of Virginia. ...
Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia gained some fame in the pre-Revolutionary War Colony of Virginia as a gathering place for the Burgesses after several Royal Governors officially dissolved the House of Burgesses, the elected legislative body, when their actions did not suit the Crown. ...
Wren Building with a snow-covered statue of Lord Botetourt. ...
The Governors Palace from Palace Green The Governors Palace, home of the Colony of Virginias Royal Governors, is located on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
Bruton Parish Church is located in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
Historical restoration
Colonial Williamsburg is an example of a living history museum, an open-air assemblage of buildings populated with historical reenactors whose job it is to explain and demonstrate aspects of daily life in the past. The reenactors (or interpreters) work, dress, and talk as they would have in colonial times. While there are many living history museums (such as Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts or Castell Henllys in the UK), Colonial Williamsburg is unusual for having been constructed from a living town whose inhabitants and post-Colonial-era buildings were removed. Unlike other living history museums, however, anyone can walk through the historic district of Williamsburg free of charge at any hour of the day. Charges apply only to those visitors who wish to enter the historic buildings to see arts and crafts demonstrations during daylight hours, or attend scheduled outdoor performances such as the Revolutionary City programs. An actress playing the role of Queen Elisabeth I at a Scottish fair in 2003. ...
Reenactors of the American Civil War A one-on-one combat reenactment demonstration. ...
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Old Sturbridge Village (OSV) is a living museum located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts which re-creates life in rural New England during the 1830s. ...
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Castell Henllys (Welsh, castle of the old court) is an important archaeological site in west Wales. ...
Early in the 20th century, the restoration and recreation of Colonial Williamsburg, one of the largest historic restorations ever undertaken, was championed by the Reverend Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin and the patriarch of the Rockefeller family, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., along with the active participation of his wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, who wanted to celebrate the patriots and the early history of the United States. Reverend Dr. W. A. R. Goodwin (1869-1939), was the rector of Bruton Parish Church who began the 20th century effort which resulted in the preservation and restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia The Reverend Dr. William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin (1869-1939) (or W.A.R. Goodwin as he preferred...
The Rockefeller family, founded by John Davison Rockefeller (1839-1937) (Senior) and his brother William Rockefeller (1841-1922), is an American industrial, banking, and philanthropic family of French-German-American origin that made the worlds largest private fortune in the oil business during the late 19th and early 20th...
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller was born Abby Greene Aldrich on October 26, 1874 in Providence, Rhode Island. ...
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Some of the missing Colonial structures were recreated on their original sites during the 1930s. Many other structures were restored to the best estimates of how they would have looked during the eighteenth century. Most buildings are open for tourists to look through.
A main source of tourism to Williamsburg, Virginia and the surrounding area, Williamsburg is meant to be an interpretation of a Colonial American city with exhibits including dozens of authentic or accurately-recreated colonial houses, American Revolutionary War history exhibits, and the town jail, which includes an authentic stocks and pillory display. Other notable structures include the large Capitol and the Governor's Palace, each carefully recreated and landscaped as closely as possible to original 18th century specifications. Dependency structures and animals help complete the ambiance. Nickname: The Burg Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ...
Colonial America may refer to: Colonial North America north of Rio Grande the Thirteen Colonies that declared independence from Britain in 1776 The period after the European colonization of the Americas Category: ...
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Capitol Building The Capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia was the first Capitol building in America in 1705. ...
The Governors Palace from Palace Green The Governors Palace, home of the Colony of Virginias Royal Governors, is located on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
Colonial Williamsburg is owned and operated as a living museum by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the non-profit entity endowed by the Rockefeller family. Although it is not directly affiliated with the nearby Colonial National Historical Park, the nearby Colonial Parkway and attractions at Jamestown and Yorktown presented by state and federal entities are complementary adjuncts to the restored area of the colonial city. With Colonial Williamsburg as its centerpiece, the Historic Triangle of Virginia is a much visited tourist destination. However, attendance at Colonial Williamsburg peaked in 1985 at 1.1 million, and has been in decline ever since.[2] A living museum is a type of museum that recreates to the fullest extent conditions of a culture, natural environment or historical period. ...
Colonial National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in the southeastern part of Virginia, near Williamsburg and Newport News. ...
Colonial Parkway is a scenic 23-mile parkway linking the 3 popular attractions of Virginias Historic Triangle of colonial-era communities, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. ...
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York Hall is a government building on Yorktowns historic Main Street. ...
The 3 points of Colonial Virginias Historic Triangle, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown are linked by the scenic Colonial Parkway The Historic Triangle is located on the Virginia Peninsula of the United States and includes the colonial communities of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown, with many restored attractions linked by the...
Ada Louise Huxtable, noted architecture critic, wrote in 1965: "Williamsburg is an extraordinary, conscientious and expensive exercise in historical playacting in which real and imitation treasures and modern copies are carelessly confused in everyone's mind. Partly because it is so well done, the end effect has been to devalue authenticity and denigrate the genuine heritage of less picturesque periods to which an era and a people gave life."[1] Ada Louise Rene (Landman) Huxtable (b. ...
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A more nuanced interpretation may be that of University of Virginia Professor of Architectural History Richard Guy Wilson, who notes that Colonial Williamsburg is a superb example of an American suburb of the 1930s, with its inauthentically tree-lined streets of Colonial Revival houses and segregated commerce. Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...
The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style. ...
History On May 13, 1607, at a small low-lying wooded peninsula, virtually an island, the Jamestown Settlement was established on the south side of what is now known as the Virginia Peninsula by English colonists. Soon about a dozen subsidiary settlements such as Martin's Hundred and Henricus were established in areas along the James River. May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (134th in leap years). ...
Events January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. ...
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The Virginia Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. ...
Martins Hundred was an early 17th century plantation located along about ten miles of the north shore of the James River in the Virginia Colony east of Jamestown in present-day James City County, Virginia. ...
The Citie of Henricus was a city founded by Sir Thomas Dale in 1611 as an alternative to the swampy and dangerous area around Jamestown Settlement, Virginia. ...
The James River at Cartersville The James River in the U.S. state of Virginia is 547. ...
The first meeting of a representative government group in the American colonies was held at the Jamestown Settlement on July 30, 1619, making Jamestown the first Capital of Virginia. Among the 22 members of this first legislative group was the governor, who was appointed by officials of the Virginia Company in London. The governor in turn appointed six important members of the colony to be his council. The other 15 members were elected by the free men of the Virginia Colony who were over 17 and also owned land. This body, known as the House of Burgesses, later became the House of Delegates of the Virginia General Assembly. July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 154 days remaining. ...
Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ...
The 1606 grants by James I to the London and Plymouth companies. ...
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The 1609 charter for the Virginia colony from sea to sea The Virginia Colony refers to the English colony in North America that existed during the 17th and 18th centuries before the American Revolution. ...
Patrick Henry before the House of Burgesses in an 1851 painting by Peter F. Rothermel The House of Burgesses was the first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619. ...
The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. ...
The Virginia General Assembly is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state. ...
- See also: Jamestown, Virginia
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Middle Plantation, College of William and Mary Middle Plantation was originally established in 1632. Unlike Jamestown and other early settlements along the rivers and navigable waterways, Middle Plantation was located on high ground about half-way across the Virginia Peninsula between the James and York Rivers. Not only was it at the highpoint of the width of the peninsula, it was also at the western edge of a geographic plateau of the Tidewater Region, from which the land slopes eastward down to sea level at the lower end of the peninsula. This was a natural point to build a line of defense for the lower peninsula during early conflicts with the Native Americans. Colonial Williamsburg is the historic district of the independent city of Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
The Virginia Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. ...
The James River at Cartersville The James River in the U.S. state of Virginia is 547. ...
York River can refer to: The York River in Virginia in the United States. ...
For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ...
Native Americans are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ...
In 1676, after the State House at Jamestown was burned during Bacon's Rebellion, the House of Burgesses met at Middle Plantation, which was nearby. With education long a goal of the colonists, the College of William and Mary was founded in 1693 and established adjacent to Middle Plantation beginning in 1694. George Washington received his surveyor's license from the school. Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall were among many of Virginia's (and the nation's) future leaders who received their higher education at the College of William and Mary, a tradition which has continued for hundreds of years. The Commonwealth of Virginia has operated the College since 1888, when it reopened the institution after several years without operation. Bacons Rebellion or the Virginia Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon. ...
Patrick Henry before the House of Burgesses in an 1851 painting by Peter F. Rothermel The House of Burgesses was the first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619. ...
The College of William and Mary (also known as William & Mary, W&M or The College) is a small, selective, coeducational public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. ...
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and was later elected the first president of the United States under the U.S. Constitution. ...
Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 N.S.–4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–09), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. ...
John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an American statesman and jurist who shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of power. ...
The College of William and Mary (also known as William & Mary, W&M or The College) is a small, selective, coeducational public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. ...
Williamsburg becomes the Capital The statehouse (capitol building) in Jamestown burned again on October 20, 1698. Once again, the legislators found themselves meeting at Middle Plantation. The following year, in 1699, in a meeting held by the colonists, a group of students from the College of William and Mary submitted a proposal to move the capital to Middle Plantation, to escape the dreaded malaria and mosquitoes that plagued the Jamestown Island site. The capital of the Virginia Colony was relocated to Middle Plantation. ImageMetadata File history File links Colonial_Williamsburg_Capitol. ...
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Soon thereafter, Middle Plantation was renamed Williamsburg by Royal Governor Francis Nicholson, proponent of the change, in honor of King William III of Great Britain. The new site was described by Nicholson as a place where "clear and crystal springs burst from the champagne soil" and was seen as a glorious vision of future utopia. Portrait thought to be Nicholson Sir Francis Nicholson (1655-1728) was a British military officer and was colonial governor or acting governor of New York, Virginia, Maryland, Nova Scotia, and South Carolina. ...
William III of England (The Hague, 14 November 1650 – Hampton Court, 8 March 1702; also known as William II of Scotland and William III of Orange) was a Dutch aristocrat and a Protestant Prince of Orange from his birth, Stadtholder of the main provinces of the Dutch Republic from 28...
In 1705, the first Capitol building in America was built at the end of the Duke of Gloucester Street. Williamsburg was to be the capital of Virginia for the remainder of the Colonial Period. It was the center of the political and social life of Virginia for most of the 18th century. Famous members of the House of Burgesses which met in the Capital there included Patrick Henry, George Washington, George Mason, and Thomas Jefferson. A fire destroyed the building in 1747. It was rebuilt, but fell into disrepair after the American Revolution. The building now standing on its site is a 1930s recreation of the 1705 building, designed by the architects Perry, Shaw & Hepburn. The new Capitol was dedicated with a ceremonial meeting of the Virginia General Assembly on February 24, 1934. Capitol Building The Capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia was the first Capitol building in America in 1705. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area Ranked 35th - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²) - Width 200 miles (320 km) - Length 430 miles (690 km) - % water 7. ...
Patrick Henry before the House of Burgesses in an 1851 painting by Peter F. Rothermel The House of Burgesses was the first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619. ...
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was a prominent figure in the American Revolution, known and remembered primarily for his stirring oratory. ...
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and was later elected the first president of the United States under the U.S. Constitution. ...
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Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 N.S.–4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–09), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. ...
John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies that...
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As a tradition in Virginia, since 1934, Virginia's state legislators have reassembled for a day every other year in the Capitol building at the east end of Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area.
Capital moves to Richmond During the American Revolutionary War, in 1779, the Capital of Virginia was moved to Richmond, about 55 miles (90 km) west for security reasons, and there it was to stay. Nickname: Motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars) Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia County Independent City Government - Mayor L. Douglas Wilder (I) Area - City 62. ...
For many years thereafter, the colonial section of Williamsburg was neglected as the modern town was built around it. By the early 20th century, many of the older structures were in poor condition, and were no longer in use. The site on high ground and away from waterways was also not reached by the early railroads, whose construction began in the 1830s. About 50 years later, when Collis P. Huntington built the new Chesapeake and Ohio Railway through the area in 1881, his main purpose was the through shipment of coal from West Virginia to Newport News and the new coal pier on the harbor of Hampton Roads at the southeastern tip of the Virginia Peninsula. In fact, the entire Industrial Revolution also seemed to only pass by Williamsburg, with barely a flag stop. Collis Potter Huntington (October 22, 1821 – August 13, 1900) was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins and Charles Crocker) who built the Southern Pacific Railroad and other major interstate train lines. ...
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century. ...
Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area Ranked 41st - Total 24,244 sq mi (62,809 km²) - Width 130 miles (210 km) - Length 240 miles (385 km) - % water 0. ...
Location in the State of Virginia Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia County Independent city Incorporated 1896 Government - Mayor Joe Frank Area - City 119. ...
Aerial view looking east of Virginian Railway coal piers at Sewells Point on Hampton Roads near Norfolk, Virginia. ...
This view from space in July 1996 shows portions of each of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads which generally surround the harbor area of Hampton Roads, which framed by the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel visible to the east (right), the Virginia Peninsula subregion to the north (top), and the...
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Williamsburg relied on three institutions: The Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital), The College of William and Mary, and the Court; it was said that the "500 Crazies" of the asylum supported the "500 Lazies" of the College and town. Colonial-era buildings were neglected in the wake of the Civil War, which had a much larger presence in the minds of the townsfolk. Williamsburg had several Civil War commemorations every year, the most important on May 5, the anniversary of the Battle of Williamsburg. On May 5, 1908, Williamsburg dedicated a monument to Confederate soldiers and sailors and placed it prominently on the Palace Green. [2] The College of William and Mary (also known as William & Mary, W&M or The College) is a small, selective, coeducational public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. ...
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The Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, took place on May 5, 1862 in York County and Williamsburg, Virginia as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. ...
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Recreation and Restoration
Dr. Goodwin and the Rockefellers The Reverend Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin, became rector of Williamsburg's Bruton Parish Church in 1903. The energetic 34-year old native of Nelson County was soon leading a successful campaign to save and restore the historic church building, which had been built beginning in 1711. Dr. Goodwin was also an instructor at the nearby College of William and Mary, home of the historic building that would come to be called the Wren Building. He completed the church restoration in time for the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Anglican (Episcopal) Church in Virginia in 1907. Reverend Dr. W. A. R. Goodwin (1869-1939), was the rector of Bruton Parish Church who began the 20th century effort which resulted in the preservation and restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia The Reverend Dr. William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin (1869-1939) (or W.A.R. Goodwin as he preferred...
Bruton Parish Church is located in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
Nelson County is a county located in the U.S. state — officially, Commonwealth — of Virginia. ...
The College of William and Mary (also known as William & Mary, W&M or The College) is a small, selective, coeducational public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. ...
The Wren Building is a highly notable building on the campus of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
Dr. Goodwin was transferred by the Church, and worked in upstate New York until his return in 1923. What he saw in further deterioration of colonial-era buildings both saddened and inspired him. In 1924, fearing that the many other historic buildings in the area would be destroyed as time went on, he started a movement to preserve the buildings in the historic section of the town. After working for several years to interest potential individuals or organizations to assist with funding, Dr. Goodwin was fortunate in this effort draw the interest (and major financial commitment) of John D. Rockefeller Jr., the wealthy son of the founder of Standard Oil. Rockefeller's wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller was also to play an active role. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. ...
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller was born Abby Greene Aldrich on October 26, 1874 in Providence, Rhode Island. ...
Re-creation and restoration started on November 27, 1926 with the noted designer Arthur Shurcliff as the chief landscape architect and Perry, Shaw & Hepburn as architects. Concerned that prices might rise if their intentions were known, Rockefeller and Goodwin kept their plans a secret. They quietly bought up properties using false identities so that nobody would realize what they were doing. Of course, that much property suddenly changing hands was noticeable, and after two years of increasingly nervous rumors, Goodwin and Rockefeller finally revealed their plans at two town meetings on June 11 and 12, 1928.[3] November 27 is the 331st day (332nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Arthur Asahel Shurcliff (1865 - 1957) was a noted American landscape architect. ...
A landscape architect is a person, generally speaking, with an education, whether academic or practical, in landscape architecture and whose professional work conforms to the practice of the same name. ...
Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...
Most townspeople seem to have been contented to sell their property and expressed enthusiasm about the plan, but a few had qualms. Major S. D. Freeman said, "We will reap dollars, but will we own our town? Will you not be in the position of a butterfly pinned to a card in a glass cabinet, or like a mummy unearthed in the tomb of Tutankhamun?"[4]
Goodwin and Rockefeller demolished 720 Williamsburg buildings that postdated 1790, many of them considered historic at the time. Since then, Colonial Williamsburg (CW) has been nearly completely recreated. It features shops, taverns and open-air markets in the colonial style. The Governor's Palace, the Wren Building, and the Capitol building are among the significant buildings built to conjectural designs during the 1930s. Of the approximately 500 buildings in the historic area, 88 are original. The Governors Palace from Palace Green The Governors Palace, home of the Colony of Virginias Royal Governors, is located on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
The Wren Building is a highly notable building on the campus of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
In the western side of the district, near the College of William and Mary, modern shops have been grouped under the name "Merchant's Square". Dating from the 1930s, Merchant's Square was an effort of Williamsburg to provide for a modern, auto-oriented shopping center within the Historic Area. The district is now on the National Register of Historic Places. The College of William and Mary (also known as William & Mary, W&M or The College) is a small, selective, coeducational public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. ...
A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ...
Merchandising Central to the Rockefeller vision of Williamsburg was the need for retailing to not only pay for the upkeep of Williamsburg, but also to aid in educating visitors through affordable reproductions. From the beginning, CW has been a national leader in the idea of selling museum-quality reproductions of items in its collection. The Williamsburg Reproductions program took this effort to a new level; items sold in CW's Craft House were either inspired by or exact reproductions of items in the collections. Vendors such as Wedgwood, Charles Overly, Kittinger, Martin Senour, Kirk Steiff Co. and Virginia Metalcrafters have made products licensed by Colonial Williamsburg. Wedgwood is a British pottery firm, originally founded by Josiah Wedgwood, and possibly the most famous name ever associated with pottery in any form, which in 1987 merged with Waterford Crystal to become Waterford Wedgwood. ...
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 Tourists on horse and wagon tour of CW ImageMetadata File history File links Colonial_Williamsburg_wagon_tour. ...
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Colonial Williamsburg Today
A tourist destination Colonial Williamsburg is a combination of a historical theme park and a living history museum. It has become one of the more popular tourist destinations in the world for families and groups.[citation needed] With its historic significance in democracy, it and the surrounding area have been the site of many summit meetings of world leaders.[citation needed] Theme Park is a simulation computer game designed by Bullfrog Productions, released in 1994, in which the player designs and operates an amusement park. ...
An actress playing the role of Queen Elisabeth I at a Scottish fair in 2003. ...
The Visitor's Center near the Colonial Parkway features a short movie, "The Story of a Patriot", which was made in 1956 and has been criticised for its indifference to the realities of a slave-owning society.[5] Visitors may park at the Visitor's Center as automobiles are restricted from the restored area. Wheelchair-accessible shuttle bus service is provided to stops around the perimeter of the Historic District of Williamsburg, as well as Jamestown and Yorktown during the peak summer season. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The costumed interpreters have not always worn Colonial dress. As an experiment in anticipation of the Bicentennial, in summer 1973 the hostesses were dressed in special red, white, and blue polyester knit pantsuits. Visitors were confused and disappointed and the experiment was dropped at the end of summer.[6] For the Bicentennial docents wore historical costume after all. The United States Bicentennial was celebrated on Sunday, July 4, 1976, the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
Grand Illumination The Grand Illumination is an outdoor ceremony and mass celebration involving the simultaneous activation of thousands of Christmas lights held each year on the first Sunday of December. The ceremony was invented in 1935, based loosely on a colonial (and English) tradition of placing lighted candles in the windows of homes and public buildings to celebrate a special event such as the winning of a war or the birthday of the reigning monarch. The Grand Illumination also has incorporated extravagant fireworks displays. Grand Illumination is an outdoor ceremony involving the simultaneous activation of Christmas lights. ...
Part of the ceremony of the Changing of the Guard in Whitehall, London. ...
Section of a string of Christmas lights Christmas lights (also sometimes called fairy lights, twinkle lights or holiday lights in the United States) are strands of electric lights used to decorate homes, public/commercial buildings and Christmas trees during the Christmas season, mostly in the West. ...
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A monarch (see sovereignty) is a type of ruler or head of state. ...
 Interior of Greenhow store. Only the tourists are out of time/place Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 445 KB) Summary This image was taken by the author in Colonial Williamsburg. ...
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Local lingo When visiting Colonial Williamsburg, it helps to know some of the local lingo. Locals, students, and employees frequently call Colonial Williamsburg "CW." The main portion is often called the "Restored Area" or the "Historic Area." One of the main streets, Duke of Gloucester, is called "DOG street."
"Confusion corner" is the unwieldy intersection of York Street, Francis Street, Page Street and Lafayette Street. "College corner" is the unwieldy intersection of Jamestown Road, Richmond Road, North and South Boundary Streets, and the head of Duke of Gloucester Street (in front of the Wren Building of The College of William and Mary, itself often called simply "The College.") The intersection is nicknamed as such due to the irregular traffic pattern where right-of-ways are unclear. The Wren Building is a highly notable building on the campus of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
The College of William and Mary (also known as William & Mary, W&M or The College) is a small, selective, coeducational public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. ...
Reenactments
 "Thomas Jefferson" (reenacted) gives a speech in the garden of the Governor's Palace.
Many times there are reenactments by volunteers in period costumes representing Colonial Willamsburg. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 453 KB) Summary This image was taken by the author in Colonial Williamsburg. ...
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The Governors Palace from Palace Green The Governors Palace, home of the Colony of Virginias Royal Governors, is located on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
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Various Viola da gamba The viol or viola da gamba family of musical instruments is related to the vihuela, rebec, etc. ...
Various recorders The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle and ocarina. ...
Financial Troubles In a front-page article in The New York Times on 31st December, 2006, it was reported that the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, struggling because of dwindling attendance and lack of sufficient endowment funds for upkeep, will offer the Carter's Grove mansion and grounds for sale to a private purchaser, possibly as soon as January 2007. The article stated that the dilemma of historic museums and houses is that there are too many of them, upkeep is too expensive, and fewer people are visiting them. [3] The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ...
Carters Grove circa 2000 Carters Grove is currently a 750 acre Virginia plantation on the James River completed in 1755 and named for Carter Burwell. ...
Publicity CW has hired former NBC journalist Lloyd Dobyns to produce podcasts for the museum where he usually interviews various staff members about their particular specialty. [4] NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...
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Lloyd Allen Dobyns, Jr. ...
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Getting There, Getting Around
Transportation The closest commercial airport is Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport about 15 minutes driving distance away. Williamsburg is about midway between 2 larger commercial airports, Richmond International Airport and Norfolk International Airport, each about an hour drive. The land transportation service from Richmond is more dependable time-wise due to periodic traffic delays from Norfolk at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (IATA: PHF, ICAO: KPHF) is an airport in Newport News, Virginia, and serves the entire Hampton Roads metropolitan area along with Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk. ...
Richmond International Airport (IATA: RIC, ICAO: KRIC) is a public airport located in Sandston, Virginia, an unincorporated community within Henrico County which is about 5 miles (8 km) east of Richmond. ...
Norfolk International Airport (IATA: ORF, ICAO: KORF, FAA LID: ORF) is a public airport located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. ...
Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) is the 3. ...
Amtrak offers a passenger rail service stop at Williamsburg, as does Greyhound and Carolina Trailways with intercity buses. Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ...
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Williamsburg is located adjacent to east-west Interstate 64 and the parallel U.S. Route 60 passes through the city. Many visitors also approach via State Route 5, a scenic byway from Richmond which passes many of the James River Plantations, or from the south via State Route 31 and the Jamestown Ferry. A bicycle trail along SR 5 is in the planning stages. Interstate 64 in Virginia runs east west through the middle of the state from West Virginia via Covington, Lexington, Staunton, and Charlottesville to Richmond. ...
U.S. Route 60 in Virginia runs east-west through the central part of the state, generally following the Interstate 64 corridor. ...
State Route 5 runs between the independent cities of Richmond and Williamsburg in the U.S. state of Virginia. ...
A National Scenic Byway is a road recognized by the United States Department of Transportation for its archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and/or scenic qualities. ...
James River Plantations were established in the Virginia Colony along the James River between the mouth at Hampton Roads and the head of navigation at the fall line where Richmond is today. ...
State Route 31, known as the John Rolfe Highway, is located in the eastern part of the state, and connects U.S. Route 460 in the town of Wakefield in Sussex County with State Route 5 and State Route 199 in Williamsburg. ...
Jamestown Ferry (also known as the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry) is an automobile ferry on the James River in Virginia, connecting Jamestown in James City County with Scotland in Surry County. ...
Williamsburg offers good non-automobile driving alternatives for visitors. The area has both a central intermodal transportation center and a public transit bus system. A Volvo articulated bus in contract service for Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, operated by Virginia Overland Transportation, an urban-suburban bus line, in 2003 A transit bus (also known as a commuter bus) in the United States is usually operated by an urban-suburban bus line, a governmental...
The Williamsburg Transportation Center is located in the restored Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) station, and is a combined intermodal facility with taxicabs, Amtrak passenger railroad service, and intercity bus service provided by Greyhound Lines (and its Carolina Trailways subsidiary) and Hampton Roads Transit which provides two express routes (one from downtown Newport News and one from Virginia Beach). The transportation center is centrally located near the downtown, restored areas, the College of William and Mary, and Colonial Williamsburg's Visitor's Center. The Williamsburg (Amtrak station) is located at 468 North Boundary Street in Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century. ...
Taxicab, short forms taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride. ...
Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ...
The Bus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ...
Greyhound Lines is the largest inter-city common carrier of passengers by bus in North America, serving 2,200 destinations in the United States. ...
Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) formed in 1999 by the merging of Pentran in Hampton and TRT in Norfolk, Virginia. ...
Location in the Commonwealth o Virginia. ...
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The community's public bus system, Williamsburg Area Transport (WAT), has its central hub at the transportation center. Various color-coded routes, with buses accessible to disabled persons, serve many hotels and motels, restaurants, stores, and non-CW attractions in City of Williamsburg and much of neighboring James City County and part of York County. There is a transfer point between the WAT's Grey Line (US 60 East) route and HRT's Route 116 (Mall-Hall) off Warwick Blvd on Elmhurst Street at Lee Hall, just inside Newport News' city limits. Williamsburg Area Transport (or WAT) provides bus service in the City of Williamsburg, York County, and James City County. ...
Nickname: The Burg Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ...
James City County, Virginia as shown on 1895 map James City County (formally, the County of James City) is a County located on the Virginia Peninsula, in the U.S. State of Virginia. ...
Location in the state of Virginia Formed 1634 Seat Yorktown Area - Total - Water 558 km² (216 mi²) 285 km² (110 mi²) 50. ...
Lee Hall is a former unincorporated town (or village) which is now a community in the extreme western portion of the independent city of Newport News in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ...
Colonial Williamsburg (CW) operates its own fleet of buses with stops close to attractions in the Historic Area, although no motor vehicles actually operate on Duke of Gloucester Street (to maintain the colonial-era atmosphere). During the peak summer months, CW also operates buses to Jamestown and Yorktown attractions, for visitors who prefer to park their personal vehicles at the main Visitor's Center parking area.
Both WAT and CW operate a route known as a "Gray Line". However, an easy reference is the distincitive colors of the fleets: WAT buses are burgundy, beige, and white, while CW buses are all gray and white.
The College of William and Mary also operates some coordinated bus services for students and employees. The College of William and Mary (also known as William & Mary, W&M or The College) is a small, selective, coeducational public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. ...
Buses run every ten minutes until 10pm every single day.
Historic Triangle: Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown The Historic Triangle is located on the Virginia Peninsula and includes the colonial communities of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown, with many restored attractions linked by the Colonial Parkway. This article reads like an advertisement. ...
The Virginia Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. ...
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Nickname: The Burg Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ...
York Hall is a government building on Yorktowns historic Main Street. ...
Colonial Parkway is a scenic 23-mile parkway linking the 3 popular attractions of Virginias Historic Triangle of colonial-era communities, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. ...
Colonial Parkway
 Bathroom signs at the visitor center keep up the facade of going back in time. The National Park Service's Colonial Parkway joins the three popular attractions of Colonial Virginia with a scenic roadway shielded from views of commercial development. This helps visitors mentally return to the past and maintain the ambiance while moving between the major attractions by motor vehicle or bicycle. There are often views of wildlife and waterfowl. Near the James River and York River ends of the parkway, there are several pull-offs with views and wildlife feeding opportunities. No trucks are allowed and animals and birds have right-of-way over vehicles. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1176x892, 217 KB) Summary Bathroom signs at the w:Colonial Williamsburg visitor center keep up the facade of going back in time. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1176x892, 217 KB) Summary Bathroom signs at the w:Colonial Williamsburg visitor center keep up the facade of going back in time. ...
The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ...
Colonial Parkway is a scenic 23-mile parkway linking the 3 popular attractions of Virginias Historic Triangle of colonial-era communities, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. ...
York River can refer to: The York River in Virginia in the United States. ...
Some visitors choose to approach the area from the south by water from Surry County with a ride aboard one of the Jamestown Ferries. Weather and daylight permitting, passengers usually see the Jamestown Island much as the first colonists may have approached it. The replicas of Christopher Newport's three tiny ships, Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery are docked near the northern ferry landing. Both the Jamestown Ferry and Colonial Parkway are toll-free. Surry County is a county located in the south-eastern part of the state of Virginia. ...
Jamestown Ferry (also known as the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry) is an automobile ferry on the James River in Virginia, connecting Jamestown in James City County with Scotland in Surry County. ...
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Susan Constant was the largest of three ships of the English East India Company led by Captain Christopher Newport on the voyage which resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia in 1607. ...
Godspeed was one of the three ships of the English East India Company led by Captain Christopher Newport on the voyage which resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia in 1607. ...
Discovery was a 70-ton fly-boat of the English East India Company, launched before 1602. ...
Jamestown Today, visitors can go to the Jamestown National Historic Site, Jamestown Festival Park, Historic Jamestown and Jamestown Island attractions. Included are recreations of a Native American village, replicas of sailing ships and a colonial fort, and archaeological sites of the Jamestown Rediscovery project where current work is underway. Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and her consort Prince Phillip inspect replica of Susan Constant at Jamestown Festival Park in Virginia on October 16, 1957 Jamestown Festival Park was established at Jamestown, Virginia in 1957 to mark the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown Settlement. ...
A statue commemorating the site of the first permanent English settlement in the New World. ...
Native Americans are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ...
Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...
Jamestown Rediscovery is an archaeological project of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) investigating the remains of the original Jamestown Settlement established in the Virginia Colony beginning on May 14, 1607. ...
Yorktown There are two large visitor centers at Yorktown, battlefield drives, and a waterfront area. York Hall is a government building on Yorktowns historic Main Street. ...
Commercial enterprises Notwithstanding the successful efforts to provide a non-commercial atmosphere at the three Historic Triangle areas (and on the Colonial Parkway between them), there are many hotels, motels, campgrounds, restaurants, shops and stores, gasoline stations, and amusements close by. Several major attractions are: Busch Gardens Williamsburg is a major theme park located just east of Williamsburg in adjacent James City County on U.S. Route 60. Busch Gardens Europe is a theme park located in Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
Theme Park is a simulation computer game designed by Bullfrog Productions, released in 1994, in which the player designs and operates an amusement park. ...
Nickname: The Burg Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ...
James City County, Virginia as shown on 1895 map James City County (formally, the County of James City) is a County located on the Virginia Peninsula, in the U.S. State of Virginia. ...
U.S. Route 60 in Virginia runs east-west through the central part of the state, generally following the Interstate 64 corridor. ...
Williamsburg Pottery Factory The story of the Williamsburg Pottery mirrors the American enterprise system. ...
U.S. Route 60 in Virginia runs east-west through the central part of the state, generally following the Interstate 64 corridor. ...
Nickname: The Burg Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ...
James City County, Virginia as shown on 1895 map James City County (formally, the County of James City) is a County located on the Virginia Peninsula, in the U.S. State of Virginia. ...
Water Country USA is a water theme park in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. It is the Mid-Atlantics largest water park, and it contains spectacular entertainment, shops and restaurants, water rides, and other attractions, all of which have a 1950s or 1960s surf theme. ...
Fun at a water park A water park is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds (water playgrounds), lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing environments. ...
State Route 199 is a primary state highway in and near Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. ...
Interstate 64 in Virginia runs east west through the middle of the state from West Virginia via Covington, Lexington, Staunton, and Charlottesville to Richmond. ...
Location in the state of Virginia Formed 1634 Seat Yorktown Area - Total - Water 558 km² (216 mi²) 285 km² (110 mi²) 50. ...
Criticism and Controversy Some residents of Williamsburg, including Major S. D. Freeman and Cara Armistead, questioned the 1928 transfer of public lands (as compared to private properties). The most painful incident was in January, 1932, when the large marble Confederate Civil War monument was removed from Palace Green, where it had stood since 1908, and relocated in the Cedar Grove Cemetery, on the outskirts of town. Many citizens, although supportive of the Colonial reconstruction, felt this was too much obliteration of their history. The case went to court, and eventually the monument was relocated to a new site east of the new courthouse. [7] Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...
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Colonial Williamsburg has been criticized for neglecting the role of African-Americans in Colonial life. When it first opened in the 1930s, it had segregated dormitories for its reenactors. White people were allowed to see African-Americans as historical servants, but not as modern free people; African Americans were permitted to visit, but not to stay in any hotel, eat in any of the restored taverns, or shop in many of the stores. [8] In the 1950s, African-Americans were only allowed to visit Colonial Williamsburg one day a week. In 1982, in reaction to increasing scorn of its one-sided portrayal of elite white life, Colonial Williamsburg added African-American interpreters as slaves. In 1994 it added slave auctions and slave marriages; the NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference protested. In 1999 Colonial Williamsburg added a new program to explain slavery and its role in Colonial America. In the history of the slavery in the Americas, a free person of color was a person of full or partial African descent who was not enslaved. ...
The Rex Theatre for Colored People Racial segregation is characterized by separation of different races in daily life when both are doing equal tasks, such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a rest room, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is one of the oldest and most influential hate organizations in the United States. ...
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1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
There has been some debate in the historical community as to the wisdom of eradicating all traces of a town's recent history in favor of an idea of its earlier history, particularly if, as in this case, more buildings are invented than are restored.
See also Bruton Parish Church is located in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. ...
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Carters Grove circa 2000 Carters Grove is currently a 750 acre Virginia plantation on the James River completed in 1755 and named for Carter Burwell. ...
The College of William and Mary (also known as William & Mary, W&M or The College) is a small, selective, coeducational public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. ...
This view from space in July 1996 shows portions of each of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads which generally surround the harbor area of Hampton Roads, which framed by the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel visible to the east (right), the Virginia Peninsula subregion to the north (top), and the...
An actress playing the role of Queen Elisabeth I at a Scottish fair in 2003. ...
State Route 199 is a primary state highway in and near Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. ...
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Notes - ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2006-03-15).
- ^ Tracie Rozhon, "Homes Sell, and History Goes Private", The New York Times, Sunday, December 31, 2006, Section 1, page 1.
- ^ Tracie Rozhon, "Homes Sell, and History Goes Private", The New York Times, Sunday, December 31, 2006, Section 1, page 1.
- ^ Colonial Williamsburg podcasts with Lloyd Dobyns
Further Reading - Coffman, Suzanne E. and Olmert, Michael, Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia 2000. ISBN 0-87935-184-5
- Gonzales, Donald J., Chronicled by. The Rockefellers at Williamsburg: Backstage with the Founders, Restorers and World-Renowned Guests. McLean, Virginia: EPM Publications, Inc., 1991.
- Richard Handler and Eric Gable, The New History in an Old Museum: Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg, Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina 1997. ISBN 0-8223-1974-8
- Huxtable, Ada Louise, The Unreal America: Architecture and Illusion, The New Press, New York 1997. ISBN 1-56584-055-0
- Scott Magelssen, Living History Museums: Undoing History Through Performance, Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 0-8108-5865-7
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