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Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia.Its 301-acre (122 ha) historic area includes several hundred restored or recreated buildings from the 18th century, when the city was the capital of the Colony of Virginia; 17th-century, 19th-century, and Colonial Revival structures; and more ...
Website. Colonial Williamsburg Geddy House. The Geddy House, also known as the James Geddy House, [ 1] was built by James Geddy Jr. ca. 1762. [ 2] One of the oldest houses in Virginia and in Williamsburg, [ 3] it is located on the Palace Green across from Bruton Parish Church. It is a two-story, central-passage house. [ 4][ 5]
The Peyton Randolph House, also known as the Randolph-Peachy House, is a historic house museum in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Its oldest portion dating to about 1715, it is one of the museum's oldest surviving buildings. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973 as the home of Founding Father Peyton Randolph (1721–1775), the ...
Essendant Inc., formerly known as United Stationers, is a national wholesale distributor of office supplies, with consolidated net sales of $5.3 billion. Essendant stocks over 160,000 items, including traditional office products , office furniture , janitorial and break room supplies, and technology products.
Richard Taliaferro (/ ˈtɒlɪvər / TOL-iv-ər; c. 1705 –1779) was a colonial architect and builder in Williamsburg, Virginia, in what is now the United States. Among his works is Wythe House, a Georgian -style building that was built in 1750 or 1755. It was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1970. [1][2][3][4] Other works were ...
The Brush-Everard House, also known as the Everard House and Thomas Everard House, [1] was built by John Bush ca. 1718. One of the oldest houses in Virginia and in Williamsburg, it is located on the east side of Palace Green [2] and next to the Governor's Palace. It is a "five-bay, timber framed, story-and-a-half house of hand-split weatherboard".
October 15, 1966. The Capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia housed both Houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the Council of State and the House of Burgesses of the Colony of Virginia from 1705, when the capital was relocated there from Jamestown, until 1780, when the capital was relocated to Richmond. Two capitol buildings served the colony on ...
BEN FINLEY. August 23, 2024 at 6:59 AM. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America's most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden where ...