Old Court House, Colonial Williamsburg
- Title:
- Old Court House, Colonial Williamsburg
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Lincoln, Fay Sturtevant (American photographer, 1894-1975)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1934-ca. 1950 (photograph)
1770-1771 (building)
- Location:
- Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 547
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00547
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 00547.jpg
- Style/Period:
- American Colonial
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- courthouses
historic sites
cupolas
weathervanes
street lighting units
lighting devices
Fences
Arched windows
signs by form
townscapes (built environment)
streetscapes
Courthouse, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
public buildings by function
History
photographs - Measurement:
- 24.13 x 19.05 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "This courthouse, like its two predecessors, was central to the life of the colonial community. That centrality had been underlined by its construction--started in 1770 and finished in 1771--at the very center of the city on Market Square. The wide double doors opened directly on the courtroom, where the James City County Court and the Williamsburg Hustings Court pulled the levers and oiled the wheels of the machines of local justice and government. . . . The Courthouse served the Williamsburg community for more than 160 years. . . .On April 24, 1933, the Courthouse reopened as the home of the Williamsburg Restoration Archaeological Exhibit." Source: The Colonial Williamsburg Web Site,
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.