The Capitol, Colonial Williamsburg
- Title:
- The Capitol, Colonial Williamsburg
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Cary, Henry (American architect-builder, active in Williamsburg, Va, ca.1680-1749)
Lincoln, Fay Sturtevant (American photographer, 1894-1975)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1934-ca. 1950 (photograph)
1703-1705 (building)
- Location:
- Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 548
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00548
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 00548.jpg
- Style/Period:
- American Colonial
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- public buildings by function
Capitols
historic sites
British flags
cupolas
weathervanes
Brick walls
Carriages
costume by form
History
Horses
animals by form
Arched windows
balconies
dormers
Gables (Architectural elements)
photographs - Measurement:
- 24.13 x 18.7325 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "Henry Cary. . . raised [for the Capitol] a two-story H-shaped structure--really two buildings connected by an arcade. Each measured 75 feet by 25 feet
their south ends terminated in semicircular apses penetrated by three large round windows. The first floor of the west building was for the General Court and the colony's secretary, the first floor of the east for the House of Burgesses and its clerk. Arched windows marched across the facades. Stairs on one side led to the Council Chamber, a lobby, and the Council clerk's office
stairs on the other side led to three committee rooms. A second-floor conference room connected the classically corniced structures, and a six-sided cupola on the ridge of the hipped and dormered roof crowned it all. Though the west wing was completed by July 1703, it took Cary until November 1705 to finish all the work." 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.