Mainland Farm is considered to be the oldest continuously cultivated farm in America's English settlement. This historic property, which lies with the Governor's Land, has been under cultivation since at least 1616, for Sir Thomas Dale, the colony's . . . — — Map (db m295103) HM
This mount, which offers interesting perspectives of the garden below, covers the original ice vault. The colonial ice house served the Royal Governors of Virginia in residence at the Governors Palace. The ice was probably cut from nearby ponds; . . . — — Map (db m260341) HM
This exhibition traces the religious heritage of transported Africans and their descendants in Virginia and the development of an African American Baptist congregation in Williamsburg in the late eighteenth century. Drawn to the message of equality . . . — — Map (db m228996) HM
Successful saddler Alexander Craig acquired this house in 1755. He lived in the left portion and operated his business on the right until his death in 1776. — — Map (db m227152) HM
Emigrant printer Purdie bought this house in 1767. He launched the Virginia Gazette in 1774. One of three local newspapers of the same name. — — Map (db m227155) HM
Richard Bland, student in 1725, the first to announce in a formal pamphlet that England and the American colonies were co-ordinate kingdoms under a common crown, 1764.
Dabney Carr, student in 1762, patron of the resolutions in 1775 . . . — — Map (db m66922) HM
Art Matsu, renowned football player, was the first Asian American student to graduate from William & Mary. A four-year starter at quarterback (1923–1926), he earned a national reputation while guiding William & Mary’s powerful offense. As team . . . — — Map (db m238116) HM
Christopher and Anne Ayscough opened a tavern here in 1768. They purchased the house with money left by Governor Faquier to Anne, his head cook “in recompence to her great fidelity and attention” in all his “illnesses.” — — Map (db m227971) HM
As the May 5, 1862, Battle of Williamsburg raged along the Bloody Ravine and in front of Fort Magruder, the Union commander sought to turn the flank of the Confederate defenses. Gen. Joseph Hooker was convinced that the right flank was unoccupied . . . — — Map (db m77991) HM
A critical part of the Battle of Williamsburg took place here on May 5, 1862. Union troops occupied the ridge to your right across present-day U.S. Route 60. The Confederate line of redoubts stood to your left on the ridge to the west. Felled timber . . . — — Map (db m164872) HM
(Preface) In April 1862, Union forces under Gen. George B. McClellan began a major campaign to capture Richmond, marching west from Fort Monroe up the Peninsula between the York and James Rivers toward the Confederate capital. A . . . — — Map (db m184908) HM
To the east of the road here, centering at Fort Magruder, was fought the Battle of Williamsburg on May 5, 1862. The Union General McClellan was pursuing General Johnston’s retiring army, the rearguard of which was commanded by General Longstreet. . . . — — Map (db m130379) HM
Lawyer Benjamin Waller acquired this property about 1746. It remained in his family for over 130 years. Waller held a variety of posts including Burgess, Clerk of the General Court, and Vestry of Bruton Parish. — — Map (db m227763) HM
Lawyer Benjamin Waller was George Wythes law teacher. Waller likely used this building as his law office and as a clerk’s office for his many government positions. — — Map (db m227802) HM
By Avard T. Fairbanks, Ph. D. (1897-1987)
Created for the nation's bicentennial in 1976, this striking likeness has won national acclaim for portraying the spirit and indomitable will of the "Father of Our Country"
The first bronze . . . — — Map (db m190388) HM WM
Carpenter and constable Richard Booker built this structure as a rental. He began renting out rooms in his “new” house at “one dollar per month” in March 1826. Altered in the 1950s, the house has not been restored. — — Map (db m228200) HM
The Rev. John Bracken, Rector of Bruton Parish for 45 years, purchased this rental property in 1787. Married to Sally Burrell of Carters Grove he held extensive real estate along Francis Street until his death in 1818. — — Map (db m227982) HM
In 1770, Mary Davis advertised lodgings for ladies and gentlemen, noting “Any ladies that may choose to spend a few weeks, whether for pleasure or education, may do it here both reasonably and conveniently.” — — Map (db m227037) HM
William Bryan and his heirs owned this property from the 1700s until 1818. After early residential use the building, served. as a grocery store and a school. — — Map (db m227734) HM
Mrs. Blaikley lived here from 1736-1771. Her obituary called her An eminent midwife…Who … brought upwards of three thousand children into the world.” — — Map (db m227159) HM
Catherine Orr Lived here from 1743 to 1788. After the 1764 death of her husband, blacksmith Hugh Orr, she took in William & Mary students as lodgers. She also educated several enslaved children at the Bray School. — — Map (db m227044) HM
Acquired in 1769 by wigmaker Edward Charlton and his wife, Milliner Jane Hunter Charlton. Edward Charlton’s clients included Thomas Jefferson, George Wythe, Payton Randolph, and Patrick Henry. — — Map (db m227033) HM
Constructed as a store and residence in 1750, the building was converted into a coffeehouse and operated by Richard Charlton in the mid 1760s. In October 1765, the coffeehouse was the scene of resistance to the British Parliament's Stamp Act. — — Map (db m60299) HM
Planter and businessman John Chiswell owned the property until his death in 1766. By the mid-1770s, cabinetmaker Benjamin Bucktrout lived and operated his furniture retail business here. — — Map (db m227977) HM
Mrs. Campbell opened her well resorted tavern in 1771, offering “Genteel accommodations, and the very best entertainment.” George Washington frequently dined and lodged here in the 1770s. — — Map (db m227774) HM
This 18th-century farmhouse was moved here in 1947 from King & Queen County, Virginia. Originally called “Rosewood,” it is now named for its 20th owner, James Cogar, the first curator at Colonial Williamsburg. — — Map (db m227963) HM
On this site in September 1775 Colonel Patrick Henry established camp grounds for Virginia troops who were to rendezvous and train at Williamsburg. Several Virginia regiments left here in 1776 and 1777 to join General George Washington’s army in the . . . — — Map (db m18179) HM
John Curtis IV built a rental property here in 1717. His daughter-in-law, Martha Curtis, and her second husband George Washington, managed it from 1759 to 1778. — — Map (db m226951) HM
Tailor David Morton operated a tailor shop here beginning in 1776. In June of that year he advertised that “journeymen tailors will meet with good encouragement by applying to David Morton.” — — Map (db m227753) HM
When Virginia seceded on April 17, 1861, Union and Confederate leaders alike saw the Peninsula as an avenue of attack against Richmond. Federal ships on the James and York rivers could guard an army’s flanks and escort supply vessels upstream. Fort . . . — — Map (db m77989) HM
Tailor Severinus Durfey operated a shop here in the 1770s. He made clothing and retailed a broad array of material, “West India and dry goods of most sorts.” — — Map (db m226930) HM
This site represents the original location of the cemetery utilized by Eastern State Hospital from its establishment in 1773 until approximately the year 1826. Hospital records reveal a total of 48 individuals interred here, the names of whom are . . . — — Map (db m292738) HM
John Burkett kept a tavern here “at the sign of Edinburgh Castle.” His daughter, later Christina Campbell, was also a well-known tavernkeeper. — — Map (db m227740) HM
Milliner Elizabeth Carlos purchased this property in 1772 and ran a shop from her home. A 1777 account book notes that she sold a variety of goods, including gloves, hose, ribbons, thread, and textiles. — — Map (db m228231) HM
In 1777 Virginia Gazette printer William Hunter built this house at the back of the Gazette lot and deeded it to his mother, Elizabeth Reynolds. He also provided her a handsome annual income of £40. — — Map (db m227905) HM
Coach maker Elkanah Deane purchased the property in 1772. He advertised that he could build and repair all types of coaches and carriages, as well as "paint and gild them to the best manner”. — — Map (db m227058) HM
On May 7, 1801, J. S. Watson, a student at William and Mary, wrote a letter detailing attempts at flying hot air balloons on the Court House Green. The third balloon, decorated with sixteen stars, one for each of the existing states, and fueled with . . . — — Map (db m16852) HM
This church, home to one of the oldest continuous congregations organized by African Americans, traces its origins to brush arbor meetings held by 1776 at a nearby plantation. The congregation moved to a Williamsburg carriage house and in 1856 . . . — — Map (db m167815) HM
This large redoubt was the center of a defensive line crossing the Peninsula. These earthworks, constructed by the command of General John B. Magruder, were a part of the system of fortifications designed to protect Richmond. Here on May 5, 1862. . . . — — Map (db m10572) HM
Here lie the remains of those members
of the
Galt Family
Who died between 1773 and 1866,
during which time five generations
served with great dedication and
skill as Chief Medical and Custodial
Officers the Institution . . . — — Map (db m226475) HM
After attorney George Davenport’s death in 1766, his widow, Catherine, took in lodgers until her death in 1771. The family owned the house until 1779, renting it to upholster Joseph Kidd just before the revolution. — — Map (db m227786) HM
Merchant Jackson purchased this property about 1773, likely living in the left side and using the right as a store. He sold a wide array of goods, including stockings, gloves, hats, knives, shoes, buckles, china and glass. — — Map (db m227750) HM
Apothecary and surgeon George Pitt inherited this property in 1757. He operated an apothecary shop, “The Sign of the Rhinoceros,” here until the mid-1770s. — — Map (db m227668) HM
This mid-eighteenth century building was the home of George Wythe, tutor and friend of Jefferson. Wythe was the first professor of law at an American college, and first Virginian signer of the Declaration of Independence. Washington used the house . . . — — Map (db m60248) HM
Gowan Pamphlet, ordained Baptist preacher, led clandestine religious gatherings of enslaved and free African Americans by the late 1770s. To avoid patrollers, they met in wooded areas outside Williamsburg. An enslaved worker at the Kings Arms Tavern . . . — — Map (db m189142) HM
In the eighteenth century, nearly all Virginians lived on rural farmsteads. When people traveled to Williamsburg, the journey took them past many such small plantations. Those they met along the way-whites of modest means, free blacks, and . . . — — Map (db m189455) HM
When Richard Brewster, gentleman, patented some 500 acres in this area on February 6, 1637 it was described as "the great Neck alias the barren neck". Cleared land then, the forest has since grown back. — — Map (db m25816) HM
Merchant John Greenhow acquired this building before 1782. An 1801 document identifies it as a tenement, or rental property. Little is known about its occupants. — — Map (db m227655) HM
Dr. Peter Hay lived here until his death in 1766, leaving steep debt. To make ends meet, his widow, Grissell took in lodgers until the late 1770s. — — Map (db m227917) HM
John Curtis IV built a rental property here about 1717. Hartwell Perry purchased the building after the Revolution and used it as a tavern from 1782 to 1800. — — Map (db m226749) HM
Cabinetmaker Anthony Hay purchased this property in 1756. After buying the Raleigh Tavern in 1767, he rented the shop to Benjamin Bucktrout, who made and sold furniture, spinners, and coffins. — — Map (db m227909) HM
On May 4th, 1862 Union Division’s of Generals Hooker, Hancock, and “Baldy” Smith encountered units of the Southern Army east of Williamsburg. When the Confederate Army Commander General Joseph E. Johnston became aware of the engagement, he sent . . . — — Map (db m15716) HM
William Holt kept a general store here from 1760 to 1770. Later occupants included Milliner Mary Dickinson and merchant John Lewis. — — Map (db m227661) HM
Built about 1772, this building was occupied by grocer M. Dubois until the late 1770s. He sold a variety of goods, including coffee, sugar, and scotch snuff. — — Map (db m227660) HM
Here are inscribed the names of those soldiers of France who died within these walls and in other hospitals of Williamsburg of wounds received during the Siege of Yorktown
Regiment d’Agenois
Aimont, Jean Francois • Allard. Andre • . . . — — Map (db m66932) HM WM
Using funds from the estate of British scientist Robert Boyle, the College of William & Mary established a school to educate young Indian men in 1697, just four years after the college’s founding. To encourage enrollment, in 1711 Lt. Gov. Alexander . . . — — Map (db m18164) HM
Militiaman Isham Goddin purchased this shop for £200 in 1778. He sold it in 1783 for £90, indicating the effects of wartime inflation and the collapse of property values after the capital moved to Richmond in 1780. — — Map (db m227766) HM
James Anderson, Blacksmith and Public Armourer, conducted his business on this site between 1770 and 1798. During the Revolutionary War, the Armoury employed as many as forty workmen -- blacksmiths, gunsmiths, tinsmiths, nailers, and gunstockers -- . . . — — Map (db m60415) HM
John Blair held a number of political positions between 1728 and 1771. His house is among the oldest in town. The right section dates 1720-1723; The left was added in 1737. — — Map (db m226932) HM
Built in 1765 by merchant John Carter and his brothers, the right half of the building operated as a general store for nearly 30 years. — — Map (db m227260) HM
Owned by John and Rebecca Shields Coke in 1806, this building was termed John Coke’s Office in 1809. The nature of Coke’s business is unknown. — — Map (db m227153) HM
Built about 1719, this building housed a number of taverns over the century. It was purchased in 1789 by jailer John Crump, who continued the tradition. — — Map (db m227254) HM
Highly successful tavern keeper Jane Vobe began operating here in 1772. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Nelson and other Revolutionary leaders were among her clients. — — Map (db m227029) HM
Charles Lewis is believed to have owned this property from 1785 to 1806. Exterior portions of the lower chimney brickwork are believed to remain from the time of his occupancy. — — Map (db m228028) HM
In the second quarter of the 17th-century, merchant George Menefie developed a 1,200-acre plantation just east of here he called Littletown. In March 1633, Dutch trader David DeVies observed that his two-acre garden was "full of Provence roses, . . . — — Map (db m9505) HM
This lot was owned by the Ludwell family from 1715 to 1839. The house on the site was described as a “tenement ,” or rental property in 1770. — — Map (db m227913) HM
Politician Phillip Ludwell III built this house in 1753.
Virginia’s first female printer, Clementina Rind, lived and published a newspaper here from 1766 to 1764. — — Map (db m227656) HM
Beginning about 1770, English milliner Margaret Hunter made hats and cloaks, mounted fans, and sold various clothing accessories here. — — Map (db m229968) HM
Spinster Mary Stith resided here until her death in 1816. She left the house, the lot, and most of her estate to three former slaves in gratitude for their past services. — — Map (db m227047) HM
In 1706, Mary Whaley founded the "Mattey Free School" in memory of her son, Matthew, who died at age 9. In 1741, she left an endowment to educate the children of Williamsburg. In 1870, the College of William and Mary used these funds to build a lab . . . — — Map (db m189484) HM
Methodism entered Williamsburg when Joseph Pilmor, a "missionary" sent by Wesley, preached in the yard of the Capitol in August 1772. The new faith made only slow progress in the heavily Church of England/Episcopal town. On his first visit in 1781, . . . — — Map (db m167816) HM
The mound of earth in front of you was probably part of the dam for William Parks' paper mill. His mill was the first in Virginia for making paper and operated six years or more beginning 1744. Parks established the first permanent press in Virginia . . . — — Map (db m25813) HM
The Friends of African American History herald the achievements of local African Americans who owned and operated businesses in this triangle block prior to it coming under the jurisdiction of the Williamsburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority, . . . — — Map (db m189145)
Tailor and merchant Robert Nicholson ran his business here. He supplied uniforms to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. — — Map (db m227258) HM
Respected Friend of the Students and Faculty of the College
Gordon S. Kray '73, Sculptor
This statue, a re-creation of the original marble by Richard Hayward (1728-1800) that stood here from 1801 until 1958, was given to the College of . . . — — Map (db m209351) HM
Orlando Jones, grandfather of the future Martha Washington, owned this house until 1719. Little is known of its use after that. — — Map (db m226944) HM
This circa 1775 house is named for John Orrell, who acquired it in 1810. Earlier documentation is unknown, but the building appears on the “Frenchman’s Map” of Williamsburg in 1782. — — Map (db m228024) HM
To the right is a cemetery surrounded by boxwood where one hundred and fifty-six men and two women are interred. The remains were discovered in 1930 during the excavations of the Palace gardens. Items found at the time of discovery indicate that . . . — — Map (db m261903) HM
Built about 1755 by lawyer John Palmer, this house closely resembles contemporary dwellings in major English cities such as London and Bristol. — — Map (db m227727) HM
William Pasteur and John Minson Galt traveled to England to study medicine before returning to Williamsburg to practice. They were partners in this apothecary shop from 1775 to 1778. In addition to dispensing drugs, they provided surgical, midwifery . . . — — Map (db m60297) HM
Apothecary Peter Hay dispensed drugs and provided surgical, midwifery, and general medical services here. He also sold spices, cooking oils and teas. — — Map (db m227050) HM
For more than fifty years this was the home of Peyton Randolph (1721-1775), who served the Colony of Virginia in many of its highest governmental offices and became the first president of the Continental Congress. His father, Sir John Randolph, the . . . — — Map (db m60247) HM
Printers John Dixon and William Hunter published the original Virginia Gazette, did printing work, and sold stationery and books here during the Revolution. — — Map (db m227665) HM
Peter Powell lived and worked in this rental property starting in 1755, when he advertised that he would “carry on the business of a wheel wright and chair-maker near the Capitol.” — — Map (db m227781) HM
This was the house of successful merchant William Prentis and his wife, Mary Brooke Prentis. Their business, Prentis Store, stands a block to the west. — — Map (db m227748) HM
Merchant William Prentis oversaw construction of this store in 1740. His family managed the business until 1779. This is the oldest commercial building in town. — — Map (db m227657) HM
After receiving permission from the county court, a small group of Presbyterians began worshipping here in 1765. Besides Bruton Parish Church, this meetinghouse was the only authorized place of worship in Williamsburg before the American Revolution. . . . — — Map (db m79237) HM
This site was used from 1699 when Governor Nicholson designated it as one of two ports for Williamsburg, the colonial capital of Virginia.
This port was used primarily for the export of tobacco, the basis of Virginia's economy, and also as a . . . — — Map (db m76543) HM
Chartered February 8, 1693, by King William and Queen Mary. Main buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
First college in the United States in its antecedents, which go back to the college proposed at Henrico (1619). Second to Harvard . . . — — Map (db m66923) HM
On the other side of the parapet is Quarterpath Road, a historic roadbed that for centuries linked Williamsburg to Allen’s Wharf on the James River. It runs behind the Confederate fortifications here, gaining additional importance during the Battle . . . — — Map (db m184202) HM
Because Lt. Col. Benjamin S. Ewell had made little progress on the Williamsburg defenses by late June 1861, Gen. John B. Magruder, commanding the Army of the Peninsula, replaced him with Gen. Lafayette McLaws. Capt. Alfred L. Rives, acting chief of . . . — — Map (db m171658) HM
This is Redoubt 2 in the Confederate defensive line across the Peninsula at Williamsburg. Like the other fortifications in the line, Redoubt 2 included platforms for cannons and a magazine within the parapet walls. A ditch surrounded the redoubt. . . . — — Map (db m184146) HM
To the honor of the soldiers of the American Revolution who are buried in this graveyard. Their names are unknown. Their heroism is immortal. — — Map (db m292736) WM
This marker commemorates the men and women who achieved American Independence. These Patriots, believing in the noble cause of liberty, fought valiantly to found a new nation.
1775-1783
Presented by the Williamsburg Chapter . . . — — Map (db m245456) WM
Richard Crump owned this property from 1785-1794. The Rev. John Bracken purchased it from Crump and added it to the block of eight lots that he owned to the west. — — Map (db m227984) HM
Tailor and Merchant Robert Nicolson built this house circa 1751 and lived here until his death in 1797. He ran a successful store on Duke of Gloucester Street, supplying uniforms to the Continental Army during the Revolution. — — Map (db m227749) HM
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