james city county

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 62, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: The architectural remains recorded in the HABS drawings reference the gambrel-roofed dwelling built by Edward Champion Travis after 1755. The house stood through 1781 and likely until 1803. The ... More

Wythe House, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. This was the home of George Wythe, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architectu... More

Wythe House, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. This was the home of George Wythe, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architectu... More

Powhatan, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1740-1750. 1643, 1750. Built by Sir Eggleston. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of t... More

Warburton dependency, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase;... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: James City...

Public domain scan of a letter to George Washington, American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

King's Mill, Williamsburg vic., James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase;... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 101, Jamestown, James City Cou...

Significance: The drawing records several of the decorative tiles discovered at Jamestown, although it is unclear from the drawing where on the island they were found. The faience tiles have a translucent glaze... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 62, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: The architectural remains recorded in the HABS drawings reference the gambrel-roofed dwelling built by Edward Champion Travis after 1755. The house stood through 1781 and likely until 1803. The ... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-units 89 & 97, Jamestown, James Cit...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Architectural Remains, Project 103, Structure 123, Jamestown, James Ci...

Significance: Structure 123 measured 30'5" x 20'5" and was a one-story, wood-frame, clapboard building over a full cellar. The small rectangular structure was most probably erected by Henry Hartwell after 1688 ... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-units 59 & 73, Jamestown, James Cit...

Significance: Archaeological excavations in the 1930s uncovered the foundations of a warehouse measuring 53' x 16' and located on the riverbank. The foundation walls are almost 14" wide (about a brick and a hal... More

Peyton Randolph House (i.e. Semple House), Williamsburg, James City Co...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1750. Prior to restoration. House was mistakenly identified as home of Peyton Randolph. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit l... More

Wythe House, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Palace Gardens, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Includes buildings pertaining to the restoration of Williamsburg. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the Sout... More

Hickory Neck Church, Blissland Parish, Toano, James City County, Virgi...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1748. Parish formed in 1724. Was large T shaped building, the present building having only one trancept, which was added in 1744. After Revolution ... More

Green Spring, Jamestown vic., James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1643. Built by Sir Wm. Berkeley. Nothing but foundations remain. From the foundations and traditions it is believed there were few mansions in Colo... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: James City...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to George Washington, American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

King's Mill, Williamsburg vic., James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase;... More

King's Mill, Williamsburg vic., James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase;... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 76, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: Structure 16 had a long rectangular footprint measuring 34' x 12' with framed side walls and north gable end. The walls rested on sills underpinned by a single row of brick footings. The south gab... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 62, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: The architectural remains recorded in the HABS drawings reference the gambrel-roofed dwelling built by Edward Champion Travis after 1755. The house stood through 1781 and likely until 1803. The ... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 86, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: The sites of Structure 21 and the brick-paved path (Structure 20) were both compromised by a later brick drain pipe (Structure 39), however the architectural remains suggest either a well-appointe... More

Peyton Randolph House (i.e. Semple House), Williamsburg, James City Co...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1750. Prior to restoration. House was mistakenly identified as home of Peyton Randolph. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit l... More

Williamsburg to White House / - Public domain old map

Map shewing [sic] march of the [U.S.] Army from Harrison's Landing or ...

Illustrates the path McClellan's troops took in August 1862 after their July encampment at Harrison's Landing ended. The 1st Corps under Fitz-John Porter, the 6th Corps under Sedgwick, and the 4th Corps under ... More

Peyton Randolph House (i.e. Semple House), Williamsburg, James City Co...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s house, porch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1710-1715. The court church of Colonial Virginia. Plans were furnished by Gov. Spottswood, and part of the cost was paid by the Colonial Gov't. Bui... More

Jamestown Church, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1639. Old Church Tower belongs to the fourth church. This fourth Church was burned in 1676, by Nathaniel Bacon. Repaired in 1686. Present building ... More

Wythe House, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. This was the home of George Wythe, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architectu... More

General Court in the Capitol, Williamsburg, James City County, Virgini...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Wythe House, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. This was the home of George Wythe, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architectu... More

Palace Gardens, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Includes buildings pertaining to the restoration of Williamsburg. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the Sout... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: James City...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to George Washington, American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Hickory Neck Church, U.S. Route 60, Toano, James City County, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-214 Public domain photograph of historic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Architectural Remains, Project 194, Structure 115, Jamestown, James Ci...

Significance: Structure 115 was a two-story rowhouse block incorporating four identical units attached gable to gable. Each house had a chamber and parlor plan with a H-shaped chimneystack and a lobby-entry. Th... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Structure 112, Jamestown, James City Co...

Significance: The dwelling built by Sir John Harvey in the 1620s and expanded by Harvey, or Governor Sir William Berkeley, around 1640 is probably the only site whose life span matched that of New Towne (1620-9... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-units 59 & 73, Jamestown, James Cit...

Significance: Archaeological excavations in the 1930s uncovered the foundations of a warehouse measuring 53' x 16' and located on the riverbank. The foundation walls are almost 14" wide (about a brick and a hal... More

Jamestown Island Loop Road, Jamestown Island, Jamestown, James City Co...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-72 (Jamestown Island) Significance: Completed in 1957, the Jamestown island loop road was the last road-building contract associated with the completion of the Col... More

Wythe House, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1710-1715. The court church of Colonial Virginia. Plans were furnished by Gov. Spottswood, and part of the cost was paid by the Colonial Gov't. Bui... More

Palace Gardens, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Includes buildings pertaining to the restoration of Williamsburg. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the Sout... More

General Court in the Capitol, Williamsburg, James City County, Virgini...

Title from photographer's inventory. Includes buildings pertaining to the restoration of Williamsburg. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the Sout... More

Green Spring, Jamestown vic., James City County, Virginia

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richardson House, Croaker, James City County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-83 Survey number: HABS VA-88 Building/structure dates: after 1700 Initial Construction

Windsor Castle, State Route 610, Toano, James City County, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-254 Building/structure dates: after 1700 Initial Construction

Architectural Remains, Project 194, Structure 115, Jamestown, James Ci...

Significance: Structure 115 was a two-story rowhouse block incorporating four identical units attached gable to gable. Each house had a chamber and parlor plan with a H-shaped chimneystack and a lobby-entry. Th... More

King's Mill, Williamsburg vic., James City County, Virginia

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peyton Randolph House (i.e. Semple House), Williamsburg, James City Co...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1750. Prior to restoration. House was mistakenly identified as home of Peyton Randolph. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit l... More

Map of New Kent, Charles City, James City and York counties.

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. At head of title: Chief Engineers Office DN.V., Colonel J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. Gener... More

Secretary's Office, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase;... More

Palace Gardens, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Includes buildings pertaining to the restoration of Williamsburg. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the Sout... More

Hickory Neck Church, Blissland Parish, Toano, James City County, Virgi...

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Powhatan, Williamsburg vicinity, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1740-1750. 1643, 1750. Built by Sir Eggleston. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of t... More

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1710-1715. The court church of Colonial Virginia. Plans were furnished by Gov. Spottswood, and part of the cost was paid by the Colonial Gov't. Bui... More

King's Mill, Williamsburg vic., James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase;... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: James City...

Public domain scan of a letter to George Washington, American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Architectural Remains, Unit A, Sub-unit 39, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: The site was first excavated in 1934, and the foundations were drawn by HABS around that time. The archaeological work uncovered a pair of rowhouses made of brick and likely one-story in height. ... More

Peyton Randolph House (i.e. Semple House), Williamsburg, James City Co...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1750. Prior to restoration. House was mistakenly identified as home of Peyton Randolph. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit l... More

Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Includes buildings pertaining to the restoration of Williamsburg. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the Sout... More

Palace Gardens, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Public domain photograph of Virginia, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hickory Neck Church, Blissland Parish, Toano, James City County, Virgi...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1748. Parish formed in 1724. Was large T shaped building, the present building having only one trancept, which was added in 1744. After Revolution,... More

Palace Gardens, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Includes buildings pertaining to the restoration of Williamsburg. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-48. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the Sout... More

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1710-1715. The court church of Colonial Virginia. Plans were furnished by Gov. Spottswood, and part of the cost was paid by the Colonial Gov't. Bui... More