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Courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. A furniture maker who came to Williamsburg around 1722, Scott rented a tenement house in 1733, where he lived for 42 years.
WILLIAMSBURG — Preparations are underway for the next phase of the project focused on the original First Baptist Church site in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area.
Colonial Williamsburg is a living history museum, a reconstructed freezeframe of life in the 18 th century. Employees wander about the town clothed in appropriate attire or situate themselves as ...
While construction crews were working on building a new archaeology center in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, they stumbled ...
On Juneteenth, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Williamsburg to rebuild the African Baptist meeting house. The church was originally founded in 1776.
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But Colonial Williamsburg isn’t all muskets and tri-corner hats. Right next to the historic area is Merchants Square, which blends 18th-century architecture with modern shops and restaurants.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Colonial Williamsburg was one of America’s first planned cities. Gov. Francis Nicholson laid out plans for the city in 1699, and it was the capital of the Virginia Colony ...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Archaeologists are digging up the past at Colonial Williamsburg, and their most recent find was a house that dates back to 1660. They found it while they were building a new ...
Bomar’s own kids, Abigail and William, both volunteered at Colonial Williamsburg when they were kids, with Abigail volunteering at the Powell House and William taking part in Fifes and Drums.
Laurita and Lauren tour Colonial Williamsburg, the largest U.S. history living museum in the world.
A team of Colonial Williamsburg archaeologists who excavated the site from 2020-2024 are resuming their work at the site “to prepare for the upcoming building’s reconstruction,” according to ...