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 Machine-readable finding aid created, February 2, 2000 Description is in English Feb 18, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::viu01254::A Guide to the Photographs of Virginia Churches, Courthouses, Homes, and Buildings, 1959-1969)//EN" "viu01254.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Photographs of Virginia Churches, Courthouses, Homes, and Buildings, 1959-1969 A Collection in The Special Collections Department 11494

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 2000 Sharon Defibaugh Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. {Special Collections, University of Virginia Library} Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Photographs of Virginia Churches, Courthouses, Homes, and Buildings, 1959-1969 11494 The collection consists of seven photograph albums. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

The collection is without restrictions.

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See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

 Preferred Citation

Photographs of Virginia Churches, Courthouses, Homes, and Buildings, 1959-1969, Accession # 11494, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

 Acquisition Information

These albums were purchased by the University of Virginia Library from Jerry N. Showalter, Ivy, Virginia, on April 14, 1999.

 Scope and Content Information

The collection consists of seven photograph albums, ca. 1959-1969, containing black and white snapshots of county courthouses (3 volumes), historic homes, inns and other landmarks (3 volumes) and churches (1 volume) all in Virginia, unless otherwise noted. Each photograph is labeled by place and date of building, if known. Several have additional annotations. The only identified people are Dr. Chester Bradley and Mrs. Stewart posing in front of the Ft. Monroe Casemate Museum. Three earlier photographs of the Fountain Hotel, Rustburg, Va., are included.

 Contents List Red Lion Tavern, corner of Cork and Loudoun Streets, Winchester Volume I Green Plains, Mathews County, built 1795 Volume I

2 photos

 Green Plains, home of Judge John Rutherfoord on North River, Section of Scalloped Wall Volume I Bellevue, Halifax County, built 1825 Volume I

2 photos

 Berry Hill, Halifax County Volume I Ritchie House, Tappahannock, built 1750, birthplace of Thomas Ritchie, founder and editor of The Richmond Enquirer Volume I Mill House, near Abrams Delight, Winchester Volume I The Nelson House, York Hall, built in 1740-1741, Yorktown Volume I The Dudley-Diggs House, built 1755-1760, Yorktown Volume I The Diggs House, built 1705, Yorktown Volume I Somerwell House, built before 1707, owned by the Lightfoot family (1716-1783) Volume I Shield House, built by Thomas Sessions, ca. 1699, Yorktown Volume I Windsor Castle, home of Arthur Smith, founder of Smithfield, Smithfield, Virginia Volume I Sykes Inn, used as inn as early as 1752, Smithfield Volume I Kerr Place, 1799, Onancock Volume I Union Hill, ca. 1935, Nelson County Volume I Westover, Charles City County Volume I Chelsea, King William County Volume I

2 photos

 Romancoke, King William County Volume I Bremo Recess, Fluvanna County Volume I [Niewstead?], Cumberland County Volume I Wales, Dinwiddie County Volume I Violet Bank, Colonial Heights Volume I Ellington, near Doswell, used as a school before and after the Civil War Volume I Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, near Charlottesville Volume I Ashlawn, home of James Monroe, near Charlottesville Volume I Shirley, Charles City County Volume I Monacan, home, kitchen, and corn crib, Powhatan County Volume I

4 photos

 Archer House, Norfolk Volume II Barrett House, 1752, Smithfield Volume II Bel Air Plantation House, ca. 1670, Charles City County Volume II Collins House, corner of Bute and Botetourt Streets, Norfolk Volume II

2 photos

 Admiral Glesson's House, Freemason & Duke Streets Volume II

2 photos

 Jacob Hunter House, presently in the Point of Woods housing development, Virginia Beach Volume II Farmhouse called "the Hotel," King and Queen County Volume II Lamb House, 420 Bute Street, [Norfolk] Volume II Pleasant Hall, Kempsville, served as headquarters for Lord Dunmore Volume II Myers House, built in 1792, corner of Freemason & Bank Street, Norfolk Volume II

2 photos

 Old house across street from Buckingham County courthouse Volume II Whittle House, built in 1791-1793, 227 Freemason Street, Norfolk Volume II

3 photos

 Old John L. Roper carriage house, now a restaurant, Bute Street, Norfolk Volume II Petty-Dickson House, built 1852, by William H. Addington, 300 Freemason Street, Norfolk Volume II Richard Taylor House, first appeared on tax books 1869, Norfolk Volume II Grandy House servant quarters & kitchen, Thomas Street, Norfolk Volume II Glebe House of Southwark Parish, built before 1724, Surry County Volume II Bain House, 326 North Street, Portsmouth Volume II Seldon House, 351 Botetourt Street, Norfolk Volume II

4 photos

 Cassell House, 108 London Street, Portsmouth Volume II Bilisoly House, built after1797, 801 Court Street, Portsmouth Volume II Blair House, built 1720-1750, 319 Court Street, Portsmouth Volume II Dale-Reed House, built in 1732, 200 Swimming Point Walk, Portsmouth Volume II Collier House, 412 London Street, Portsmouth Volume II Machinist Union, corner of Court and London Streets, Portsmouth Volume II Hill House, built before 1850, 221 North Street, Portsmouth Volume II Peters House, built in 1852, 315 Court Street, Portsmouth Volume II Murdough Residence, built in 1842, 222 Crawford Street, Portsmouth Volume II Watts House, built in 1799, 500 North Street, Portsmouth Volume II Nivison-Ball House, 213 Middle Street, Portsmouth Volume II Warren House, built in 1652 by Thomas Warren, on land given to John Rolfe by Powhatan, Surry County Volume II Red Hill, home and tombs of Patrick & Dorothea Dandridge Henry, Charlotte County Volume II

2 photos

 Point of Honor, built in 1805 by Dr. George Cabell, Lynchburg Volume II Large building on grounds of the James City County Courthouse, Williamsburg Volume II Town House, Franklin Volume II Battletown Inn, Berrytown Volume II Hawthorne House, Berrytown Volume II Battlefield of Great Bridge Stone Marker, December 9, 1775, Norfolk Volume III Juvenile Court of Norfolk, formerly the Norfolk Academy, built between 1840 and1850, North Bank Street, Norfolk Volume III

2 photos

 Ft. Monroe Casemate Museum, Dr. Chester and Mrs. Stewart, Ft. Monroe Volume III Debtor's Prison, Eastville Volume III Jail on the County Courthouse grounds, King and Queen County Volume III The Tavern, built before 1862, New Kent Volume III Old Hotel, Buckingham Volume III Hanover Tavern, erected in 1723, Hanover Volume III Hopkins Wharf Museum, mercantile building built in 1839, now headquarters for the Eastern Shore branch of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Onancock Volume III Halfway House—Route 1 between Richmond and Petersburg, Chesterfield County Volume III Old Jail, Fincastle, Botetourt County Volume III Warren Green Hotel, erected shortly after 1875 on the site of the Morris Tavern, Warrenton Volume III Monument marking the site of the first Christian Church, erected by the Southern Christian Convention in 1927, Surry Volume III Statue of Norweigian Lady, gift from Moss, Norway to Virginia Beach Volume III Monument marking site of McCabe's University School, Petersburg Volume III Pocahontas Basin, Central Park, Petersburg Volume III The Tavern, Heathsville Volume III Norfolk Boat Club at the end of Freemason Street Volume III County Jail, now a museum, Palmyra Volume III County Jail, built in 1848, Goochland Volume III Old Masonic Hall, built in 1824, Madison Volume III Masonic Hall, formed in 1757, chartered in 1773, Botetourt Lodge No. 7, Gloucester Volume III Hotel Botetourt, Gloucester Volume III

2 photos

 Fountain Hotel, Rustburg Volume III Side entrance of the University of Virginia [the Old Hospital] Volume III Debtor's Prison, built in 1754, Gloucester Volume III Seneca Mill Foundations, Campbell County Volume III Covered Bridge, near Marysville, Campbell County Volume III Fort Stephens, frontier fort built in 1752, about twelve miles from Winchester Volume III Library of Fairfax Volume III Seawell's Ordinary on route 17, circa 1712, Gloucester County Volume III Old Jail on Court House Square, Chesterfield, Courthouse Volume III Swift Creek Mill, 1663, Chesterfield County Volume III Fountain Hotel, Rustburg Volume III Old Mill at Raphine Volume III Spring Mill, Appomattox County Volume III Old Bay Line [ship], leaving Norfolk Volume III North Landing River Ferry, Pungo, old Princess Anne County Volume III

3 photos

 Gray Apartments, Poindexter Street, South Norfolk Volume III Fountain Hotel, Rustburg Volume III Michie Tavern, built before 1740, Albemarle County Volume III Abingdon Church, built 1754, near Gloucester Volume IV Antioch Baptist Church, rebuilt 1895, Saluda Volume IV Bank Street Baptist Church, Norfolk Volume IV Benn's [Methodist] Church, Bishop Ashbury preached there in 1804 Volume IV Bruington Church, built in 1851, Baptist church founded in 1780, King and Queen County Volume IV Presbyterian Church, Fincastle Volume IV Cat-tail Church, King William County Volume IV Christ Church, near Eastville, built 1826 Volume IV Old Christ Church, Freemason Street, built in 1829, sold to Greek Orthodox Church in 1910, sold to Daddy Grace in 1955, Norfolk Volume IV Eastern Shore Chapel, built in 1754, rebuilt in 1954, Oceana Volume IV El Bethel Church, Amherst County Volume IV Brandon Church, built in 1852, parish founded in 1616, Prince George County Volume IV Emmanuel Church, near Port Royal, on route 301 Volume IV Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Port Conway, Prince George County Volume IV Falling Spring Church, dedicated 1864, Rockbridge County Volume IV Hugenot Memorial Window, First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg Volume IV Fork Church, built in 1735, near where the North Anna and South Anna Rivers meet, Doswell Volume IV

2 photos

 Freemason Street Baptist Church, built in 1840, Norfolk Volume IV

2 photos

 Glebe Church, built in 1738, Driver Volume IV Grace Episcopal Church, built in 1831, Berryville Volume IV Jerusalem Christian Church, King William County Volume IV Lebanon Presbyterian Church, built in 1747, near Crozet, between Waynesboro and Charlottesville Volume IV Lynnhaven Parish House, oldest part built before 1762, Princess Anne County Volume IV

2 photos

 Walls of Lawne's Creek Church, near Surry Volume IV Lower Methodist Church, built 1717 as second chapel of Christ Church Parish, bought for Methodist Church in 1857, near Saluda, on route 33 Volume IV

2 photos

 Mattapony Church, used by Baptists since 1824 Volume IV Manakin Episcopal Church, monument, fourth church built in 1894, and new one built in 1954, modeled after William Byrd's Westover Church, Powhatan County Volume IV

3 photos

 Merchant's Hope Church, completed in 1657, Prince George County Volume IV Nimmo Methodist Church, established in 1791, Princess Anne County Volume IV North Farnham Church, built ca. 1737, Richmond County Volume IV Old Church, built in 1720, King and Queen County Volume IV Oak Grove Methodist Church, Chesapeake Volume IV Old Donation Church, built 1733, Lynnhaven Volume IV Perrow's Chapel, Campbell County Volume IV Piedmont Episcopal Church, built in 1834, Madison Volume IV St. James Episcopal Church, King William County Volume IV

2 photos

 St. John's Church, parish established 1642, built in 1755, Chuckatuck Volume IV St. John's Church, built in 1732, near King William Volume IV St. John's Church, Warsaw Volume IV St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Heathsville Volume IV Salem Baptist Church, congregation organized in 1802, Sparta Volume IV

3 photos

 St. Stephen's Baptist Church, built in 1842, St. Stephen's Church Community Volume IV St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Lynchburg Volume IV Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague, Waverly Volume IV Tabernacle Methodist Church, [built in] 1830, Old Princess Anne County Volume IV Vauter's Church, built in 1719, Essex County on route 17 Volume IV Ware Church, parish founded in 1650, built before 1723, Gloucester County Volume IV Westover Episcopal Church, erected in 1737, Charles City County Volume IV Accomac County Courthouse, built in 1890 Volume V Amherst County Courthouse, Amherst Volume V Albemarle County Courthouse, Charlottesville, started in 1803 Volume V Alleghany County Courthouse, built in 1911, Covington Volume V Augusta County Courthouse, Staunton Volume V Arlington County Courthouse, Arlington Volume V Amelia County Courthouse, Amelia Volume V Alexandria Court House Volume V Bland County Courthouse, Bland Volume V Bedford County Courthouse, Bedford Volume V

3 photos

 Buckingham County Courthouse Volume V Bristol City Courthouse Volume V Buena Vista City Courthouse Volume V Brunswick County Courthouse, built about 1854, Lawrenceville Volume V Bath County Courthouse, built 1908, Warm Springs Volume V Botetourt County Courthouse, built 1850 and burned in 1970, Fincastle Volume V

2 photos

 Campbell County Courthouse, Rustburg Volume V Charles City County Courthouse, built in 1730 Volume V

2 photos

 Chesterfield County Courthouse, built in 1917, and the Old Clerk's Office, built in 1828, Chesterfield Volume V

2 photos

 Clarke County Courthouse, built in 1840, Berryville Volume V Clifton Forge Courthouse, Clifton Forge Volume V Caroline County Courthouse, built in 1803-1809, Bowling Green Volume V

2 photos

 City of Chesapeake Courthouse, built in 1962, during the merger of Norfolk County and the City of South Norfolk, forming Chesapeake Volume V Culpeper County Courthouse, built in 1870, Culpeper Volume V Colonial Heights Municipal Building, Colonial Heights Volume V Cumberland County Courthouse, built in 1818, Cumberland Volume V Dinwiddie County Courthouse, Dinwiddie Volume V Essex County Courthouse, built in 1848, the Clerk's Office built in 1750, & the Old Jail, Tappahannock Volume V

3 photos

 Fairfax County Courthouse, built in 1800, Fairfax Volume V Falls Church Courthouse Volume V Frederick County Courthouse, built in 1840, Winchester Volume V Fredericksburg Courthouse, built in 1852, on Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg Volume V Fluvanna County Courthouse, built in 1838, Palmyra Volume V Fauquier County Courthouse, built in the mid-19th century, Warrenton Volume V Grayson County Courthouse, Independence Volume V Galax City Courthouse Volume V Greensville County Courthouse, built in 1787, Emporia Volume V Gloucester Courthouse, Old Clerk's Office built in 1821, and Clerk's Office built in 1890, Gloucester Volume V

3 photos

 Goochland County Courthouse, built in 1826, Goochland Volume V Greene County Courthouse, built around 1838, Standardsville Volume V

2 photos

 Halifax County Courthouse, built in 1832, added on to in 1905 Volume VI Hampton City Courthouse, built in 1876, on corner of King and Court Streets Volume VI Highland County Courthouse, built in 1848, Monterey Volume VI

2 photos

 Hanover County Courthouse, built in 1733 Volume VI Henrico County Courthouse, built in 1896, on corner of 22nd and East Main Streets, Richmond Volume VI Old Isle of Wight County Courthouse, 1750-1800, and Clerk's Office, Smithfield Volume VI

5 photos

 House at Isle of Wight County Courthouse, built about 1810 by Major Francis Boykins as a tavern Volume VI

2 photos

 James City County Courthouse, third one built in 1967, Williamsburg Volume VI James City County Courthouse, earlier construction, Williamsburg Volume VI King George County Courthouse, built in 1915, King George Volume VI King and Queen County Courthouse, built after the Civil War, King and Queen Volume VI King William County Courthouse, built in 1725, King William Volume VI Loudoun County Courthouse, built in 1894, Leesburg Volume VI Louisa County Courthouse, built in 1905, Louisa Volume VI Lunenburg County Courthouse, built in 1826, Lunenburg Volume VI Lancaster County Courthouse, built in 1800, Lancaster Volume VI Matthews County Courthouse, Matthews Volume VI Middlesex County Courthouse, built in 1694, used as a courthouse from 1742-1852, now the home of Middlesex County Woman's Club and Public Library, Urbanna Volume VI Middlesex County Courthouse, Saluda Volume VI

2 photos

 Madison County Courthouse, built in 1829, Madison Volume VI Nansemond County Courthouse, Suffolk Volume VI New Kent County Courthouse, built in 1906, New Kent Volume VI Newport News Courthouse, built in 1949, replacing the red brick building of 1891-1893, Newport News Volume VI Northumberland County Courthouse, built in 1851, Heathville Volume VI Northampton County Courthouse, built in 1899, and a former Clerk's Office, Eastville Volume VI

2 photos

 Nottoway County Courthouse, Nottoway Volume VI Norfolk County Courthouse, built in 1842, Portsmouth Volume VI Orange County Courthouse, built in 1858, Orange Volume VI Page County Courthouse, Luray Volume VII Prince Edward County Courthouse, built about 1873, Farmville Volume VII Powhatan County Courthouse, built 1817, Powhatan Volume VII Prince George County Courthouse, Prince George County Volume VII Prince George County Courthouse, Prince George County Volume VII Prince William County Courthouse, built in 1893, Manassas Volume VII

2 photos

 Richmond County Courthouse, built 1748-1749, Warsaw Volume VII Rappahannock County Courthouse, built 1871, Little Washington Volume VII Rockbridge County Courthouse, built 1896, Lexington Volume VII

2 photos

 Roanoke County Courthouse, Salem Volume VII Scott County Courthouse, Gates City Volume VII South Boston Courthouse, an independent city courthouse Volume VII Shenandoah County Courthouse, built 1791-1792, Woodstock Volume VII Southampton County Courthouse, Courtland Volume VII Stafford County Courthouse, built 1922, Stafford Volume VII South Norfolk Corporation Courthouse, now a part of Chesapeake, South Norfolk Volume VII Spotsylvania County Courthouse, built 1870, Spotsylvania Volume VII Smyth County Courthouse, Marion Volume VII Surry Courthouse Grounds, Old Clerk Office, now a museum Volume VII Surry County Courthouse, Surry Volume VII

2 photos

 Sussex County Courthouse, Clerk's Office, Sussex Volume VII Sussex County Courthouse, Sussex Volume VII

2 photos

 Virginia Beach Courthouse, Virginia Beach Volume VII Warwick County Courthouse, now the Denbigh Presbyterian Church, Newport News Volume VII Confederate Monument at the old Warwick County Courthouse, Newport News Volume VII Public Library, the old Clerk's Office of Warwick County, built in 1810, Newport News Volume VII Washington County Courthouse, Abingdon Volume VII Wythe County Courthouse, Wytheville Volume VII Waynesboro City Building & Courts Volume VII Warren County Courthouse, built in 1936 on the site of the first one built in 1837, Front Royal Volume VII Westmoreland County Courthouse, Montross Volume VII York County Courthouse, built in 1955 as the fifth courthouse there since 1691, Yorktown Volume VII