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A Guide to the Photographs of Virginia Churches, Courthouses, Homes, and Buildings, 1959-1969 Virginia Churches, Courthouses, Homes, and Buildings, 1959-1969 Photographs 11494

A Guide to the Photographs of Virginia Churches, Courthouses, Homes, and Buildings, 1959-1969

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Accession number 11494


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Collection number
11494
Title
Photographs of Virginia Churches, Courthouses, Homes, and Buildings, 1959-1969
Physical Characteristics
The collection consists of seven photograph albums.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is without restrictions.

Use Restrictions

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