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    Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia...
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    economy is driven by Colonial Williamsburg, the city's restored Historic Area. Along with nearby Jamestown and Yorktown, Williamsburg forms part of the Historic...
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    Colonial Parkway is a 23-mile (37 km) scenic parkway linking the three points of Virginia's Historic Triangle, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. It...
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    Doody, David M., eds. (1996). The gardens of colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Va: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-87935-158-8. "Architectural...
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    death of the last resident in 1964, Carter's Grove was added to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's (CW) properties through a gift from the Rockefeller...
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    triangle are Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, and Yorktown. They feature many restored attractions and are linked by the Colonial Parkway in James City...
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    educational establishments. Among his projects was the reconstruction of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. He was widely blamed for having orchestrated the Ludlow...
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    It is one of the two largest buildings at Colonial Williamsburg, the other being the Capitol. Williamsburg was established as the new capital of the Virginia...
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    Settlement attractions combine with Colonial Williamsburg, and are linked to Yorktown by the National Park Service's Colonial Parkway. This section incorporates...
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    Ludwell–Paradise House (category Colonial Williamsburg)
    historic home along Duke of Gloucester Street and part of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. The home was built in 1752–1753 for Philip Ludwell III...
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    Williamsburg was largely wooded, and well within the territory of the Native American group known as the Powhatan Confederacy. In the early colonial period...
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    Olmert, Michael (1985). Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. ISBN 9780879351113. "April dates...
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    Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center was opened in 1957 in Colonial Williamsburg to house her collection of folk art. A number prominent figures...
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    Campus of the College of William & Mary (category Education in Williamsburg, Virginia)
    succeeding centuries before receiving significant restorations by the Colonial Williamsburg program during the 1920s and 1930s. Additional construction and...
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  • Look up Williamsburg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Williamsburg may refer to: Colonial Williamsburg, a living-history museum and private foundation...
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  • acquired by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, which operates the many restored colonial-period capital city attractions in Williamsburg. In 1970 Ivor...
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    reconstructed in the early 1930s as part of the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. The reconstruction has thus lasted longer than the combined total...
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  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. For many years during Winthrop's tenure, Carter's Grove was used to host dignitaries visiting Colonial Williamsburg...
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  • William and Mary, Virginia, from 1927 (Renovation funded by Junior) Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, from 1927 onwards (Junior), Abby Aldrich, John III and...
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  • made it possible for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation to reconstruct an 18th-century coffeehouse in Colonial Williamsburg. The ex-couple made significant...
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    The Colonial Williamsburg Courthouse was constructed from 1770 to 1771 in the Georgian style. The courthouse is located facing Market Square with Duke...
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    W. A. R. Goodwin (category People from Williamsburg, Virginia)
    which resulted in Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. He is thus sometimes called "the Father of the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg." William Archer...
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    downtown Williamsburg area into Historic District of restored buildings. Many 19th century buildings were removed. By the 1930s, Colonial Williamsburg had...
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    Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, took place on May 5, 1862, in York County, James City County, and Williamsburg, Virginia...
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    Busch Gardens Williamsburg (formerly Busch Gardens Europe and Busch Gardens: The Old Country) is a 422-acre (1.71 km2) amusement park in James City County...
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    also includes Jamestown and Williamsburg as important colonial-era settlements. It is the eastern terminus of the Colonial Parkway connecting these locations...
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    Kent and Chappell, Gordon W. The Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1996. Butler, Sara A.; Smalling...
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    Colonial Houses Archived 2005-09-18 at the Wayback Machine Examples of Colonial House style at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia Examples of Colonial House...
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  • furniture companies. In colonial Virginia, there were at least six furniture makers. Anthony Hay made furniture in Colonial Williamsburg. As the colony grew...
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    in Washington, D.C., he was the first master housewright at the Colonial Williamsburg reconstruction. Since 1979, he has been the host of the PBS series...
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