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Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs

Accession Number: 15/5/3090.00545

Title: College of William and Mary, President's House, Colonial Williamsburg

Creator: Cary, Henry

Bio/Origin: c. 1680-1749

Role: Architect

Notes: "Every president of the more than 300-year-old College of William and Mary but one has lived in its President's House. The brick Georgian home on the north side of the College yard also has sheltered General Cornwallis and French officers recovering from wounds sustained before Yorktown. Construction of the five-bay, hip-roofed house began July 31, 1732. . . [Henry Cary] built what a contemporary called 'a common brick house' with few pretensions. Be that as it may, there were few buildings in the countryside that equaled it, and not many in town that surpassed it. Completed in 1733, the President's House brought symmetry to the original campus, and symmetry was a matter of moment. With the Brafferton to its south and the Wren Building to its west, the President's House completed a U-shape that opened on Duke of Gloucester Street." Source: Colonial Williamsburg Web Site: http://www.history.org

Creator: Lincoln, Fay Sturtevant

Bio/Origin: American, 1894-1975

Role: Photographer

Dates: 1733?Building Date

Dates: ca. 1934-ca. 1950?Photograph date

Classfication: Photographs

Medium: gelatin silver print

Current Site: North and Central America: United States; Virginia, Williamsburg

Style: American Colonial

Measurement: Image: 9.5 x 7.5 in.; 24.13 x 19.05 cm

Subjects: University campuses, Benches, Dormers, Brick walls, Steps, Historic sites, President's House, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, Universities

Provenance: Transfer from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning

Repository: Cornell University Library?A.D. White Photographs?Rare & Manuscript Collections?Cornell University