The Detroit News (Detroit, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1928 Page: 3 of 8
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Williamsburg's Ancient Jail
tended to the Mississippi river. wns moved from
Jamestown to WHMnmsburg nnd the dry of Wil-
liamsburg'* glory begun. At the otlter end of
(hike of Gloucester street win erected the Aral
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building In the United Stulet officially ileal gnat-
«d “Capitol,*’ which wna the seat of the munch
and the burgesses of the colony fnun 1TU1 until
the upheaval at the opening of the Revolution
resulted In the house of burgeaaes being oflleiall}
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ELMO SCOTT WATSON
HKY’RF turning the clock hack
two centuries In Williamsburg,
Vn. Within two years this “Crn- ■'
die of the United States’’ will be
restored to as nearly an exact
replica of the thriving colonial
town of the Seventeenth century
that It once was. as Is possible for
an almost unlimited amount of
money to make that possible. By
that time approximately $5,000,000
_ will have heen spent In the ren-
aissance of the historic otpltnl of
the state of Virginia, and for probably‘the flrst
time In nxslern history a whole living city will
have been turned Into a museum of the glorlpua
past where Americans can catch the atmosphere
of a romantic era that has gone forever.
Over an area of something like a mile square
all that Is new will be removed and all that Is old
put bnck ns nearly ns possible as It was 150 yeura
ago. Modern buildings are to be done away with
wholesale, and public und private bouse of the
•Iden days are to be replaced In cases where rhey
have not boon spared b.v time. Back of tills amus-
ing transformation Is the story of the vision of
two men, a minister and a philanthropist. The
minister is Rev. William A. R. Goodwin, rector
of the Hruton Parish church, the oldest Episco-
pal church in continuous existence In America,
and a member of the faculty at the College of
William and Mary, the second oldest Institution
of higher learning In this country, lie originated
the iden. The philanthropist Is John I*. Rocke-
feller, Jr., who Is supplying the money necessary
for the restoration nnd who Is giving Doctor
Goodwin a freo hand In directing the restoration
Although Williamsburg Is a small city (Its pop-
ulation probably never exceeded the present fig-
ure of some 2,000), It Is doubtful If there Is any
other town In America with which there have
been associated so many hlstoilr names. In Its
streets have trod such notables as Washington.
Jefferson. Monroe, John Marshall. Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin, George Rogers Clark, Frank-
lin, Rochamhenu, Lafayette, George Mason, George
Wythe, the Randolphs, the Lees und a hosi of
others whose names ore a pnrt of our colonial
and Revolutionary war history. The site of Wil-
liamsburg was orlglnully known as the Middle
Plantations and In WEES Sir Francis Nicholson,
at vnrious times governor of Virginia. Maryland
and Acadia, laid out a town there and named It
In honor of King William. Hla flrst Intention
was to honor his sovereign by laying out the
streets In the form of a monogram of W and M. .
but two ravines Interfered with his purpose. Bo
the tewn was laid out along a main street which
he nnmed Duke of Gloucester street, honoring the
short-llvedy prince. Queen Anne’s eldest son. and
two parallel streets he named Frauds and Nich-
olson. honoring himself! Crow streets sryre
named Nassau. King, Palace and Queen streets
and the parallelogram bounded by these streets
marks the area of the present restoration.
In 1(183 there waa built at the west end of
Duke of Gloucester street the College of William
and Mary and chartered by the Joint sovereigns
of England after whom It was named. At that
time a building designed by the famous Sir
Christopher Wren was already standing., as was
the Bruton Parish church. In 11100 the gnvvrn-
Jftcholson street in old W11Uajy,»bu.'‘g
Important building In colonial times wns the gov-
ernor’s palace which stood at the head of the
“Palace Green,” a broad avenue running north
from Duke of Gloucester street. The rebuilding
of the palace presents a particular difficulty, for
no picture exists which shows n complete view
of It in Its original or enlarged form. It was
begun In 1705 and computed during the gover-
norship of Col. Alexander Spotswood. founder of
the romantic “Order of the Golden Horseshoe."
About 1751 It wns reconstructed on a more spa-
cious scale. This was during the governorship
of Robert Dinwiddle—the Dinwiddle who sent a
certain young Mujor George Washington on the
m fusion to the French on the Ohio river which led
to his taking part In the Braddock tragedy and
the Fort Necessity adventure.
The next occupant of the palace after Din-
widdle was Francis Fuuquler of whom Thomas
Jefferson, then a young student at the college,
was a prime fuvorlte, not only with the governor
but with the belles of Williamsburg as well. An-
other participant In tlie guy social festivities at
the palace was George Washington, who dined
there wilh Lord Dunmore, the Inst British gov-
ernor of Virginia, before the break came between
tile colonies and the mother country. When that
break came “My Lord Dunmore” collected his
men. went to the Powder Horn (built by Colonel
Spotswood in the Market square and still stand
lug), took the colony's supply of powder and
muskets und silently stole on board ship under
cover of night. Whereupon a certain I’ntrlik
Henry (who had already heurd the cries ot
"Treason! Treason!” shouted at certnln utter-
ances of his), led a party of militia from Han-
over, King William. New Kent und Charles City
counties to demand the arms back again. He
didn’t get them, but he did force from the gov-
ernor a payment of 820 pounds for the muni*
Rons, which he took with him to Philadelphia
later nnd deposited in the treasury of the Coo
Unental congress.
And after Dunmore hud finally fled the colony
It wns Patrick Henry who occupied the palace
* as governor. To him In 1778 came another young
Virginian, George Rogers Clark, to lay before
him Ids daring scheme for eouquering the vast
region of the Old Northwest. History has re-
corded how well Clark succeeded but it la not so
well known that his vanquished enemy. Gov. Hen-
ry Hamilton, the “Hair Buyer General of De-
troit,” after the surrender at Vincennes, was
sent to Wllllnnishnrg as a prisoner of war and
was confined In the old Jail there which still
stands, having done Its duty as a prison for more
than 200 years. In this prison, too, were con-
fined some of the associates of tile n torions
plrntc. Black Beard, who were executed In 1718,
It Is Interesting to note, by the way. that these
pirates were contributors (unwillingly probably)
to the cause of higher learning, for on the ac-
count books of the College of William and Mary
stands the fact that 300 pounds of the original
subscriptions for founding the college are cred-
ited to “certain pirates!"
Not far from the old Jail stands the poor debt-
ors’ prison, almost abutting on the First Na-
tional bank. The building, originally known tr
the colonists as ''Bedlam,” the first hospital lor
Insane people In the United States, stands on
Francis street. Three generations of the Galt
family, nil physicians, served as chief medical
* officers of the Insane hospital, over an unbroken
period of a century.
One of the famous buildings of Williamsburg,
the Raleigh tavern, was destroyed by fire In 1850.
, It Is to be restored. The “ordinary” In this tav-
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mar,na Washington’s Kitchen
known that William Randolph sold 200 acres ot
land to Thomas Jefferson’s father for “Henry
Wetherbnrn’s biggest bowl of arrack punch.”
Raleigh tavern was twice used as an assembly
place for the house of burgesses, when the royal
governor dissolved the assembly for discussing
disloyal petitions and resolutions. Including the
decision to set aside a day for fasting and prayer
In 177-1 when news of the blockade of Boston
harbor was receive*!.
Raleigh tavern wns the birthplace of the Phi
Beta Knppn. the flrst chapter of the well-known
scholastic fraternity being established there on
December 5. 1778.
The little old colonlnl courthouse on the court
green still stands. On the north side of the court
green is the colonial home of Edmund Randolph,
who wns secretary of state and attorney general
In Washington's cabinet. Near It la the Peachy
house, headquarters of Rochamheau Just before
the battle of Vorktown, and also the building In
which General Lafayette was entertained when
he revisited America. Close to It stands the
Griffin house on the Duke of Gloucester street
where lived Judge Cyrus Griffin, a member of the
Continental congress.
The fine colonial brick home of George Wythe
on the east side of the palace green, beside the
Bruton Parish churchyard, remains aa It stood
when Washington and Lufayette together planned
the battle of Yorktown there. It was built hr
, 1755 and Its owner twenty years later, George
Wythe, was a signer of the Declaration of Iiffh-
pendenbe.
Tasewell hall, the birthplace of Edmund Ran-
dolph, also-remains practically as It was long
before the Re volution. Its Interior finish Is of
solid mahogany. The home of another member
of the Rundolph family, Peyton Randolph, first
president of the Continental congress. Is not far
distant. The Tucker house. In which the wife
of John Randolph lived before her marriage, and
a fine example of early colonial design In the
Bluir house, also remains.
Bassett hall, one of the finest ancient buildings
In the town, stands at the end of a long lane
of trees. It was the property of Burwell Bas-
sett, whose uncle, George Washington, waa fre-
quently a visitor. Tlie great-grandfather of
Martini Washington is buried in the Burton Par-
ish churchyard. In 1841 Vice President John
Tyler was living at Bussett hall when the son
of Secretary of State Daniel Webster gullr-ped
down the long lane of trees to bring him the news
of the death of President Harrison and of his
own succession. The house stands In u park of
several hundred acres of. woodlnud.
The home of Col., Wilson Miles Cary, a delegate
to the Virginia convention in 1776, was frequent-
ly visited by Washington when he was studying
surveying at William and Mary college, ■ short
walk away. It Is said that the parents of Mary
Cary discouraged the Inconspicuous engineer's
wooing of their daughter, and that Mary fainted
on the porch of this house some years later when
she wns the wife of Edward Ambler and General
Washington rode past on his triumphal return
from hla victory over Gen. Lord Cornwallis, at
Yorktown. Mary's sister was the wife of Lord
Fairfax.
Besides the wealth of colonial residences, Wil-
liamsburg still possesses many other old public
buildings. In William and Mary college stand
three excellent examples. The hall, designed by
Htr Christopher Wren, la the oldest college build-
ing In America, antedating Massachusetts hall at
Harvard. The Wren building was ravaged three
times by fire but Its thick walla remained. Its
architectural design Is almost as It was origi-
nally.
In this building George Washington studied and
received bis certificate as a surveyor, and It also
housed three other Presidents, Jefferson, Mon-
roe nnd Tyler, and the great first chief Justice of
the United States, John Marshall. In their ttn-
dent days.
The foundations of the flrst theater In America,
built In 1716, are to he used again for erecting
a new building as k replica of the original. The
theater contributed to Hie gaiety and fashionable
life for which Wllliamsborg wan known when it
waa the Old Dominion capital.
At the other end of the Duke of Gloucester
street, facing the college nehrly a fiiile away,
stands the original little office of tlie clerk of
the house of burgesses. In which the momenroes
legislative acts of the prerevolutionary period
wfre engrossed. It was a familiar working place
for many of the orators and statesmen whose
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The Detroit News (Detroit, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1928, newspaper, August 30, 1928; Detroit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1006102/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.