An illustrated historical sketch of Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown . is old building, which is in a perfect state of preservation,has been the scene of many interesting Legal battlesand public assemblages. One square up, to the right you will see the •PalaceGreen, at the north end of which is the MatthewWhaley School (cut page 33), which was builton the site of the Colonial Palace. Leaving Duke of Gloucester Street, turning to therighl down Dunmore Street, for a square to Nichol-son Street, one may find the site of the FirstTheatre in America; built, 1716. In this theatreMiss Johnstons c
An illustrated historical sketch of Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown . is old building, which is in a perfect state of preservation,has been the scene of many interesting Legal battlesand public assemblages. One square up, to the right you will see the •PalaceGreen, at the north end of which is the MatthewWhaley School (cut page 33), which was builton the site of the Colonial Palace. Leaving Duke of Gloucester Street, turning to therighl down Dunmore Street, for a square to Nichol-son Street, one may find the site of the FirstTheatre in America; built, 1716. In this theatreMiss Johnstons character Audrey is supposed 1have played Tamerlane. Across Palace Green,from the site of the first theatre, en Tyler Streetyen will see the Home of (Iconic Wythe (cut page.!.>). the great jurist. This was also the headquartersof Genera] Washington in 1781. The tourists willcome next to Bruton Church (cuts opp. pages 16-18.) This ancient house of worship succeeded thechurch at Jamestown, and is most probably the oldest church standing in America. It was organized 1G. A Colonial Scene, from a painting of Bruton Church, now in Metropolitan Museum l Art Milliamslnmi in 1632, and a church was built some time between1632 ami 1665, the exacl date being unknown. In presenl brick church was built in 1715, dur-ing the ministry of Rev. James Blair, and adminis-tration of Governor Alexander Spottswood, who drewtin- plans. The Genera] Assembly appropriated two hundredpounds, and each inhabitant was to pay a lew ofthirty-one pounds of tobacco for the erection of new church. ! lif walls of thi- church are still standing in theiroriginal state, the interior ami roof having been re-paired t rum time t time. In 1^1. the old pews were cut down, ami in 1839in- interior of the church was changed materially. A partition was placed etitting off ? end of the cross, the tiled 8 • removed, ami the walls decorated. In May, 1905, work was begun to restore the oldchurch to its original fo
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