Posted by landscapeartisan on February 26, 2009
I took photos of the beautiful gardens at the building they call The Governor’s Palace at Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. Lord Dunmore lived there as the Royal Governor of Virginia from 1771 to 1776. Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry lived there also while Governor of Virginia. It is from this residence that Lord Dunmore led his war against the Shawnee Indians.
Wrought Iron Fencing Along a Williamsburg Street
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Posted by landscapeartisan on December 19, 2008
Chatham Manor sits on the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg, Virgina and was a Union field hospital during the Civil War battles in Fredericksburg.
The Union army took over the home and at one point nearly destroyed it with blood stains and the removal of wood panelling and whatever else they could burn to keep warm. It is now a National Historic Site.
In the 1920’s a new buyer rennovated the property and gardens. The gardens are beautiful and worth the trip. We went in the first week of October.
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