Captions List for Virginia Photos

Word index of all photos (without thumbnails) covering Virginia: natural wonders, cities & towns, architectural heritage, museums.

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  • Richmond: Virginia State Capitol (1785-88) was modeled on the Maison Carrée in Nimes, France.
  • Richmond: White marble statue of George Washington by Houdon in rotunda of Virginia State Capitol.
  • Richmond: Dome over rotunda of Virginia State Capitol.
  • Richmond: Monument to George Washington & Revolutionary War on grounds of Virginia State Capitol.
  • Richmond: Governor's Mansion (1813).
  • Richmond: Living room in Governor's Mansion.
  • Richmond: Canal walking trail.
  • Richmond: 19th century office building.
  • Richmond: Salmon art on public fountain in Richmond.
  • Richmond: Salmon art in Richmond.
  • Williamsburg: Williamsburg Capitol (1704) where Virginia legislature met until 1780.
  • Williamsburg: A round window in Williamsburg Capitol.
  • Williamsburg: Facade of Williamsburg Capitol.
  • Williamsburg: Heritage houses.
  • Williamsburg: Raleigh Tavern (1717) with brick Unicorn's Horn & John Carter's store in distance in Colonial Williamsburg.
  • Williamsburg: A Williamsburg wig maker.
  • Williamsburg: Houses & a well.
  • Williamsburg: A printing press being inked.
  • Williamsburg: Governor's Palace (1722).
  • Williamsburg: Detail of gate & roof of Governor's Palace.
  • Williamsburg: Pistols displayed in Governor's Palace.
  • Williamsburg: Outbuilding to Wythe House.
  • Williamsburg: Bruton Parish Church.
  • Williamsburg: Horse drawn buggy passes John Greenhow house & store in Colonial Williamsburg.
  • Williamsburg: Horse & carriage in front of James Geddy House.
  • Williamsburg: Wares hanging in window of Shoemaker's Shop.
  • Williamsburg: Courthouse (1770) & carriage.
  • Williamsburg: Soldiers parade in front of the octagonal magazine & arsenal.
  • Williamsburg: Soldiers firing a cannon.
  • Williamsburg: Tavern sign on a reproduction of Joshua Chowning Tavern.
  • Williamsburg: M. Dubois Grocer.
  • Williamsburg: Reproduction of King's Arms Tavern & Duke of Gloucester Street.
  • Williamsburg: Crepe & myrtle trees in front of original Peyton Randolph House (1715-mid 1700s), home of man who presided over first Continental Congress.
  • Williamsburg: Original Dr. Archibald Blair House (18th c).
  • Williamsburg: Reproduction of Robertson's Windmill.
  • Sherwood Forest Plantation (1660-1845) home of President John Tyler.
  • Sherwood Forest Plantation seen across its 300-foot width, America's longest wooden house.
  • Details of corner of a log building at Sherwood Forest Plantation.
  • Evelynton Plantation (1847) on James River.
  • Berkeley Plantation home of President William Henry Harrison.
  • Garden at Berkeley Plantation on James River.
  • Shirley Plantation (1723) on James River.
  • Cantilevered staircase in Shirley Plantation.
  • Kitchen in outbuilding of Shirley Plantation.
  • View of James River from Shirley Plantation.
  • Statue of Captain James South, Governor of Virginia (1608) in Jamestown.
  • Tower ruins of original Jamestown Church.
  • Monument to founding of Jamestown (May 13, 1607) erected in 1907 on 300th anniversary.
  • Replica of Jamestown Settlement.
  • Drying tobacco on rafters of building in replica of Jamestown Settlement.
  • Jamestown Settlement replica & cannon.
  • Replica of stockade at Jamestown Settlement.
  • Native American bark house in Powhatan Village at Jamestown Settlement.
  • Replicas of Godspeed, Discovery, & Susan Constant, the three ships that brought first colonists to Virginia at Jamestown Settlement.
  • Susan Constant, brought colonists to Jamestown Settlement (December 20, 1606 to May, 1607) .
  • Stern of ship Godspeed against stockade of Jamestown Settlement.
  • Yorktown: French cannon & mortars on second allied siege line on Yorktown Battlefield.
  • Yorktown: French cannon made in Strasburg in 1761 on Yorktown Battlefield.
  • Yorktown: Second allied siege line looking at British lines on Yorktown Battlefield.
  • Yorktown: Moore House on Yorktown Battlefield where Americans & British drafted British surrender (August 18, 1781) thereby ending American Revolution.
  • Yorktown: Victory Monument in Yorktown celebrating Washington's defeat of Cornwallis in 1781.
  • Yorktown: Detail of Victory Monument in Yorktown celebrating American Revolution.
  • Yorktown: Nelson House (c1730), home of Thomas Nelson Jr. who led the Yorktown Tea Party in 1779 & who also signed Declaration of Independence.
  • Yorktown: Dudley Diggs House (c1760).
  • Yorktown: Old Custom House (c1790).
  • Yorktown: Preparing to fire a cannon at the Open Air Museum of Yorktown Victory Center.
  • Yorktown: Cannon firing at Open Air Museum of Yorktown Victory Center.
  • Yorktown: Fife & drum core of Yorktown Victory Center.
  • Yorktown: Farm outbuildings at Open Air Museum of Yorktown Victory Center.
  • Portsmouth: Norfolk skyline from Portsmouth.
  • Portsmouth: Portsmouth Naval shipyards.
  • Portsmouth: Shipyards & water taxi to Norfolk.
  • Portsmouth: Portsmouth Lightship Museum.
  • Portsmouth: Confederate Civil War Memorial with Masonic Temple in background.
  • Portsmouth: Houses on Court Street from North Street.
  • Portsmouth: Turreted brick house at corner of Court & North Streets.
  • Portsmouth: Hill House (early 1800s) built by Col. John Thompson in English Basement dwelling style.
  • Portsmouth: House at 370 Middle Street (1885) built by Jack Nash.
  • Portsmouth: Washington Reed House (c1800) (351 Middle St.).
  • Norfolk: Douglas MacArthur Memorial.
  • Norfolk: Life history plaque in the Douglas MacArthur Memorial.
  • Norfolk: Gold Japanese tea pot given to MacArthur in 1963 in the MacArthur Memorial.
  • Norfolk: Japanese 19th c Imari porcelain plates which were gifts to MacArthur are now in the MacArthur Memorial.
  • Norfolk: Moses Myers House (1792).
  • Norfolk: Addington-Petty-Dickinson House (1892) at(300 West Freemason St.).
  • Norfolk: James W. Hunter House (1894) (240 West Freemason St.).
  • Norfolk: US Naval ship under repair at Norfolk shipyards.
  • Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
  • Boat beside Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.
  • Container ship near Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.
  • US Navy E2-C Hawkeye radar plane over Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
  • Norfolk: Lily pond with mermaid at Nauticus National Maritime Center.
  • Norfolk: Touch pools of tidal creatures at Nauticus National Maritime Center.
  • Norfolk: Nauticus National Maritime Center.
  • Norfolk: Huntington Tugboat Museum Ship docked at Nauticus National Maritime Center.
  • Norfolk: Gangway headboards from US steam ship Pawnee (used during Civil War) at Hampton Road Naval Museum.
  • Norfolk: Models of Civil War Ironclads USS Monitor (left) & CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimac) in Hampton Road Naval Museum.
  • Norfolk: Main building of Nauticus, The National Maritime Center.
  • Norfolk: Battleship Wisconsin at Hampton Road Naval Museum.
  • Norfolk: Bow of Battleship Wisconsin at Hampton Road Naval Museum.
  • Norfolk: Main tower of Battleship Wisconsin at Hampton Road Naval Museum.
  • Norfolk: Guns of Battleship Wisconsin at Hampton Road Naval Museum.
  • Norfolk: Battleship Wisconsin & skyline of Norfolk at Hampton Road Naval Museum.
  • Monticello seen over flowers.
  • Monticello (1769).
  • Oblique view of Monticello.
  • Monticello seen full width.
  • Vegetable gardens beside Monticello.
  • Charlottesville: Michie Tavern (c1784) on road to Monticello.
  • Charlottesville: The Rotunda (c1817) on University of Virginia campus with a monument dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, US President & the actual architect of the building & campus.
  • Charlottesville: The Rotunda of University of Virginia was modelled after the Pantheon in Rome & was originally the university library.
  • Lynchburg: Watkins House (c1898) on Madison Street.
  • Lynchburg: Burroughs House, red porch & turrets.
  • Lynchburg: Cast iron porch & fence on a Washington Street house.
  • Lynchburg: Unique verandah of a house on Washington Street.
  • Lynchburg: John H. Moore House (c1910) on Diamond Street.
  • Stone arch which gives name to Natural Bridge.
  • Natural Bridge, Virginia.
  • Waterfalls at Natural Bridge, Virginia.
  • Lexington: A house on Jackson Avenue.
  • Lexington: Jackson Avenue house.
  • Lexington: Edmondson-Penick House on White Street.
  • Lexington: Corner of White & Jefferson.
  • Lexington: The Manse on White Street.
  • Lexington: The White Davidson House.
  • Lexington: Virginia Military Institute building on Letcher Avenue.
  • Lexington: The Washington & Lee University campus.
  • Lexington: Lee Chapel at Washington & Lee University.
  • Looking down into valley of Shenandoah National Park.
  • A view of blue hills from Shenandoah National Park & Appalachian Trail in Virginia.
  • The court house of Appomattox Court House National Historic Park.
  • Tavern passage, where the North printed pardons for Lee's army, at Appomattox Court House National Historic Park.
  • Inn attached to tavern at Appomattox Court House National Historic Park.
  • Maclean House where Robert E. Lee surrendered to U.S. Grant at Appomattox Court House National Historic Park.
  • Fredericksburg: Mary Washington House where mother of George lived 1772-89.
  • Fredericksburg: Rising Sun Tavern Museum built as a house in 1760.
  • Fredericksburg: Gentleman's Parlour in the Rising Sun Tavern (1792).
  • Fredericksburg: Bedroom for stage coach clients in the Rising Sun Tavern Museum.
  • Fredericksburg: Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop Museum.
  • Fredericksburg: St James House.
  • Fredericksburg: Typical Fredericksburg wooden house.
  • Fredericksburg: Typical Fredericksburg brick house.
  • Fredericksburg: Star Building at Amelia & Princess Anne Streets.
  • Fredericksburg: Fredericksburg Civil War battlefield & National Cemetery.
  • Alexandria: Robert E. Lee's boyhood home.
  • Alexandria: The corner of Cameron at Royal.
  • Alexandria: Colonial house on Prince Street.
  • Alexandria: Neoclassical facade at Prince & Lee Streets.
  • Alexandria: Decorated door on Duke Street.
  • Alexandria: Alexandria Christ Church (1767-73).
  • Alexandria: Alexandria City Hall Plaza.
  • Alexandria: Flowers in Alexandria City Hall Plaza.
  • Alexandria: Flowers in Alexandria City Hall Plaza.
  • Alexandria: Ramsay House (1724).
  • Alexandria: Potomac waterfront promenade.
  • Alexandria: Paddle wheeler moored on the Potomac waterfront.
  • Alexandria: The Susan Constant, a recreated ship modeled after the one that took settlers to Jamestown in 1607.
  • Arlington: Rows of tomb in Arlington National Cemetery.
  • Arlington: Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia near Washington, DC.
  • Arlington: John F. Kennedy's grave & eternal flame in Arlington National Cemetery.
  • View of Washington, D.C. from the J.F. Kennedy grave in Arlington Cemetery.
  • Mount Vernon home of George Washington, center of an 8,000 acre plantation.
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon view of the Veranda side.
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