– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – New Kent School A short distance from New Kent County Courthouse in Virginia is New Kent School. This small building was constructed in 1930. It served as a combined elementary and high school. However, this small Georgian Revival structure, along with its neighbor, the George W. Watkins School, played an...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – New Kent Ordinary In another post where we visited New Kent County Courthouse we saw in the quote from Martin’s Gazetteer from 1835 how the taverns and mercantile stores which had sprung up around the courthouse equaled the dwellings in the village. An ordinary or tavern was always located near the county...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – New Kent County Courthouse The county courthouses we have visited other posts such as Hanover County, Essex County or Prince William County have been some of the oldest in the state of Virginia. Today we visit one of the oldest counties in the state. The courthouse, however, is much more recent. New Kent County...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Railroad Baggage Carts A couple of weeks ago we revisited the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland. Whilst I was waiting for the steam locomotive to arrive I wandered around the historic depot. No matter the main attraction that takes you to something like a tourist train station, it is...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – West Hospital Door Grill West Hospital is part of the Virginia Commonwealth University’s Medical Center campus in downtown Richmond. Noted for its art deco architecture, the building was commissioned by the Public Works Administration as one of the large-scale public works projects of President Roosevelt’s New...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Yellow Barn Most of the barns I have seen are either red or left unpainted. There are also quite a few white ones. I have also seen a group painted green. This, though, is the first one that I have ever seen in this unusual color. This yellow barn with its random stone wall for the first floor and white trim was...
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