Webcam-watchers may have spotted the new scaffolding that’s sprung up around the Courthouse. What’s going on? The Courthouse roof is being replaced….
A Brief Update.
The Brick Clamp.
The big news this week is taking place in the brickyard. Brickmakers are now in Day 3 of a 5-day brick burn, preparing materials for the Armoury and its outbuildings. Although this event takes place beyond the reaches of our webcam, please look for a full photo spread and report early next week. And if you live close enough to visit, please do! The brickyard is open to visitors from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. through Sunday, November 20th… although you can be sure that there will be intrepid brickmakers tending the fires all night.
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The East Armoury Wall Takes Shape
Corner post and brace.
On June 15, 2011 Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Trades Carpenters finished framing the front wall of the Armoury.
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Williamsburg Schools Adopt “The Idea of America" History and Citizenship Curriculum
Williamsburg James City County Schools become the first school district in the nation to adopt Colonial Williamsburg’s interactive, fully digital, Web-based curriculum “The Idea of America” for implementation in the 2011–2012 school year.
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Installing the Kitchen Floor or “How Do We Know?”
Jason mixes components for the kitchen floor
Recent Roving Webcam views have focused on the Anderson Kitchen floor installation. For some, it came as a surprise that the floor would be clay instead of wood, but it should come as no surprise to blog readers that this decision was thoroughly researched.
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On the Move!
The roving webcam has moved again! Its current location, under the tent at the west end of the kitchen, allows viewers to follow the brick mason’s progress as they rebuild the kitchen chimney. At a chilly 27 degrees, inside that tent is just where the masons should be!…
The Public Armoury: What’s the Plan?
Artist’s rendering of the completed Armoury Complex. A – Kitchen; B – Armoury; C – Storage Buildings; D – Workshop; E – Privy
A glance at the Armoury webcam will confirm that reconstruction of the Anderson Kitchen is now in full swing. The kitchen is the first of six structures that will be rebuilt over the next three years, showing the property as it looked during James Anderson’s war-time service as Public Armourer for the Commonwealth of Virginia. A recently-completed artist’s rendering shows how the site will look when finished….
Mystery solved at The Old Plantation
A Colonial Williamsburg Foundation decorative arts librarian has solved one of folk art’s most popular mysteries of the past century – the identity of the artist who painted “The Old Plantation.”
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