The Blog of Colonial Williamsburg
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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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!…
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….
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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