Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Virginia)

The Governor's Palace (German Governor's Palace ) in Williamsburg ( Virginia) is the reconstruction of a historic building.

Built in 1705-1720, the original Governor's Palace served seven governors of the British Crown Colony Virginia as a residence. On December 22, 1781 he was burnt out. In the context of realized in the 1920s, plans to make Williamsburg a living museum of the American colonial period, he was from 1927 to 1934 by architects Perry, Shaw and Hepburn the original building, and plans (including a hand drawing by Thomas Jefferson ) on the original location rebuilt. As a key financier of the project came to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. It was, and the attempt at a realistic reconstruction of the historic setting is done. The emergence of new documents over the term of its interior design, therefore, conditional on several occasions adjustments to the furniture. The reconstructed Governor's Palace was opened to the public on 23 April 1934, and has since been one of the main attractions of the museum town.