"The Bowden-Armistead House, a three-story Greek Revival home surrounded by black wrought-iron fencing, stands out. It is an antebellum relic; the last remnant of the post-colonial homes and businesses present before the 1930s restoration of Williamsburg was finished. The house is located at 207 W. Duke of Gloucester Street, on a lot once owned by the adjacent Bruton Parish Church. Built in 1858 by prominent lawyer Lemuel J. Bowden, local gossip of the time reported its astonishing cost to be more than $10,000. The Bowden-Armistead House has ever since been a landmark on the cultural and geographic landscape of Williamsburg’s main street." -- The House & Home Magazine
It's a gorgeous design and I imagine painful to those (show off) kiddos in their younger days tried to be bold and climb over it. Ouch!
ReplyDeleteA very stately home.
ReplyDeleteQuite a home in it's day. $10,000 would have been an exorbitant amount of money back then!
ReplyDeleteForgot to mention... thank you for including the fence detail in the foreground. Well done!
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