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Elks Club

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Description: A view of antlers on a table and chairs lined up around the meeting hall of the Elks Club, founded in 1868.
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Casemates at Fortress Monroe

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Description: A view of casemates, a row of dwellings in a stone wall, in which Jefferson Davis was confined. Trees are in the foreground.
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General Court

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Description: A view of the general court's restored interior in the colonial capitol. The view is taken from the viewing benches, with the focus on the judges' podium.
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Salem Church

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Description: View across lawn toward the front and right side of the brick church. The front has two doors, and the side has six shuttered windows.
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First Baptist Church

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Description: View of the front of the church, which has a columned porch, topped by a pediment. The windows have a variety of shapes, but all contain stained glass and ...
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Aqua Church

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Description: A view of the church's interior. The altar space on the back wall has an architectural feature on the wall that displays Bible verses. To the right is the ...
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Presbyterian Meeting House

Date: 1928
Description: A view of the interior, taken from the altar, looking out to the seating area. U.S. flags hang from the mezzanine seating area, which also houses the organ...
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General Ward at the United States Naval Hospital

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Description: Interior of the general ward at the United States Naval Hospital, established in 1834 on the original site of Fort Nelson. Patients sit in chairs or lie in...
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Peaks of Otter Lodge

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Description: Exterior of Peaks of Otter Lodge. The wooden shelter, built into the surrounding rock, features a doorway in the stone, ground floor, and one in the wooden...
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Country Road Intersection

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Description: View of an intersection of two dirt roads, East Market Street and Lafayette Street. A man, horseback, can be seen on the left, while two people walk past ...
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View of Town

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Description: Elevated view of town as seen from a hilly landscape. Published by The City Book Store.
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World War Monument and County Clerk's Office

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Description: View of a World War I Monument outside of the County Clerk's Office. To the left of the colonnaded Clerk's Office, the Old Courthouse, built in 1895, can ...
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Washington's Headquarters

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Description: View of Washington's Headquarters, a small colonial home located on Loudon Street.
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Stuart Hall

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Description: View of Stuart Hall, a residential mansion used as the Virginia Female Institute. Chartered on January 13, 1744, the school is the state's oldest college p...
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Mason Street

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Description: View down Mason Street featuring Trinity Methodist Church at the Cedar Street intersection. The Gothic structure was built in 1898. Published by Parish &...
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Narrow Residential Lane

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Description: View of four men and a boy walking down a narrow lane lined with homes and a picket fence.
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, lined with residences.
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Apothecary Shop of General Hugh Mercer

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Description: Apothecary Shop of Hugh Mercer (1726-1777), soldier and physician during the Revolutionary War. Erected around 1760, the building was restored to provide m...
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Home of Dudley Digges

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Description: Exterior view of a classic Virgina style colonial home built by Dudley Digges in 1760.
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York Hall

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Description: Exterior view of York Hall, also known as Nelson House, built in 1730 in the Georgian style by "Scotch Tom" Nelson. In the foreground, the gardens can be ...

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