A Guide to the John A. Barrows Photograph Collection, ca. 1930
A Collection in the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`s
John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 1996.22
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
John A. Barrows Photograph Collection, Manuscript #MS 1996.22, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Acquisition Information
Gift, 2003
Biographical/Historical Information
John A. Barrows was a local architect who worked on the Colonial Williamsburg reconstruction in the 1930s.
Scope and Content
The John A. Barrows Photograph Collection contains photoprints, taken mainly in Virginia and South Carolina, negatives, portraits, and personal papers and objects. The Photoprints series comprises the bulk of the collection, numbering close to 800 items. The photos, taken by architect and photographer John A. Barrows, display homes, churches, college buildings, and other structures along the eastern seaboard of the United States. Most of the photos were taken in Virginia and South Carolina, but other locations include New Jersey and Maryland. The prints were made in two sizes, 2.5x4 inches and 5x7 inches. The Negatives series has not been inventoried. John A. Barrows is the subject of the portraits found in the Portraits Series. The five images were all taken at different times. The final series, Personal Papers and Objects, includes some of Barrows' writings as well as memorabilia from trips and celebrations.
Arrangement
Arranged in series according to size and medium.
Index Terms
- Barrows, John A.
- Architecture
- Photography
- Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
Persons:
Subjects:
Geography:
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
Collection Contents
Photoprints
- Box 1
2.5 x 4”
- 1-2
St. Peter’s Church, New Kent Co., VA
- 3
Finnie House, Williamsburg
- 4
Magazine/ Bell’s Hospital, Williamsburg
- 5
Powell - Hallam House, Williamsburg
- 6
Ross/Seymore Ice House, Accomack, VA
- 7
Rural Hill, Accomack Co., VA
- 8-9
Kerr Place, Accomack Co., VA
- 10
Old Merchantile Building, Accomack, VA
- 11
St. George’s Episcopal Church, Accomack Co., VA
- 12-14
Kerr Place, Accomack Co., VA
- 15
Unidentified subjects in front of Armistead House, Williamsburg
- 16-27
Ampthill, VA
- 28-29
Chase-Lloyd House
- 30
Ridout House, Annapolis, MD
- 31-32
Acton, Annapolis, MD
- 33-34
Hamond-Harwood, Annapolis, MD
- 35-36
Abingdon Church
- 37-50
Bassett Hall
- 51
John Blair, Williamsburg
- 52-57
Bassett Hall
- 58
Bassett Hall - outbuildings
- 59
Abingdon Church, Gloucester Co., VA
- 60
Bassett Hall
- 61-62
Barraud House, Williamsburg
- 63-68
Barlow House
- 69-72
Bracken House, Williamsburg
- 73-87
Brandon, Prince George Co.
- 88-93
Blandfield, Essex Co.
- 94
Blandford Church, Petersburg
- 95-102
Bacon’s Castle, Surry Co.
- 103
Archibald Blair House
- 104-112
John Blair House
- 113-115
Archibald Blair House
- 116
John Blair House
- 117
Archibald Blair House
- 118-120
Bassett Hall
- 121-122
Belle Farm
- 123-124
Berkeley, Charles City Co.
- 125
Belle Farm
- 126
Bellevue, King and Queen Co.
- 127-132
Bruton Parish Church
- 133-138
Bruton Parish yard
- 139-145
Bruton Parish Church
- 146
Bruton Parish wall
- 147
Cleve, King George County
- 148-149
Coke - Garrett House
- 150-173
Carter’s Grove
- 174-175
Capitol, Williamsburg
- 176-178
Courthouse, Williamsburg
- 179
Capitol, Williamsburg
- 180
Courthouse, Williamsburg
- 181
Capitol, Williamsburg
- 182
Courthouse, Williamsburg
- 183-187
Campbell House, Lynchburg, VA
- 188
Wetherburn’s Tavern, Williamsburg
- 189
Chippokes, Surry Co.
- 190-192
Claremont, Surrey Co.
- 193
Christ Church, Lancaster Co.
- 194
81-95 East Bay St., Charleston, SC
- 195
City Market, Charleston, SC
- 196
Charleston Hotel, Charleston, SC
- 197
Theater, Charleston, SC
- 198
128 Church St., Charleston, SC
- 199
City Hall/US Bank, Charleston, SC
- 200
St. Michael’s Church, Charleston, SC
- 201
Gibbes House, Charleston, SC
- 202
Courthouse, Charleston, SC
- 203
Miles Brewton House, Charleston, SC
- 204
Gibbes Housse, Charleston, SC
- 205
Miles Brewton House, Charleston, SC
- 206
College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
- 207
St. Philip’s Church, Charleston, SC
- 208
St. Michael’s Church, Charleston, SC
- 209
20-30 Queen St., Charleston, SC
- 210
Col. John Ashe House, Charleston, SC
- 211
22 Legare St., Charleston, SC
- 212
Josiah Smith House, Charleston, SC
- 213
Exchange, Charleston, SC
- 214
Drayton, SC
- 215
William Roper House, Charleston, SC
- 216
Drayton Hall, SC
- 217
Drayton, SC
- 218
90 East Bay, Charleston, SC
- 219
Miles Brewton House, Charleston, SC
- 220
Nathaniel Russell House, Charleston, SC
- 221
St. Philip’s Church, Charleston, SC
- 222
Unidentified, Charleston, SC
- 223
East Bay St., Charleston, SC
- 224
Race Hill, Charleston, SC
- 225-229
Ditchley, Northumberland Co.
- 230-236
Robert Carter House, Williamsburg
- 237-239
Tebbs House, Dumfries, VA
- 240-241
Merchant House, Dumfries, VA
- Box 2 242
Old Hotel, Dumfries, VA
- 243-247
Edgehill
- 248
Hungar's Glebe, Northampton Co.
- 249-251
Eastern Shore, VA
- 252
Hungar's Glebe, Northampton Co.
- 253
Eastern Shore, VA
- 254
Courthouse Complex, Eastville, VA
- 255
Grapeland Northampton Co.
- 256
Elkington, Northampton Co.
- 257
Vancluse, Northampton Co.
- 258-259
Hungar's Glebe, Northampton Co.
- 260
Bird's Nest Tavern, Northampton Co.
- 261-262
Brownsville, Northampton Co.
- 263
Park Hall, Eastville, VA
- 264-265
Fayettville, NC
- 266-267
Fairfield Presbyterian Church, Cumberland Co., NJ
- 268-269
Farnham Church, Richmond Co.
- 270-271
Fauntleroy House, King William Co.
- 272-274
Firehouse, Williamsburg
- 275-278
Four Mile Tree, Surry Co.
- 279
Garrett House, Williamsburg
- 280-282
Galt Cottage, Williamsburg
- 283
Galt House, Williamsburg
- 284-287
Galt Cottage, Williamsburg
- 288
Green Spring, James City Co.
- 289-294
Gunston Hall, Fairfax Co.
- 295-301
Powell-Hallam House, Williamsburg
- 302-311
Harewood, Charlestown, Jefferson Co., WV
- 312-313
Homewood, Baltimore
- 314-315
Old Church Tower, Jamestown
- 316
Church yard, Jamestown
- 317
John Smith, Jamestown
- 318
Pocahontas, Jamestown
- 319-322
Matthew Jones House, Warwick Co.
- 323
Kerr House, Onancock
- 324-325
Kings Mill
- 326
King William Courthouse
- 327-335
Margaret Hunter Shop, Williamsburg
- 336-344
Little England, Gloucester Co.
- 345
Matty School
- 346-348
Mattaponi Church, King and Queen Co.
- 349-361
Menokin, Richmond Co.
- 362-372
Mt. Airy, Richmond Co.
- 373-376
Mt. Vernon, Fairfax Co.
- 377
Marmion, King George Co.
- 378-379
Orrell House, Williamsburg
- 380
Geddy House, Williamsburg
- 381
Colony House, Newport, RI
- 382
Geddy House, Williamsburg
- 383-385
Neale House, Williamsburg
- 386-391
Geddy House, Williamsburg
- 392-400
Nelson House, Yorktown
- 401
Orrell House, Williamsburg
- 402
Gaol, Williamsburg
- 403
John Barrows and Mary Christian
- 404
Armistead Lot
- 405
Barrow friends
- 406-407
Greenhow-Repiton Office, Williamsburg
- 408
Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn office, Williamsburg
- 409
Powell-Hallam, Williamsburg
- 410-415
Prentis Store
- 416-419
Ludwell-Paradise House, Williamsburg
- 420
Matty School, Williamsburg
- 421
President's House, College of William and Mary
- 422
Brafferton, College of William and Mary
- 423-432
President's House, College of William and Mary
- 433
Bell's Hospital, Williamsburg
- 434-436
Magazine, Williamsburg
- 437-438
Pohick Church, Fairfax Co.
- 439-440
Gaol, Williamsburg
- 441-442
Pembroke, Virginia Beach
- 443
Poplar Forest Maze, Bedford Co.
- 444-445
Pembroke, Virginia Beach
- 446
Privy, Poplar Forest, Bedford Co.
- 447-449
Poplar Forest, Bedford Co.
- 450-503
Raleigh Tavern
- 504-508
Radium, VA
- 509
Peyton-Randolph House, Williamsburg
- 510
"Rectory"
- 511-530
Rosewell, Gloucester Co.
- 531
Scrivener House, Williamsburg
- 532-533
Suffolk, VA
- 534
St. John House, Williamsburg
- 535
Finnie House, Williamsburg
- 536-548
Sabine Hall, Richmond Co.
- 549-560
Stratford Hall, Westmoreland Co.
- 561-564
Shirley, Plantation, Charles City Co.
- 565-566
Dependency, Shirley Plantation, Charles City Co.
- 567
Shirley Plantation, Charles City Co.
- 568-569
Side elevation, Shirley Plantation, Charles City Co.
- 570-572
Shirley Plantation, Charles City Co.
- 573
Side elevation, Shirley Plantation, Charles City Co.
- 574
Dovecote, Shirley Plantation
- 575
Dependency, Shirley Plantation
- 575-580
Charlton House, Williamsburg, VA
- 581-591
Merchant's Square, Williamsburg, VA
- 592-604
St. Augustine, FL
- 605-612
Travis House, Williamsburg, VA
- 613-627
Tucker House, Williamsburg, VA
- 628-634
Thoroughgood House, Virginia Beach, VA
- 635-636
Toddsbury, Gloucester Co.
- 637-640
Tuckahoe, Gloochland Co.
- 641
Tabb House, York Co.
- 642
Unknown house 1 (not Williamsburg)
- 643
Natural Bridge, Rockbridge Co., VA
- 644
King William Courthouse, King William Co., VA
- 645
Roscoe-Cole House, Williamsburg, VA
- 646
Moody House, Williamsburg
- 647
Natural Bridge, Rockbridge Co., VA
- 648
Francis St., Block 9, Building 34
- 649
Long Ordinary, Gloucester Co., VA
- 650
Interior of Rosewell, Gloucester Co., VA
- 651
Unknown house 2 (not Williamsburg)
- 652
Warwick Courthouse, Newport News, VA
- 653
Moody House, Williamsburg
- 654
St. John House, Williamsburg, VA
- 655
Wales House (formerly Block 27), Williamsburg, VA
- 656
Moody House chimney, Williamsburg, VA
- 657
John Coke office, Williamsburg, VA
- 658
Oystershell Road, York Co., VA
- 659
Scrivener House, Williamsburg, VA
- 660
Wetherburn’s Tavern, Williamsburg, VA
- 661
Oropax? Diascund Creek?
- 662
Detail of house in James City County
- 663
Model of Capitol in Williamsburg
- 664
Robert Nicholson House, Williamsburg, VA
- 665
John Coke office, Williamsburg, VA
- 666
Wales House (formerly Block 27), Williamsburg, VA
- 667
Unknown house 3 (not Williamsburg)
- 668
St. John’s Church, King William Co., VA
- 669
Wales House (formerly Block 27), Williamsburg, VA
- 670
Unknown house 4 (not Williamsburg)
- 671
St. John’s Church, King William Co., VA
- 672
Rear elevation, Travis House, Williamsburg, VA
- 673
Interior, Wren Building, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- 674
College of William and Mary
- 675
Exterior, Wren Building, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- 676
Unknown (probably Williamsburg)
- 677
Fairfield, Gloucester Co.
- 678
British Embassy, Washington, DC
- 679
U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC
- 680
Detail, tobacco leaf capital, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
- 681-684
British Embassy, Washington, DC
- 685-687
Fire, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- 688
Wren Building, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- 689-690
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- 691
Exterior, Wren Building, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- 692
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- 693
Steps beyond present west end of Great Hall, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- 694-718
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- 719
West elevation, Wren Building, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- 720-727
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- 728-743
Westover Plantation, Charles City Co., VA
- 744
Door, Wilton House (now in Richmond, VA)
- 745
Wilton House (now in Richmond, VA)
- 746
Detail, Wilton House (now in Richmond, VA)
- 747
Door, Wilton House (now in Richmond, VA)
- 748
Wilton House (now in Richmond, VA)
- 749-750
Detail of masonry, Wilton House (now in Richmond, VA)
- 751-753
Wilton House (now in Richmond, VA)
- 754
Staircase, Wilton House (now in Richmond, VA)
- 755
Fireplace, Wilton House (now in Richmond, VA)
- 756-757
Wilton House, Henrico Co.
- 758-761
Wythe House, Williamsburg, VA
- 762-767
Pine Woods/Warburton House, James City Co., VA
- 768-775
Woodstock, Matthews Co., VA
- 776
Glenroy or Exchange?, Gloucester Co., VA?
- 777
Isle of Wight Co., VA
- 778
Windsor Castle, Isle of Wight Co., VA
- 779
Ware Church, Gloucester Co., VA
- 780
Architectural staff of Williamsburg restoration
- 781
St. Peter’s Church, New Kent Co., VA
- 782
Merchant House, Dumfries, VA
- 783
Hungar’s Glebe, Northampton Co., VA
- 784
Geddy House, Williamsburg, VA
- 785-786
Margaret Hunter Shop, Williamsburg, VA
- 787
Lightfoot House, Yorktown, VA
- 788
Customs House, Yorktown, VA
- 789
Shields House, Yorktown, VA
- 790
John A. Barrows in roadster called “Lucy”
- 791
Diggs House, Main St., Yorktown, VA
- 792
Thomas Waterman
- 793
Shields House, Yorktown, VA
- 794
Colony House, Newport, RI
- 795
View from Nelson House toward river, Yorktown, 1914
- 1-2
- Box 3
5 x 7"
- 1-4
Rosewell, Gloucester Co.
- 5
Carter’s Grove
- 6-7
Rosewell, Gloucester Co.
- 8
Mt. Airy, Richmond Co.
- 9
Abingdon Church, Gloucester Co.
- 10
Sabine Hall, Richmond Co.
- 11-12
William and Mary Christmas postcard
- 13
Barrows Monument, Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, VA
- 14-15
Carter’s Grove
- 16
Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, VA
- 17
John A. Barrows, 1929
- 1-4
Portraits
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John A. Barrows
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Ca. 1907
-
1926
-
Undated, Underwood and Underwood Studios, Washington, DC
-
Nutin' But Serenaders band (Ray Williams, Johnny Barrows, Billy Belote, Jack O'Neil, MyronWhite, Everett Kent)
-
John A. Barr
Personal Papers and Objects
Box 4
- 1
Satirical cartoon depicting Governor's Palace
- 2
Resume of the personal effects of Lord Botetourt in the Governor's Palace
- 3
Description of Wren Building
- 4
"June's Bungalow", short play by John A. Barrows
- 5
"The Inventor of the Blue Print"
- 6
Scribner's Book Catalogue (lists Barrows' book)
- 7
Business card, John A. Barrows
- 8
Christmas cards featuring photo by John Barrows
- 9a
Postcards
- 9b
A. Vincent, 4 Rue des Beaux-Arts, Paris (more than 200)
- 9c
Selections from a set depicting Langres, France (8)
- 9d
Catedrale de St. Pierre a Geneve (Addressed to Mrs. A.P. Cooper, Belmar, N.J. and postmarked Geneve. No message)
- 9b
- 10
Framed photo, John A. Barrows in roadster "Lucy" (print 790)
- 11
Miniature portrait, subject unknown
- 12
Pin, tercentenary celebration of Jamestown Landing, 1907