The court square in King William County is one of a few seats of justice in Virginia still surrounded by a wall. King William's enclosure was erected in 1840, and 150 years later poor drainage and …
Aylett Cemetery Restoration
The restoration of the Aylett Family Burying Ground at "Fairfield," where interments began early in the eighteenth century and continued until 1860, was well under way by 1990. Aylett descendants …
County Historic Buildings Map
In 1976 Elsie Garber and Sara Fox Wendenburg crafted a map of King William County based on a "historic homes" map that had been drawn in 1952 when the people of King William celebrated the county's …
Old Courthouse Plaster Repairs and Painting
The King William County Historical Society is repairing cracks in the plaster covering the brick walls and columns along the portico at the front of the Old Courthouse. After the repairs are …
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King William County Architectural Survey
The King William County Historical Society, with significant support from King William County, matched a grant from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) to fund an initial architectural …
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