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 general decay had created structural damage.
With the permission of the King William board of supervisors, the Historical Society adopted the courthouse wall as the first restoration project undertaken after the Society’s designation as a 501(c)3 charitable organization in 1997. Marion Jones chaired a committee that raised money for rebuilding the wall from corporate, government, and private sources. The wall was declared structurally sound in 2006.
