Isle of Wight Courthouse, originally built in 1752, restored in 1938. It is one of Virginia’s few surviving colonial court structures and is noted for having a semicircular apse with a conical roof, reflective of the Colonial Capitol in Williamsburg.Rear of the courthouse.Interior of the courtroom.PilloryGeorge WashingtonBenjamin Franklin
The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond.George Washington statue, surrounded by Patrick Henry, George Mason, Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, Thomas Nelson and Andrew Lewis. Also, at the base, sculptures depicting Colonial Times, Revolution, Bill of Rights, Independence, Finance and Justice.Thomas Jefferson designed the Virginia State CapitolSenate ChamberHouse of Delegates ChamberOld Hall of the House of Delegates. In this room Chief Justice John Marshall presided over the famous treason trial in which former Vice President Aaron Burr was acquitted in 1807. There is a lot of history in this building, particularly relating to the early days of our country.Captain John SmithShips landing at Jamestown, 1607. Ships were the Sarah Constant, the Godspeed and the Discovery.First representative legislature in the New World – the House of Burgesses in Jamestown.“Thus always to tyrants”The rotunda.Statue of George Washington in the rotunda. Virginia was birthplace to eight presidents. Washington was born in 1732 in Westmoreland County.Thomas Jefferson was born 1743 in Albemarle County.James Madison was born 1751 in King George County.James Monroe was born 1758 in Westmoreland County.William Henry Harrison was born 1773 in Charles City County.John Tyler was born in 1790 in Charles City County.Zachary Taylor was born 1784 in Orange County.Woodrow Wilson was born 1756 in Staunton.John Marshall was our fourth and longest serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.Patrick Henry was a leader in our push for independence from Great Britain.Monument honoring Barbara Johns of Farmville, who was a leader in school desegregation in the 1950s.Governors’ Mansion
