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Custodial History

This collection was formerly identified as Mss. Acc. 2008.187.

Preferred Citation

James City County and York County Church Photographs, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquired: 1940. Gift from George Carrington Mason.

Scope and Contents

Five photographs of churches and church sites in James City County, Williamsburg, and York County, possibly published in the William and Mary Quarterly. Notations on back of each photograph indicate the following locatins: Third Bruton Parish Church, Site of first York Church, Site of the first and second Charles Church, Site of the second Cheesecake Church, Grace Church, Yorktown.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
• Charles Church (Va.)
• Cheesecake Church
• Episcopal Church--Virginia--History
• Grace Church (Yorktown, Va.)
• York Church (Va.)