William & Mary Wren Building
Wren Bldg, 111 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA
Virginia, USA
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SCHOOL
EST. 1698
EST. 1698
February 8, 1693
Blair, James
Washington, George
Jefferson, Thomas
Wythe, George
Monroe, James
Tyler, John
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at William & Mary Wren Building.
The repeatedly restored Wren Building remains an active part of William & Mary’s campus and the oldest surviving American academic building. Its historic classrooms, chapel, Great Hall, crypt, architectural fabric, and surrounding Ancient Campus grounds are maintained by the university and open under campus policies.
About William & Mary Wren Building
The college was founded on February 8, 1693, under a royal charter. Named in honor of the reigning monarchs King William III and Queen Mary II, the college is the second-oldest college in the United States. In 1695, before the town of Williamsburg existed, construction began on the College Building, now known as the Sir Christopher Wren Building. The charter named James Blair as the college's first president (a lifetime appointment which he held until his death in 1743).
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at William & Mary Wren Building
The building is constructed out of red brick in the style of Flemish and English Bond, as was typical for official buildings in 17th- and 18th-century Williamsburg, including several walls remaining from previous structures, and it contains classrooms, offices, a refectory, known as the Great Hall, kitchen, and a chapel, which was added as a south wing in 1732. The crypt beneath the chapel is the resting place of several notable Virginians, including royal governor Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt, Speaker of the House of Burgesses Sir John Randolph, and his son Peyton Randolph, the first President of the Continental Congress.
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