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  2. Campus of the College of William & Mary - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known drawing of the College Building, by Swiss traveler Franz Ludwig Michel, 1702. On February 8, 1693, King William III of England and Queen Mary II granted a royal charter that established the College of William & Mary in Virginia and made James Blair the first president of the college. [3]

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Williamsburg ...

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    Roughly bounded by Jamestown Rd., Griffin Ave., Pollard Park, and the College of William and Mary maintenance yard 37°16′06″N 76°42′37″W  /  37.2683°N 76.7103°W  / 37.2683; -76.7103  ( Chandler Court and Pollard Park Historic

  4. History of the College of William & Mary - Wikipedia

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    During Dr. Chandler's 14-year tenure, the college's full-time faculty grew to over 100 and the student body grew from 300 to over 1200 students, despite the Depression. Affordable and accessible education was also a hallmark of Chandler's tenure. In 1930, William & Mary expanded its territorial range by establishing a branch in Norfolk, Virginia.

  5. College of William & Mary - Wikipedia

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    The College of William & Mary [b] (abbreviated as W&M [8]) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States.Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and the ninth-oldest in the English-speaking world. [9]

  6. Brafferton (building) - Wikipedia

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    Boyle monies were reinvested in the College following the Revolution, but discontinued after 1784, partially as a result of a lengthy court case involving the trustees of the Boyle Charity and the College of William & Mary. After the College lost the chancery case, the Indian school was abandoned, and the Boyle money was redirecting to the ...

  7. President's House (College of William & Mary) - Wikipedia

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    Print depicting Ancient Campus as it would have appeared before an 1859 gutted the Wren Building; [10] the President's House is located to the right. The College of William and Mary in Virginia was chartered on 8 February 1693 by King William III and Queen Mary II, the King and Queen of England, as a seminary for the Church of England in ...

  8. Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved - Wikipedia

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    (Left to right) The Brafferton, the Wren Building, President's House, depicted as they would have appeared before 1859. The College of William and Mary was founded in 1693, and benefited from slave labor in various capacities. Historians discovered the names of over 100 people owned by college employees, students, and the college itself; the ...

  9. Wren Building - Wikipedia

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    Situated in Old College Yard [4]: p.375 [1] —of William & Mary's "Ancient Campus", near the more contemporary Merchants Square east of campus—the frequently visited Wren Building anchors that Campus, [6] [better source needed] with its forecourt defined by two further old structures, Brafferton (built in 1723 as an Indian school) and the ...