Seasons

Every season brings something new and exciting to our 18th-century city. Spring sees blooming flowers in our gardens and new lambs and foals in our pastures. Summer has the town bustling with activity as we celebrate our nation's birth. Fall is a time of changing leaves and burning cressets as days grow shorter. And Winter finds enduring traditions, charming decorations, and a season that still warms the heart.

Winter view of the west side of a snow covered Robert Carter House and surrounding fields, fences, and sheep.

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Two drivers lead a team of oxen and a cart along Nicholson Street on a fall day in the Historic Area.

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An ox cart driver guides his team of oxen down Nicholson Street as yellow and orange fall leaves fall from the trees.

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A cow walks across the pasture behind the Taliaferro-Cole House and gardens in the fall.

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Benches sit outside the Capitol on a fall afternoon in the Historic Area.

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Detail of a sign surrounding by fall flowers outside the Williamsburg Inn.

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A lantern is almost covered in flowering springtime wisteria as they both hang from a corner of an outbuilding at Bassett Hall.

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The sign for Wetherburn's Tavern in the fall.

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A view looking east towards Chowning's Tavern from Market Square on an fall afternoon, framed by colored leaves.

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Glass bell jars protect plants in the Colonial Garden and Nursery on a foggy morning. Bruton Parish Church can just be seen in the background.

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The Bryan House in the fall.

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A rear view of the Benjamin Powell House, outbuildings, and gardens after a January snowfall.

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A flowering dogwood tree and several hedges frame the Benjamin Powell Kitchen.

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A cardinal sits in a snow covered tree in the Lewis House garden.

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A tree with orange fall leaves stands next to a white picket fence in the Historic Area.

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A tree with orange fall leaves stands next to a white picket fence in the Historic Area.

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Spring flowers bloom next to the picket fence in the front of the St. George Tucker House.

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A swallowtail butterfly is perched on flowers in the Lightfoot Tenement gardens.

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Spring in the Lewis House Garden. This image appeared in the Colonial WIlliamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".

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An interpreter walks through the snow in front of the Roscow Cole House after a January storm. This building is one of the original 88 buildings in the Historic Area.

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Roscow Cole House in winter. This building is one of the 88 original buildings in the Historic Area.

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Two interpreters walk through falling snow in the Historic Area.

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A young magnolia tree blooms in the Colonial Garden.

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Street scene at the east end of Colonial Williamsburg on a snowy winter day. Buildings l-r: Scrivener Store, Pasteur & Galt Apothecary Shop, Nicolson Store, John Crump House, and the Edinburgh Castle Tavern.

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Summer in the Lewis House Garden. This image appears in the Colonial WIlliamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".

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