Centrally located close to the midpoint of the Colonial Parkway sits Colonial Williamsburg, a restoration of Virginia's 18th century capital city, with its commerce, government, religious and educational institutions in place. The experience is complete - the visitor will discover every aspect of 18th century daily life, including the triumphs and hardships the colonists faced with their distant royal government in England.

Williamsburg encompasses a district over one mile long and a half-mile in width. Eighty-eight buildings are refurbished originals. The rest are reconstructions from documentation found on a 1781 survey. The three major sites, The Governor's Palace, The Wren Building and The Capitol, were rebuilt on their original foundations. Their facade details were drawn from 18th century engravings of these same structures found in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University in England.

Rebuilding Williamsburg to its former greatness as a cradle of liberty was the dream of Dr. W. A. R. Goodwin, rector of Bruton Parish, who in turn inspired Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to become involved with making the restoration a reality. Work started in 1926, and for more than thirty years, Mr. Rockefeller gave his generous and enthusiastic support to the reconstruction. He further established an endowment to provide for the foundation's educational programs. Thus the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation was born and continues today as a nonprofit educational foundation administering the largest living history museum in the country.

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