Merchants Square
Not much is known about the buildings which occupied thissection during the colonial era. Colonial Williamsburg
converted the motley array of shops, restaurants, and theatres
already in existence into a shopping area, sometimes retaining
the original buildings but reworking their façades. Merchants
Square comprises (roughly) the two blocks bounded by Boundary
Street on the west, Henry Street on the east, Prince George Street
on the north, and Francis Street on the south, with minor
extensions past its boundaries in various places.
Methodist Church
Methodist Church (1928)Methodist Church (1944)
Methodist Church
Methodist Church (background)
Restaurants
Capitol RestaurantCapitol Restaurant
Capitol Restaurant
Capitol Restaurant
Capitol Restaurant (interior)
Capitol Restaurant (interior)
Colonial Restaurant
Colonial Restaurant
Colonial Restaurant
Colonial Restaurant (photograph; 1937)
Colonial Restaurant (interior)
Colonial Restaurant (interior)
Colonial Restaurant (interior)
Colonial Restaurant (interior)
Howard Johnson's (Binn's)
Howard Johnson's (Binn's)
Williamsburg Restaurant
Williamsburg Restaurant
Williamsburg Restaurant
Williamsburg Restaurant (photograph; 1937)
Shops, etc.
Merchants Square (photograph; 1937)Merchants Square (photograph; 1937)
Merchants Square (photograph; 1937)
Merchants Square (former A&P, etc.)
Merchants Square (former A&P, etc., 1967)
Merchants Square (former A&P, etc.)
Merchants Square (ABC, Williamsburg Shop, etc.; 1940s)
Duke of Gloucester St. (Merchants Square, 1941)
Merchants Square (Crestar, shops) (1935)
Merchants Square (Crestar, shops) (c. 1936)
Merchants Square (photograph; c. 1943)
See Also...
Merchants Square (background)Williamsburg Restaurant / Williamsburg Drug Co. (c. 1940) (background)
Rizzoli Bookstore (background)
Rizzoli Bookstore (background)
College Shop Inc. Luncheonette / the "Corner Greeks" / Pocahontas Tea Room (background, c. 1928)
Williamsburg Theatre, Capitol Restaurant (photograph, c. 1943)
