When John D. Rockefeller Jr. set out to restore the old colonial capital of Williamsburg, Va. back in 1926, he guessed the job might take as much as $5,000,000 to complete. It was a vast underestimation. For one thing, Rockefeller decided to spend $6,200,000 on accommodations for tourists. Then, to insure proper colonial atmosphere, the tracks of the Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. had to be moved, and all telephone and power lines buried underground. Building costs and land values started climbing. And the overall scope of the project grew; at first, Rockefeller aimed to restore only the old buildings that...
Art: Life in Williamsburg
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