7-card lot~Montpelier VT~Nashville TN~State Capitol~Mount Vernon~Arlington~VA

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Card 1--Nashville Tennessee~War Memorial Building~Square~State Capitol~TN~linen
State Capitol architect was William Strickland.
Publi
shed by:
E. C. Kropp Co., Milw., Wis.
Built as a memorial to the Tennessee soldiers who died in World War I, the
War Memorial Building
was the first building constructed for state offices outside the capitol itself. Designed in the Greek Doric order by
architect Edward Dougherty with McKim, Mead and White
, this building has a Doric-columned atrium as its focal point. Engraved into the west and north walls are the names of 3,400 Tennesseans who gave their lives in World War I and a statue entitled “Victory” by Nashville sculptor Belle Kinney sits in the center of the atrium. On each side of this atrium lie wings housing government offices and a large auditorium where WSM’s Grand Ole Opry performed for a time before moving to Ryman Auditorium. The basement of War Memorial once housed the Tennessee State Museum; the Military Branch of the State Museum is still located here.
Legislative Plaza
, outside to the east of the War Memorial Building, creates an open-air space for public events. Below ground is a labyrinth of government office spaces and committee rooms for the Tennessee General Assembly.
Through the underground Motlow Tunnel, Legislative Plaza is connected to the Tennessee State Capitol.
On the plaza stands a statue dedicated to the Women of the Confederacy also sculpted by Belle  Kinney and a monument to the Tennesseans who served in the Korean War by sculptor Russell Faxon. Vietnam Veterans Park lies south of the building and contains a statue by Nashville sculptor Alan LeQuire.
Card 2--Nashville Tennessee~1956~State Capitol~Greek Ionic Temple~1950s cars~TN~linen
Printed on back:
architect William Strickland
Published by:
Curt Teich - Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.-T. Art-Colortone" Post Card - code 6C-H125 sets printing date in 1956
Card 3--Montpelier Vermont~1960~State Capitol building~built 1859~Ceres statue on gold dome~VT~chrome
Postmarked:
June 21, 1960 in Montpelier, VT.
Published by:
Koppel
Card 4--Mount Vernon Virginia~east front of mansion~home of President George Washington~Potomac River~VA~chrome
Published by:
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Once a vibrant plantation in the 18th century, President George Washington's Mount Vernon estate is now one of the nation’s most visited historic sites.
Card 5--Arlington Virginia~Summer Kitchen~Lee Mansion~Ruth Perkins Safford painting~VA
Published by:
Government Services, Inc.
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, formerly named the Custis-Lee Mansion, is a Greek revival style mansion located in Arlington, Virginia, United States that was once the home of Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee. It overlooks the Potomac River and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. During the American Civil War, the grounds of the mansion were selected as the site of Arlington National Cemetery, in part to ensure that Lee would never again be able to return to his home.
Card 6--Colonial Williamsburg Virginia~Public Gaol~Jail~stocks~VA~chrome~rounded corners
Printed on back:
18th century strong sweet prison for criminals
Published by:
Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.Y.
Card 7--Colonial Williamsburg Virginia~Josiah Chowning's Tavern~pre-revolutionary hostelry~VA~chrome
Printed on back:
reconstructed
Published by:
Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.Y.
Reconstructed 1766 tavern set in a white Colonial house with faithful furnishings & a Southern menu.
109 E Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185
When work began on Chowning's Tavern in 1939, Colonial Williamsburg was barely a decade old — and the Historic Area was still being shaped.
Modeled after surviving taverns in England and Virginia, the new structure was among the first to step beyond the museumlike confines of traditional exhibit buildings and put visitors in a setting that — as the Daily Press reported — "resembled as much as research and skill can make it a tavern of the sort where planters and townspeople gathered of an evening in 18
th
-century Williamsburg."
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