More of Guy's outstanding "Downtown" collection
contributed by Guion H. Willis, Jr.
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St. Paul's
Top row, a card reads: "Old St. Paul's Church (Episcopal) built in 1739. The only building standing after the British bombarded and burned Norfolk on January 1, 1776. The church was restored after the Revolutionary War and one of the cannon balls may be seen imbedded in the walls today." Another adds "...Lord Dunmore, the last of the English Governors of Virginia, [who] had taken refuge on the British ships lying in the James River..."