The Palace Lots were also known as the Saunders House or the Carter House. They were located on the west side of the Palace Green.
Chronology
1835--inherited by Robert Saunders; he lived in while President of William & Mary.
1868--purchased by College from William S. Peachy
1870--Report of President Benjamin S. Ewell to the Board of Visitors: "It is necessary that the Grammar School be removed from the College Grounds. The Palace lot containing from 4 to 5 acres, belongs to the College, and affords an admirable site for the school...while a capacious dwelling on the adjoining lot which belonged to the estate of the late Robert Saunders, but was recently sold under a deed of trust and purchased by the College is admirably suitable for the residence of the Master, and the Boarding House of the boys." (BOV, July 4, 1870, p.90)
1886--"On November 4, 1886 the Saunders House & Lot were sold to Miss Martha Wootten for Twelve Hundred Dolls..." (Bursar's report for year 1886/87)
..Palace Lots, about 4 acres, retained
1916-17--Theta Delta Chi fraternity house (Thomas G. Pullen, Jr. Scrapbook)
1919-20--Kappa Sigma fraternity house (1920 Colonial Echo, p. 117)
1929--remaining lots and improvements sold to Colonial Williamsburg, May 1929 (1982.60 under Property Sales/ Purchases Deed Transactions)
Material in the Special Collections Research Center
- Board of Visitors Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William & Mary.
- Office of the Bursar Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William & Mary.
- Colonial Echo
- Thomas G. Pullen, Jr. Scrapbook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William & Mary.
References
- Board of Visitors Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William & Mary.
- Office of the Bursar Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William & Mary.
- Colonial Echo