President's House, Historic presidential residence at College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, United States
The President's House is the official residence of the president of the College of William & Mary, located on the historic campus in Williamsburg, Virginia. Built in Georgian style, it features a symmetrical brick facade and a central-passage floor plan, and sits northeast of the Wren Building.
The house was completed in 1732, making it one of the earliest buildings on the College of William & Mary campus. During the Revolutionary War, General Cornwallis used it as his headquarters, and French and Continental troops were later housed there before it returned to its role as the president's residence.
Unlike most historic buildings on the campus, this one is not a museum but a functioning home tied to the daily life of the college. Visitors walking the grounds can observe it from outside, and it is easy to notice how naturally it fits among the other old brick buildings nearby.
The building stands on the open college campus and can be seen from the outside without any entry required. Walking through the campus is the best way to see it alongside the other old buildings in the area.
This is considered the oldest college presidential residence in continuous use in the United States, never having been converted into a museum or administrative office. That unbroken record of residential use across more than two centuries sets it apart from most other surviving buildings of its era.
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