W&M ScholarWorks Undergraduate Honors Theses Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 5-2009 The Development of Merchants Square: Colonial Imagery and the Consequences of Redevelopment in Williamsburg, Virginia and Other Small Towns, 1910-1955 Matthew Morrill College of William and Mary Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Morrill, Matthew, "The Development of Merchants Square: Colonial Imagery and the Consequences of Redevelopment in Williamsburg, Virginia and Other Small Towns, 1910-1955" (2009). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 249. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/249 This Honors Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Undergraduate Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF MERCHANTS SQUARE: COLONIAL IMAGERY AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF REDEVELOPMENT IN WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA AND OTHER SMALL TOWNS, 1910-1955. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors in History from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, by Matthew Morrill Accepted for Highest Honors Carl Lounsbury, Director Scott Nelson Edwin Pease Williamsburg, Virginia May 2009 2 CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1: WILLIAMSBURG WAKES UP 10 A Small, Southern Town……………………………………………………………………………………………….11