Here at the Colonial Williamsburg foundation. I work with not only our textile and quilt and needle work collection but with furnishing all the exhibition sites at the foundation. Were at the Governors Palace. It would have been the symbol of power and authority for the british crown, and it would have represented power to the colonists of virginia. The building was the home of seven royal governors, including alexander, the first royal governor who took office in 1710. It also would have been the home to our first state governors, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. The house was a very important part of the design of the town of williamsburg. The town was had a very orderly design and the palace would have been part of that design. It was the Third Largest building in town. It consisted not only of the building that were standing in, but also two standings, extensive gardens with falling terraces, a canal. There was a laundry, a kitchen and even a cellar. We know one governor had ove