Jefferson's First Taste
Virginia’s College of William & Mary …
Strolling around the College of William and Mary, it is not hard to imagine a sixteen-year-old Thomas Jefferson attending to his studies at the Colonial Campus in Williamsburg, Virginia, getting his first real taste of exceptional education.
The storied Sir Christopher Wren Building, where Jefferson attended classes in 1762, still stands near the center of campus having been originally built in 1695. It looks somewhat like a creaky old structure but is pretty sound when you get right down to it. Surrounding the old brick structure, abundant with student activity, is the more modern Recreation Center with its smoked glass windows and cathedral ceilings bathed in light.
Ben Everidge
