Botetourt statue in front of the Wren Building at the West End of Duke of Gloucester Street on the campus of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia on July 26, 2019. With a construction history dating to 1695, it is the oldest academic building in continuous use in the United States. Popular Virginia Governor Norborne Berkeley died in office in 1770 and was buried in the crypt under the building's chapel.