Being outside Williamsburg’s restored area, Tazewell Hall did not make the roster of structures slated for preservation as part of Colonial Williamsburg. Planners made the decision to sell the dwelling in order to allow for expansion of the Williamsburg Lodge. Lewis A. McMurran, Jr. bought the home in the 1950s, dismantled it, and reconstructed it according to its 18th-century appearance on a lot overlooking the James River in Newport News.
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