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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see also 1979-02]]> Constructed in the mid-eighteenth-century and originally serving as the home of John Randolph, the home was once located on the southern axis of the town's plan on England Street in the approximate location of today's Williamsburg Lodge, The McMurran family purchased and dismantled the home in the early 1950s when the Lodge expanded. In 1964, they began reconstructing it on Riverside Drive in Newport News where it still stands today.]]>