Boush–Tazewell House Explained

Boush–Tazewell House
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:February 19, 1974[1]
Designated Other1 Number:122-0002
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:36.9003°N -76.3136°W
Built:-1784
Architecture:Georgian
Added:July 18, 1974
Area:Less than
Refnum:74002238

Boush–Tazewell House is a historic home located at Norfolk, Virginia, USA. It was built about 1783–1784, and is a two-story, Georgian frame house, five bays wide and two bays deep, with a slate covered deck-on-hip roof. It has a two-level, tetrastyle pedimented portico supported by slender Tuscan order columns on both levels. It originally stood in downtown Norfolk and was completely dismantled and re-erected in its present location around 1902. The house was purchased in 1810 by Congressman, Senator and Governor Littleton Waller Tazewell (1775-1860). His family continued to occupy the house until 1894.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm#. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Boush–Tazewell House . January 1974. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo