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Powhatan

Virginia, US

Powhatan

Powhatan is a historic home located near Five Forks, James City County, Virginia. The house was designed by its owner Richard Taliaferro (c. 1705–1779) and built about 1750. It is a two-story, five bay by two bay Georgian style brick dwelling. It has a hipped roof with dormers and features two massi

ve interior end T-shaped chimneys. The house was gutted by fire during the American Civil War. It was thoroughly restored in 1948. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

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