VA-NW8 Rosewell and Werowocomoco

Marker text: ROSEWELL AND WEROWOCOMOCO

Several miles west is Rosewell, built about 1750, home of the Page family, and the largest of colonial Virginia houses. On York River, probably at Purtan Bay some miles west of Rosewell, was Werowocomoco, chief town of the Indian rulter Powhatan in 1607.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1928

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Location: US 17 (northbound), at White Marsh., Gloucester County, Virginia

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