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Rosewell

Rosewell is a Virginia historical marker in White Marsh, Gloucester County, dedicated 1997.

Gloucester County · dedicated 1997 · Rte. 17, 0.25 miles south of Rte. 614 intersection, White Marsh

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Three miles west, on Carter's Creek, stand the ruins of Rosewell, a grand mansion with the finest brickwork in the English colonies. Begun in 1725 by Mann Page I, and home to the Page family for more than one hundred years, Rosewell stood three stories tall. It was crowned with a parapet and twin octagonal cupolas and had two flanking dependencies on the north front that formed a forecourt. Rosewell contained fine paneling and wood carving. In 1916, fire swept the mansion, leaving a magnificent shell that is a testament to 18th-century craftsmanship.
Department of Historic Resources, 1997

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