12 The Life Worth Living 



dred years ago. A short drive to the south 

 is the village of Yorktown, the scene of the 

 siege and surrender of Lord Cornwallis to 

 Washington and our French allies. On this 

 side the York River stands towering old 

 Rosewell, the most palatial country estab- 

 lishment in America when built by the Pages. 

 Near Rosewell is the ancient chimney of the 

 Indian emperor, Powhatan. This chimney 

 was built for Powhatan under the direction 

 of Captain John Smith's colonists. Across 

 the York but a few miles from us are old 

 Williamsburg and Jamestown. 



The house was built by Dr. John Prosser 

 Tabb, fifty-seven years ago, at that time 

 the richest and most influential man in the 

 county. Its walls contain the brick from 

 the old house built in the earliest Colonial 

 days. 



These walls are three feet thick. The 

 house is three and a half stories high and 

 contains thirty-two rooms. The hall is 



