"Tallwood" 
The Nathaniel Nicholas House (Tallwood) currently stands at 1676 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia. William Nicholas came to Kempsville in 1643. His grandson, Nathaniel Nicholas, inherited the family plantation south of Kempsville in 1746, on which he had already built the "Tallwood" house in 1740. He added 530 acres to those he had inherited, and it is said he planted one of every tree native to Virginia on his property. The house is clapboard with both end of brick 14 inches thick. A center hall divides two large rooms downstairs. The flooring and stairway are all original pine.Tallwood Elementary School received its name from this house and opened its doors to students on September 5, 1989. Many if not all of the homes of the students at Tallwood Elementary School now stand on land that once was the "Tallwood" Plantation.
TALLWOOD
