Belle Grove is a historic home and farm located near Delaplane, Fauquier County, Virginia. The manor house was built about 1812, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, brick and stuccoed stone house in the Federal style. It has a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay summer kitchen, built about 1850, and connected to the main house by a hyphen. Also on the property are the contributing meat house (c. 1812); the barn (c. 1830); a chicken house (c. 1900); a cattle shed (c. 1940); a loafing shed (c. 1940); machine shed (c. 1940); a four-foot square, stone foundation (c. 1812); stone spring house ruin (c. 1812); the Edmonds-Settle-Chappelear Cemetery (1826-1940); an eight-by-twelve-foot stone foundation (c. 1900); a tenant house ruin (c. 1900); a stone well at the manor house (c. 1812); and a loading chute (c. 1940).[3]
Belle Grove | |
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Location | 1402 Winchester Rd., near Delaplane, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°58′51″N 77°57′14″W / 38.98083°N 77.95389°W |
Area | 90.3 acres (36.5 ha) |
Built | c. 1812 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 06000756[1] |
VLR No. | 030-0008 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 30, 2006 |
Designated VLR | June 8, 2006[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Cheryl H. Shepherd (March 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belle Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos Archived 2013-08-13 at the Wayback Machine