Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park

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Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Bellegrove.JPG
The Belle Grove manor house
Location Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren counties, Virginia, USA
Nearest city Middletown, Virginia
Coordinates 39°10′03″N 78°18′03″W / 39.16750°N 78.30083°W / 39.16750; -78.30083Coordinates: 39°10′03″N 78°18′03″W / 39.16750°N 78.30083°W / 39.16750; -78.30083
Area 3,712 acres (1,502 ha)[1]
Established December 19, 2002
Governing body National Park Service in partnership with the NTHP.
Official website
Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park is located in Virginia
Coordinates: 39°0′44″N 78°18′16″W / 39.01222°N 78.30444°W / 39.01222; -78.30444
Built: 1797
Architect: Hite, Isaac
Architectural style: Federal
Governing body: Private (NTHP, etc)
NRHP Reference#: 69000243[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP: August 11, 1969
Designated NHLD: August 11, 1969[3]
Designated NHP: December 19, 2002

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park became the 388th unit of the United States National Park Service when it was authorized on December 19, 2002. The National Historical Park was created to protect several historically significant locations in the Shenandoah Valley of Northern Virginia, notably the site of the American Civil War Battle of Cedar Creek and the Belle Grove Plantation.

The National Park Service does not operate any facilities within the park at this time. Much of the park remains under private ownership and for this reason, most of the park is still closed to visitors. A visitor center operated by the Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation is open to the public at the battlefield site.

The Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove is also a U.S. National Historic Landmark.[3] and the 900-acre (360 ha) "Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove", is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The plantation house of Belle Grove (1797) in Middletown, Virginia is open to the public and operates independently as part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Listing of acreage as of December 31, 2011". Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-12-26. 
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. 
  3. ^ a b "Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove Plantation". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-26. 

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