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Belle Grove (Delaplane, Virginia)

Coordinates: 38°58′51″N 77°57′14″W / 38.98083°N 77.95389°W / 38.98083; -77.95389
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Belle Grove
Belle Grove (Delaplane, Virginia) is located in Northern Virginia
Belle Grove (Delaplane, Virginia)
Belle Grove (Delaplane, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Belle Grove (Delaplane, Virginia)
Belle Grove (Delaplane, Virginia) is located in the United States
Belle Grove (Delaplane, Virginia)
Location1402 Winchester Rd., near Delaplane, Virginia
Coordinates38°58′51″N 77°57′14″W / 38.98083°N 77.95389°W / 38.98083; -77.95389
Area90.3 acres (36.5 ha)
Builtc. 1812 (1812)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.06000756[1]
VLR No.030-0008
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 30, 2006
Designated VLRJune 8, 2006[2]

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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ 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