Belle Grove (Port Conway, Virginia)
Belle Grove | |
 Historic American Building Survey, 1941 | |
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| Location | Port Conway, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°10′45″N 77°11′19″W / 38.1793°N 77.1885°W |
| Area | 380 acres (150 ha) |
| Built | 1790 |
| NRHP reference No. | 73002029[1] |
| VLR No. | 048-0027 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 11, 1973 |
| Designated VLR | September 19, 1972[2] |
Belle Grove is a historic plantation located on U.S. Route 301 in Port Conway, Virginia. The present plantation house was built in 1790.[1]
James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, was born on March 16, 1751, on Belle Grove plantation, in an earlier house which no longer stands. Belle Grove plantation was the childhood home of his mother, Eleanor Rose "Nellie" Conway. Her father Francis Conway was the namesake for Port Conway.[3][4][5]
On April 11, 1973, Belle Grove was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Waymarking historical marker
- ^ James Madison data
- ^ 1939 WPA Guide
External links
- official website
- Belle Grove, Rappahannock River, Port Royal, Caroline County, VA: 3 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
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Categories:
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Houses in King George County, Virginia
- Madison family
- Plantation houses in Virginia
- Georgian architecture in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1790
- James Madison
- National Register of Historic Places in King George County, Virginia
- Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- King George County, Virginia geography stubs