Porto Bello

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Porto Bello
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Porto Bello, photograph taken approximately 1900
Porto Bello, photograph taken approximately 1900
Location: Camp Peary, York County, Virginia, United States of America
Coordinates: 37°18′8.6112″N 76°37′41.2680″W / 37.302392, -76.62813Coordinates: 37°18′8.6112″N 76°37′41.2680″W / 37.302392, -76.62813
Architect: unknown
Added to NRHP: April 13, 1973
NRHP Reference#: 73002068 [1]
Governing body: United States Government
This article is about a historic house in Virginia. For other uses, see Portobello.

Porto Bello is the hunting lodge of the last Governor of the British Colony of Virginia, John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Dunmore fled to Porto Bello to escape the early stages of the American Revolution in Williamsburg, Virginia. He later boarded a British ship lying at anchor near Porto Bello in the York River. Porto Bello is located in York County, Virginia on the grounds of Camp Peary. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but is closed to visitors because of restricted access to Camp Peary.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2006-03-15).

[edit] References

  • Kibler, J. Luther (April 1931). "Numerous Errors in Wilstach's 'Tidewater Virginia' Challenge Criticism". The William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser. 11 (2): 152-156.