Belle Grove (Delaplane, Virginia)

Belle Grove
Location 1402 Winchester Rd., near Delaplane, Virginia
Coordinates 38°58′51″N 77°57′14″W / 38.98083°N 77.95389°WCoordinates: 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
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 06000756[1]
VLR # 030-0008
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 30, 2006
Designated VLR June 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. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Cheryl H. Shepherd (March 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belle Grove". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos