Belmont (Capron, Virginia)

Belmont
Location Northeast of Capron off VA 652, near Capron, Virginia
Coordinates 36°43′37″N 77°10′17″W / 36.72694°N 77.17139°WCoordinates: 36°43′37″N 77°10′17″W / 36.72694°N 77.17139°W
Area 145 acres (59 ha)
Built c. 1790
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 73002061[1]
VLR # 087-0030
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 3, 1973
Designated VLR July 17, 1973[2]

Belmont is a historic plantation home located near Capron, Southampton County, Virginia. It was built about 1790, and is a 1 1/2-story, frame dwelling sheathed in weatherboard. It has a side gable roof with dormers and sits on a brick foundation. It has a single pile, central-hall plan and features a Chinese lattice railing on the second story. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse and office. At Belmont, on the morning of August 23, 1831, Nat Turner's slave rebellion was effectively suppressed.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[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. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belmont". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo