Belle Isle (Lancaster, Virginia)

Belle Isle

Belle Isle, HABS Photo
Location SW side of W end of VA 683, near Lancaster, Virginia
Coordinates 37°46′47″N 76°35′57″W / 37.77972°N 76.59917°W / 37.77972; -76.59917Coordinates: 37°46′47″N 76°35′57″W / 37.77972°N 76.59917°W / 37.77972; -76.59917
Area 1,000 acres (400 ha)
Built 1759 (1759)
Built by Bertrand, William
Architectural style Colonial
NRHP Reference # 73002031[1]
VLR # 051-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 6, 1973
Designated VLR March 2, 1972[2]

Belle Isle is a historic plantation house located near Lancaster, Lancaster County, Virginia. It was built about 1759, and consists of a two-story, three bay, brick central section with one-story flanking wings. The Colonial style dwelling has a hipped roof pierced by two tall interior end chimneys, and surrounded at its base by the original modillion cornice. Also on the property are two original one-story brick dependencies set perpendicular to the facade of the house. The original interior woodwork was removed in 1922, and installed in the Winterthur Museum in 1941.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Camille Wells (September 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belle Isle" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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