Belle Grove

1402 Winchester Rd., Delaplane, Virginia. County/parish: Fauquier.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 30, 2006. NRIS 06000756.

2 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites. 2 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • DHR File No. 030-0008
  • Other ID No. 030-5369-0068

From Wikipedia:

Belle Grove (Delaplane, Virginia)

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+12-story, five-bay, brick and stuccoed stone house in the Federal style. It has a 1+12-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).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680657

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