Belmead

NW of jct. of Rtes. 663 and 600, Powhatan, Virginia. County/parish: Powhatan.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 12, 1969. NRIS 69000270.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

• DHR ID#: 072-0049
• St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural College
• St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural Institute
• St. Emma Military Academy
• St. Francis de Sales School for Girls

From Wikipedia:

Belmead (Powhatan, Virginia)

Belmead (also known as Belmead Plantation, or Belmead-on-the-James) is a historic plantation located near Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia, designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis for Philip St. George Cocke — and constructed about 1845.

It later became the site of two Black Catholic schools, including the only military academy for African-American males.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682652

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