Belvoir Mansion Ruins and the Fairfax Grave

SE of intersection of 23rd St. and Belvoir Rd., Fort Belvoir, Virginia. County/parish: Fairfax.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 04, 1973. NRIS 73002337.

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • Belvoir

From Wikipedia:

Belvoir (plantation)

Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people, it was located on the west bank of the Potomac River on the present site of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia.

The main house, called Belvoir Manor or Belvoir Mansion, burned in 1783 and was destroyed during the War of 1812. The site has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973 as "Belvoir Mansion Ruins and the Fairfax Grave."

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680480

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