Belle Grove (Delaplane, Virginia) Explained

Belle Grove
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 8, 2006[1]
Designated Other1 Number:030-0008
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:1402 Winchester Rd., near Delaplane, Virginia
Coordinates:38.9808°N -77.9539°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Federal
Added:August 30, 2006
Refnum:06000756

Belle Grove is a historic home and farm located near Delaplane, Fauquier County, Virginia. The manor house was built about 1812, and is a -story, five-bay, brick and stuccoed stone house in the Federal style. It has a -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).[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belle Grove. Cheryl H. Shepherd. March 2006. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos