Belle Grove (Port Conway, Virginia)

Historic house in Virginia, United States United States historic place

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Belle Grove
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Historic American Buildings Survey, 1941
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Location	Port Conway, Virginia
Coordinates	38°10′45″N 77°11′19″W / 38.1793°N 77.1885°W / 38.1793; -77.1885
Area	380 acres (150 ha)
Built	1790 (1790)
NRHP reference No.	73002029
VLR No.	048-0027
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1973
Designated VLR	September 19, 1972

Belle Grove is a historic plantation located on U.S. Route 301 in Port Conway, Virginia. The present plantation house was built in 1790.

James Madison, a Founding Father and the fourth President of the United States, was born on March 16, 1751, at Belle Grove plantation in an earlier house which no longer stands. Belle Grove plantation was also the childhood home of his mother, Eleanor Rose "Nelly" Conway. Her father Francis Conway was the namesake for Port Conway.

Birthplace of Madison historical marker (erected 1971) on US 301 in front of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. His birthplace was 400 yards (370 m) away in a house that no longer stands.

On April 11, 1973, Belle Grove was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
Waymarking historical marker
James Madison data
"1939 WPA Guide". Archived from the original on 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2008-06-28.

External links

Official website
Belle Grove, Rappahannock River, King George County, VA: 3 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

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