Belmont | |
Location | Off Buckhorn Quarter Road, northeast of Capron, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°43′37″N 77°10′17″W / 36.72694°N 77.17139°W |
Area | 145 acres (59 ha) |
Built | c. 1790 |
NRHP reference No. | 73002061[1] |
VLR No. | 087-0030 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 3, 1973 |
Designated VLR | July 17, 1973[2] |
Belmont is a historic plantation house where Nat Turner's Rebellion took place. Located near Capron, Southampton County, Virginia, it was built about 1790 and is a 1+1⁄2-story, frame dwelling sheathed in weatherboard. It has a side gable roof with dormers and sits on a brick foundation. It has a single pile, central-hall plan and features a Chinese lattice railing on the second story. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse and office. At Belmont, on the morning of August 23, 1831, Nat Turner's slave rebellion was effectively suppressed.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
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