Belvoir (plantation)
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Not to be confused with Belvoir Castle.
Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people,[3][4] it sat on the west bank of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, at the present site of Fort Belvoir. 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 [1] as "Belvoir Mansion Ruins and the Fairfax Grave."
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Belvoir Mansion Ruins and the Fairfax Grave | |
Location | SE of intersection of 23rd St. and Belvoir Rd., parking lot on eastern side of Forney Loop Fort Belvoir, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°40′45.12″N 77°7′45.48″W |
Built | 1736 |
NRHP reference No. | 73002337[1] |
VLR No. | 029-0041 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 04, 1973 |
Designated VLR | December 2, 1969, July 17, 1973[2] |
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