Belle Air Plantation
Belle Air | |
Location | N of VA 5, Charles City, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°20′49″N 77°3′40″W / 37.34694°N 77.06111°W |
Area | 135 acres (55 ha) |
Built | c. 1700, c. 1800 |
NRHP reference No. | 74002232[1] |
VLR No. | 018-0036 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 18, 1974 |
Designated VLR | January 15, 1974[2] |
Belle Air Plantation is an
Construction
Belle Air is a unique surviving example of a wooden house with postmedieval-style exposed interior
History
Belle Air began in the Bradford family with Richard Bradford. In 1657, following the period of his indenture, Richard I was assigned the first half of a 1,197 acre Charles City County plantation by Howell Pryse. Richard acquired the entirety of that plantation in a deed dated August 4, 1662. While it is unclear how much Richard paid for that land, it is recorded that he paid Pryse 3,500 pounds of tobacco “being in parte” for the land Richard I had “lately bought” from Pryse. 49 That plantation stayed in the Bradford family for the next sixty-five years.. It was later purchased by Col. William Green Munford, who had served as a colonel in the Continental Army. Inherited by his son, John Munford, at the Colonel's death in 1786, it was sold to John Cocke in 1792. The property was purchased by Hamlin Willcox, a prosperous
Visitation
The house is open for guided tours during Historic Garden Week and by appointment.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ a b Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (January 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belle Air" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2013-06-14. and Accompanying photo
https://bradfordfamily.wordpress.com/i-richard-i-and-frances/