Belmont (Capron, Virginia)

Belmont
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	Off Buckhorn Quarter Road, northeast of Capron, Virginia
Coordinates	36°43′37″N77°10′17″W / 36.72694°N 77.17139°W / 36.72694; -77.17139
Area	145 acres (59 ha)
Built	c. 1790 (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]

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#73002061)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belmont" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo