Belvedere (West Virginia)

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Belvedere
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Nearest city Charles Town, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°17′5″N77°50′43″W / 39.28472°N 77.84528°W / 39.28472; -77.84528
Built1807
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 84003588
Added to NRHPJanuary 12, 1984 [1]

Belvedere, also known as Belvidere, was built near Charles Town, West Virginia by Magnus Tate II in 1807. The Federal style mansion is situated at the end of a tree-lined driveway and commands a sweeping view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The house grew from the original "kitchen house" section to a formal three-bay brick main house built in 1824 by Magnus's son WIlliam, which were separate until they were connected in 1939. [2]

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The site was inhabited by the Tate family from the 1760s. Magnus Tate II (1732-1808) was a founder of Charles Town, and his four sons were all born at Belvedere. Magnus Tate III (1767-1823) served in the Virginia Assembly before serving from 1815 to 1817 in the U.S. House of Representatives. Belvedere passed to William Tate (1776-1818), and then to his son, George Tate II. The house passed out of the Tate family in 1882. [2]

Description

The two-story brick house is one room deep with a center hall the depth of the house. A three-part central window on the second floor complements the sidelights and transom at the front door below. A small entrance porch with paired columns is original to the house. [3] The end of the older section flanking the 1824 house features a rosette window at attic level and a side door with a transom and sidelights, both in the gable elevation. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 Michael J. Pauley and Paul D. Marshall (November 18, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Belvedere" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2013.
  3. Allen, John C. Jr. (2011). Uncommon Vernacular: The Early Houses of Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1735-1835. West Virginia University Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN   978-1-933202-87-7.