Pilgrim's Rest (Nokesville, Virginia)

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Pilgrim's Rest
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Location14102 Carriage Ford Rd.; also 2101 Belmont Grove Rd., near Nokesville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°38′49″N77°35′26″W / 38.64694°N 77.59056°W / 38.64694; -77.59056
Area196 acres (79 ha)
Architectural styleColonial, Southern Colonial
NRHP reference No. 89001797, 03001434 (Boundary Increase) [1]
VLR No.076-0019
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 30, 1989, January 16, 2004 (Boundary Increase)
Designated VLRDecember 13, 1988, September 10, 2003 [2]

Pilgrim's Rest, also known as Belle Mont Grove and Mount Wesley, is a historic home and national historic district located near Nokesville, Prince William County, Virginia. It dates to the 18th century, and is a 2+12-story, three-bay, Tidewater style, frame dwelling with a double-pile, side hall plan. It has a one-story, gable-roofed, rebuilt kitchen and dining addition dated to 1956, when the house was remodeled. The house features a pair of unusual exterior brick chimneys on the south end with a two-story pent closet. Also included in the district are a late-19th century frame granary / barn, a frame, gable-roofed tool shed, and an icehouse constructed of concrete block with a metal gable roof. In 1996–1998, the Kinsley Granary was moved from the Buckland area of Prince William County, and is a 2+12-story stone structure that was rebuilt as a guest house. [3] [4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, with a boundary increase in 2004. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. William T. Frazier and George W. Polhill Jr. (July 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pilgrim's Rest" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. William T. Frazier and George W. Polhill Jr. (July 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pilgrim's Rest" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.