Bellwood (Richmond, Virginia)
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Bellwood | |
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| Nearest city | Richmond, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°24′55″N 77°26′10″W / 37.41528°N 77.43611°WCoordinates: 37°24′55″N 77°26′10″W / 37.41528°N 77.43611°W |
| Area | 21 acres (8.5 ha) |
| Built | c. 1804 |
| NRHP Reference # | 78003013[1] |
| VLR # | 020-0007 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 12, 1978 |
| Designated VLR | June 19, 1973, September 22, 2011[2] |
Bellwood, also known as Auburn Chase, New Oxford, Sheffields, and Defense Supply Center Richmond Officers' Club-Building 42, is a historic plantation house located near Richmond in Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was built about 1804, and is a two-story, five bay, timberframe I-house dwelling with a low hipped roof in the Georgian style. The house is set on brick foundations and sheathed in weatherboard. The property also contains the Gregory Family cemetery, the historic elk pasture created by James Bellwood, and two feeding stations for the elk. In 1887, the house and farmlands were acquired by James Bellwood, who restored the depleted land and made the farm one of Virginia's chief agricultural showplaces. In 1941, the Bellwood property was acquired by the U.S. Government and used for the Department of Defense General Supply Center. The house is maintained as the center's officers' club.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] A boundary increase was proposed in 2011.
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bellwood" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources., Jeanne Barnes (May 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bellwood, 2011 Update and Boundary Expansion" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources., and Accompanying five photos
