Belle Grove Plantation (Port Conway, Virginia)
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Belle Grove is a historic plantation located on
U.S. Route 301 U.S. Route 301 (US 301) is a spur of U.S. Route 1 running through the South Atlantic States. It runs from Biddles Corner, Delaware at Delaware Route 1 to Sarasota, Florida at U.S. Route 41. It passes through the states of Delaware, Mar ...
in Port Conway, Virginia. The present plantation house was built in 1790. James Madison, a Founding Father and the fourth President of the United States, was born on March 16, 1751, at Belle Grove plantation in an earlier house which no longer stands. Belle Grove plantation was also the childhood home of his mother, Eleanor Rose "Nellie" Conway. Her father Francis Conway was the namesake for Port Conway. On April 11, 1973, Belle Grove was added to the National Register of Historic Places.


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official websiteBelle Grove, Rappahannock River, King George County, VA
3 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia Houses in King George County, Virginia Madison family Plantation houses in Virginia Georgian architecture in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1790 James Madison National Register of Historic Places in King George County, Virginia {{KingGeorgeCountyVA-NRHP-stub