Belle Plaine is a historic farm property at 2488 South United States Route 15 in rural

Madison County, Virginia Madison County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,837. Its county seat is Madison. History Madison County was established in December 1792, created from Culpeper County. The c ...

, south of Locust Dale. The main farmhouse is a five-bay two-story frame structure attached to a somewhat older log structure, finished like the main block in wooden clapboards. The log portion is believed to be one of the oldest surviving structures in the county. The property illustrates the changing trends of agricultural use over more than two centuries. It was listed on the

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in 2016.

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Historic districts in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1800 Houses in Madison County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Virginia 1760 establishments in the Colony of Virginia {{Virginia-struct-stub