Belmont | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | July 17, 1973[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 087-0030 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 36.7269°N -77.1714°W |
Built: | c. |
Added: | October 3, 1973 |
Refnum: | 73002061 |
Belmont is a historic plantation house where Nat Turner's Rebellion took place. Located near Capron, Southampton County, Virginia, it was built about 1790 and is a -story, frame dwelling sheathed in weatherboard. It has a side gable roof with dormers and sits on a brick foundation. It has a single pile, central-hall plan and features a Chinese lattice railing on the second story. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse and office. At Belmont, on the morning of August 23, 1831, Nat Turner's slave rebellion was effectively suppressed.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.