Central and Western Virginia Sights
- Overview
- Places to Explore
- Sights
- Restaurants
- Hotels
- Entertainment
- Shopping
- Travel Tips
- Features
- Fodor's Choice
- Deals
- Guidebooks
Guidebooks
Belle Grove
Belle Grove Review
Middletown has one of the area's loveliest historic homes. Belle Grove, an elegant farmhouse and 100-acre working farm, is a monument to the rural and the refined, two qualities that exist in harmony in the architecture here and throughout the region. Constructed in 1797 out of limestone quarried on the property, the building reflects the influence of Thomas Jefferson, said to have been a consultant. Originally built for Major Isaac Hite and his wife Nelly (President James Madison's sister), this was the headquarters of the Union general Philip Sheridan during the Battle of Cedar Creek (1864), a crucial defeat for the Confederacy. Part of the battle was fought on the farm.
- Address: Rte. 11, Middletown, VA | Map It
- Phone: 540/869-2028
- Cost: $7
- Hours: Apr.-Oct., Mon.-Sat. 10-3:15, Sun. 1-4:15; Nov., Sat. 10-4, Sun. noon-5
- Website: www.bellegrove.org
- Location: Middletown
Contact Information
Travel Deals in Central and Western Virginia
- Flights to NYC incl. $15 Off (Roundtrip w/Tax) CheapOair.com
- Savannah Hotel with Tour & Breakfast, 40% Off Hilton Savannah DeSoto
- Myrtle Beach: 2-Bedroom Condo at Oceanfront Resort BookIt.com
- Cosmopolitan Las Vegas: 4-Nights w/Air Pleasant Holidays
· Forums Trip Reports
-
I had the pleasure of seeing 3 fodorites - Birdie, girlonthego and janetKMR for breakfast at Can Can in Cary town in Richmond - a little french brasserie with wonderful pastries and coffee. Read more
-
This trail on a converted rail bed runs from White Top Mountain to Abingdon, VA. Read more
·North Carolina Forum, Tennessee Forum, Virginia Forum, Washington, D.C. Forum
-
Hi, we are a family of 2 adults and a 6 year old from the UK, planning to fly in and out of Washington International airport for a 2 week trip at the end of August. Read more
· Travel Blog
-
Travel Tip of the Day
You may want to leave I–95 at Fredericksburg and go south to Yorktown on Route 17, a narrower road Read more
-
Travel Tip of the Day
At Great Falls Park outside of Washington, D.C., staff members conduct park walks year-round; the visitor-cente Read more
-
Best of the Best
Now that summer has officially arrived, crowds are going to be flocking to the coast to beat the heat. Read more
