Belle Grove (Port Conway, Virginia)

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Belle Grove
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Historic American Building Survey, 1941
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Location	Port Conway, Virginia
Coordinates	38°10′45″N 77°11′19″W / 38.1793°N 77.1885°W / 38.1793; -77.1885Coordinates: 38°10′45″N 77°11′19″W / 38.1793°N 77.1885°W / 38.1793; -77.1885
Area	380 acres (150 ha)
Built	1790 (1790)
NRHP Reference #	73002029^[1]
VLR #	048-0027
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1973
Designated VLR	September 19, 1972^[2]

Belle Grove is a historic plantation located on U.S. Route 301 in Port Conway, Virginia. The present plantation house was built in 1790.^[1]

James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, was born on March 16, 1751, on Belle Grove plantation, in an earlier house which no longer stands. Belle Grove plantation was the childhood home of his mother, Eleanor Rose "Nellie" Conway. Her father Francis Conway was the namesake for Port Conway.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Birthplace of Madison historic marker on US 301 in front of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. His birthplace was 400 yards (370 m) east in a house that no longer stands.

On April 11, 1973, Belle Grove was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

References

1 2 3 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.
↑ Waymarking historical marker
↑ James Madison data
↑ 1939 WPA Guide

External links

official website
Belle Grove, Rappahannock River, Port Royal, Caroline County, VA: 3 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

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James Madison

4th President of the United States (1809–1817) 5th U.S. Secretary of State (1801–1809) United States House of Representatives (1789–1797) Congress of the Confederation (1781–1783) Virginia House of Delegates (1776–1779, 1784–1786)

"Father of the Constitution"	Co-wrote, 1776 Virginia Constitution 1786 Annapolis Convention 1787 Constitutional Convention Virginia Plan Constitution of the United States Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 The Federalist Papers written by Madison No. 10 No. 51 Virginia Ratifying Convention United States Bill of Rights 27th amendment Constitution drafting and ratification timeline Founding Fathers

Presidency	First inauguration Second inauguration Tecumseh's War Battle of Tippecanoe War of 1812 origins Burning of Washington The Octagon House Treaty of Ghent Seven Buildings residence results Second Barbary War Era of Good Feelings Second Bank of the United States State of the Union Address (1810 1814 1815 1816) Cabinet Federal judiciary appointments

Other noted accomplisments	Supervised the Louisiana Purchase Anti-Administration party Residence Act Compromise of 1790 Democratic-Republican Party First Party System republicanism Library of Congress Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Report of 1800

Other writings	The Papers of James Madison

Life	Early life and career Belle Grove Plantation, birthplace Montpelier

Elections	U.S. House of Representatives election, 1789 1790 1792 1794 U.S. presidential election, 1808 1812

Legacy and popular culture	James Madison Memorial Building James Madison University James Madison College Madison, Wisconsin Madison Square Madison River Madison Street U.S. postage stamps James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation James Madison Freedom of Information Award James Madison Award James Madison Institute A More Perfect Union (1989 film) Liberty's Kids (2002 miniseries) Hamilton (2015 musical)

Related	Age of Enlightenment American Enlightenment Marbury v. Madison National Gazette Paul Jennings Madisonian Model American Philosophical Society The American Museum magazine Virginia dynasty

Family	Dolley Madison (wife) John Payne Todd (stepson) James Madison, Sr. (father) Nelly Conway Madison (mother) William Madison (brother) Ambrose Madison (paternal grandfather) James Madison (cousin) George Madison (paternal second-cousin) Thomas Madison (paternal second-cousin) John Madison (great-grandfather) Lucy Washington (sister-in-law)

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