Events

Event

Title:: Opening Day at Belle Grove
When:: 03.31.2012 10.00.am - 4.00.pm
Where:: Belle Grove Plantation - Middletown
Category:: March 2012

Description

Belle Grove Plantation reopens to the public after being closed for the winter on March 31!

Stop by for a visit with FREE ADMISSION Saturday only.

The 1797 Manor House and Historic Landscape will be open for tours from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. On site will be representatives from the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, the Rodeo Bee Company (who maintain Belle Grove's beehives), the National Sheepdog Trials, and our very own blacksmith, Jonathan Rose. Inside the house will be a display of decorative eggs provided by area collector Paul Kisak.

National Park Demonstrations- 11:30 & 2:30 ("Jackson's Valley Campaign in a Box")
Sheepdog Demonstrations- 10:30 & 12:30

For more information, please call (540) 869-2028 or visit Belle Grove’s website: www.bellegrove.org.

Venue

Venue:: Belle Grove Plantation - Website
Street:: 336 Belle Grove Rd.
ZIP:: 22656
City:: Middletown
State:: VA
Country:

Description

Belle Grove is located in the northern Shenandoah Valley near Middletown, Virginia. It is an authentic 1797 Manor House, was built by Major Isaac Hite and his wife Nelly Madison Hite, sister of President James Madison. Major Hite, grandson of Shenandoah Valley Pioneer Jost Hite, expanded his original 483 acres to a prosperous 7500 acre plantation, growing wheat, raising cattle and Merino sheep, and operating a large distillery and several mills.

(540) 869-2028