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Belmead (Powhatan, Virginia)

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Belmead, also known as Belmead Plantation or Belmead-on-the-James, is a historic plantation near Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia, designed by the architect Alexander Jackson Davis for Philip St. George Cocke and built around 1845. It later became the site of two Black Catholic schools, St. Emma Military Academy and St. Francis de Sales, including the only military academy in the country for African American men. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Building Type
Plantation 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Powhatan County, United States 2
Completed Year
1845 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Plantation 1
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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1. Belmead (Powhatan, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmead_(Powhatan,_Virginia), lead definition
    Belmead (also known as Belmead Plantation, or Belmead-on-the-James) is a historic plantation located near Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia, designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis for Philip St. George Cocke, and constructed about 1845.
  • infobox field: built=c. 1845
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Belmead, also known as Belmead Plantation or Belmead-on-the-James, is a historic plantation near Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia, designed by the architect Alexander Jackson Davis for Philip St. George Cocke and built around 1845. It later became the site of two Black Catholic schools, St. Emma Military Academy and St. Francis de Sales, including the only military academy in the country for African American men.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation)
    Belmead (also known as Belmead Plantation, or Belmead-on-the-James) is a historic plantation located near Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia, designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis for Philip St. George Cocke, and constructed about 1845. It later became the site of two Black Catholic schools, St. Emma Military Academy and St. Francis de Sales, including the only military academy for Afric
  • In Style: Gothic Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Gothic, Gothic Villa
  • Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
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2. Belmead (Powhatan, Virginia) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Powhatan County, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Powhatan County, United States
Wikidata item Q15198299, property P131/P17 (location): Powhatan County, United States
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