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Belvoir (plantation)

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Belvoir was the plantation and estate of the prominent Fairfax family of colonial Virginia, operated with the forced labor of enslaved people. It stood on the west bank of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, on the site now occupied by Fort Belvoir.

Facts
Building Type
Plantation 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Fairfax County, United States 1
Completed Year
1741 2
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Ruined 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Plantation 2
Connections

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Plantation House, Concepts

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.

In Style

Colonial Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Belvoir (plantation) - Wikipedia
Georgian Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Belvoir (plantation) - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Belvoir (plantation) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Fairfax County, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Fairfax County, United States
Wikidata item Q816286, property P131/P17 (location): Fairfax County, United States
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2. Belvoir (plantation) - Wikipedia
  • History
    completed in 1741
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field
    Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people, it was located on the west bank of the Potomac River on the present site of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia. The main house, called Belvoir Manor or Belvoir Mansion, burned in 1783 and was destroyed during the War of 1812. The site has been list
  • In Style: Georgian Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Georgian architecture in Virginia
  • In Style: Colonial Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Colonial architecture in Virginia
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