Hmmmm... so why is the real estate agent claiming it's circa 1735? (They are
so sneaky. I'm glad I'm not niave and rich - haha) And when was this current
structure built? Evidently the current mansion was built some time after
1883.
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Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: Belmont of Keswick Hunt County near Monticello


>    Belmont in Albemarle Co. was built in 1858 for Dr. Charles D.
> Everett on the site of the first Belmont which was moved to the rear.
> The house burned in 1883.
>    From Lay, K. Edward, The Architecture of Jefferson Country:
> Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. University Press of
> Virginia,  2000. page 188-189.
> Vesta Gordon
>
>
> Lonny J. Watro wrote:
>
>> The Belmont that is for sale near Monticello is online at this real
>> estate
>> site.
>> http://www.mcleanfaulconer.com/listingview.php?listingID=512
>> The site claims it is near UVA. So, doesn't anyone know it's history?
>> I'm so
>> curious now. I know it wasn't Lee's Belmont. Who built it? Anyone?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lonny
>>
>>
>>
>
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