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Belmont (Charlottesville, Virginia)

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Area
  
less than one acre

Built by
  
John Jordan

NRHP Reference #
  
82001800

Added to NRHP
  
21 October 1982

Built
  
before 1837

MPS
  
Charlottesville MRA

Architectural style
  
Georgian architecture

Belmont (Charlottesville, Virginia)

Location
  
759 Belmont Ave., Charlottesville, Virginia

Similar
  
Downtown Mall, Ash Lawn–Highland, Monticello, University of Virginia, Jefferson Theater

Belmont, also known as the Ficklin Mansion, is a historic home located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built about 1820 for John Winn by Jefferson brick mason John Jordan. Originally it had a center pavilion with lower symmetrical side wings but a second story was added to the wings by John Winn's son Benjamin Bannister Winn about 1840. It is a brick dwelling showing both Greek Revival and Federal details as it was built during the transition between the two styles. It features pedimented portico supported by four square paneled columns resting on a raised brick base.

The 551-acre estate was sold at auction to Slaughter Ficklin in 1847 and he renamed it Belmont from the original Belle-mont and turned it into a renowned horse farm. In 1890 the estate was subdivided and is now the Belmont neighborhood of Charlottesville. The house has been divided into apartments.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Belmont (Charlottesville, Virginia) Wikipedia