Posted on 04/07/2010 10:06:32 AM PDT by jay1949
Belle Grove is a fine old limestone manor house which comes with a good bit of history. The house was built near Middleton in Frederick County, Virginia, by Isaac Hite, Jr., a grandson of the pioneer Pennsylvania German settler Jost Hite. Its elegant design warranted mention in A History of the Valley of Virginia, by Samuel Kercheval, Charles James Faulkner, and John Jeremiah Jacob (1833). . . [vintage pictures]
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Wonderful stuff you post!
I once lived in an old stone farmhouse in Paeonian Springs VA back in the 80’s...
good memories...
Many thanks; glad that you enjoy it.
“Belle Grove, historically, was also the site of the 1998 WFQX “99.3 The Frog” Beer Fest. Yum!”
Another bit of history for Belle Grove!
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