Belmont

Belmont is a Virginia historical marker in Loudoun County, dedicated 1933.

Rte. 7 (Leesburg Pike) at intersection with Landsdowne Blvd.

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Belmont was patented early in the eighteenth century by Thomas Lee, of Stratford. About 1800, Ludwell Lee, an officer in the Revolutionary army, built the house and he lived here until his death in 1836. Here he entertained Lafayette in 1825. In 1931, Belmont became the home of Patrick J. Hurley Secretary of War, 1929-1933.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1794 · Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1814 · Maryland (1814) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1818 · View of Richmond, Metropolis of Virginia (upper right sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1822 · Maryland (Lucas, 1822) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1822 · Maryland (Carey, 1822) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, 1794, covering the location of Belmont, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, 1794, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Belmont

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