Belle Grove (Port Conway, Virginia)

Belle Grove
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Historic American Building Survey, 1941
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Location	Port Conway, Virginia
Coordinates	38°10′45″N 77°11′19″W / 38.1793°N 77.1885°W / 38.1793; -77.1885Coordinates: 38°10′45″N 77°11′19″W / 38.1793°N 77.1885°W / 38.1793; -77.1885
Area	380 acres (150 ha)
Built	1790 (1790)
NRHP Reference #	73002029
VLR #	048-0027
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1973
Designated VLR	September 19, 1972

Belle Grove is a historic plantation located on U.S. Route 301 in Port Conway, Virginia. The present plantation house was built in 1790.

James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, was born on March 16, 1751, on Belle Grove plantation, in an earlier house which no longer stands. Belle Grove plantation was the childhood home of his mother, Eleanor Rose "Nellie" Conway. Her father Francis Conway was the namesake for Port Conway.

On April 11, 1973, Belle Grove was added to the National Register of Historic Places.